The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

THE DOCK BOARD.

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The weekly meeting of this body was held yesterday,
at the Dock,offices, Mr. Charles Tarter in the chair.
Theothcf mernNkg pteseitt *ere MeoSts.si Shand, titockle-
bank, Evans,.Holthe; Litticdale, taiyon,
T}esifell;-,ll4nkiri; orwoofi; ~Segars 11tOndell,
smith, parbyshirei Lockett; Bonit, AndersoilMtibback,
Bold, and Varnworth.

tIIE WORKS COMNITTTEE,

The proceedings of this committee contained no
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entries of special moment; bat on Mr. Brocklebank
moving their confirmation,

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Mr..-Bourir. referred to the fastening of the chains of
the nioeting buoys iri, The ,C4reat Float, which he pro-
nounced dangerous. Some tittle anti a breakage took
pia& in the inthirlitg hhoy!is in,banadaQobi.Mr. Hartley
then stated that the preparation for the moorings the
Birkenhead Float was ,giving him e,good deal of anxiety,
the difficulty of sequring ships*as 6reater there than
in any; dyek on the Liverpooil side, of the river, He
(Mr. limit) thought, therefore, :that difterent,arrange-
ments had been made, till taking
,a walk along the
Float on the 189.10 October he' observed that the old
chains, had been used—chains which had been twelve
years under water without being re-lested., Mr. Wood,
who made the chains; said they were not to ,be relied
upon atter snob, ldng scivice moreover,. he considered
them too small. He (Mr. Boult) was told that there
were two-inch chains. making to be substituted for
them, but did not think two inches sufficient. Those
at the Canada Dock were two and a-half inch,
and Mr. Hartley had told them that those for the
Float must be larger and stronger than those. He felt
no dolibt that in that large Space of water, if a ship
were to tear those. buoys and go to, the pier, she
might stove in her side=so that they might hate the
whole cargo .Id4r for and A hediy, fof te repair
of the ship hostiles: He had consulted the HailioUr-
master, who said they could not make those fastenings
too strong; and unless the,committee would promise-to
pay attention to it, he should give notice of a motion on
the subject. They were expecting the guano ships there
every day, and they were just the sort of vessels to break
those chains, if a storm came on.
Mr. LOCXETT said he had that morning consulted the
Harbour-master And Mr.o Elliott; and thought from
what thty_had,,stated that Mr. Boule,s object would be
met. Next Viredneiday,. Vetere the Melo and .Quays
Committee, there would be a report on the subject.
Mr. BROCKLEBANK said this was a matter of detail
for the engineer. The accident in the Canada Dock
Was not by the breaking of a chain, but the ring of a
buoy. Mr. Hartley had given instructions that chains
should be provided for the buoys in the Great Float of
a size he considered necessary ; and it was not for him
to set up his opinion against the Engineer's; neither did
he think that Mr: Pouts or Mr. Wood should be inclined
to do so.. Those hiioYs haQl at, pt sent 'old chair's
attached; but iron of the best quality had been got, And
some of the new chains were now, ready. So anxious
was Mr. Hartley about the quality of the new chains,
that he was making them himself. These new chains
could be substitutedfor the old :at any time by means of
a diver; but in the Birkenhead Float he did not expect
that those buoys. would be used for the purpose of
mooring ; they might be used for warping a vessel, but
he thought all vessels coming in would be moored to
the quays.