The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

THE DOCK BOARD.

The usual weekly meeting' of this hoard was held
yestOth,,si at the: Nek-offiees. Mr. Charles Turner
presided satin the rifiiooripmh%-ts Resent wew—Messrs.
Inman; Potts{; ifkl44'; Stfiith, Broctitle-
banki-Larigton, itabback, ;41:1-111,, .Qtrbyshire,
!Tobin, Forwood, Farn worth, and Rottfiiti4slifte:

The proc&(,l:.g, thr.e9mmittee cot,'
w:)l,lis clAntirrEE.
prised reCom-
mendation to lay tempt7:2s ruilvpn the south quay of
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tho a-e Great Float, west of Duke-acv btitige, for the use
of the coal trade ; and that the water pipes It the Dock
Cottages, Birkenhead, be relaid by Mr. Getley, afiditnitt
in good order for. twelve months, for the sum of £132.
A report having been submitted from the engineer in
reference to the new graving docks which it is proposed
to construct at Birkenhead, it had been resolved that
suggestions as to the most convenient mode of completing
the side Walls be obtained from the Master Shipwrights'
Association,—:the plans being for inspection .for that
purpose at the Docit,yard.—A deputation from the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Hallway Com-
pany, consisting of Mr. Shand, Mi . Lees, with the
Manager; Mr; Edward Watkin, having attended the
committee on the subject of
.the company's traffic, had
been informed that the subject would be taken into'
consideration upon the return of the engineer.
Mr. Brockleliank haling moved the Cortfirniation of
the prodeedings,
Mr. Bovi.r said there was a plan in tise in the
American Graving Docks of haVin..side cradles, which
were moveable, and they obiriate% the necessity for
blocks on which our ships rest in.Grafing tiocks. The
plan, he was infornied, was superior to our min, hedatise
the operation of a ship resting upon her keel. Was to ,
force up the garboard streak. He bad been told by
several persons that the American plan would be a very
great, improvement; and he hoped that some plan of
the. sort would have the consideration of the Works
Committee. They might as well make them as they
ought to be as they were throwing their money
away. As to the railway company he would have
the committee see if they could not make an
arrangement aS to the land at Birkenhead and the
Garston project which that line were patronising, so as
to get them to fix their minimum rate of carriage from
Manchester to Liverpool. (Hear.) He thought the
thing could be done : at all events it ought to be tried;
and it would then release us from the mischievous
effects of the combination against us from which we are
Suffering. He bad heard that a rough cargo from
Ireland to some part of Yorkshire had been actually
delivered through another port for 3s. per ton less than
it could have been carried by rail if it had come to
Liverpool. If they could relieve themselves of such an
incubus they ought to do it.
The proceedings were then confirmed.
THE WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE.

• The proceedings of this committee having been read,
Mr. Hubback moved their confirmation, when .some
conversation took place in reference to an order which
had been given that all vessels in the Wapping Dock
should be berthed with their bows to the northward.

A report from Mr. Ayer, the master of the dock, was
read upon the subject. He stated that by the regula-
tion nine ships out of ten would have to be discharged
by manual labour, thereby rendering the last three
hydraulic cranes useless, and making the cost
,100 per
cent, more than it would otherwise be.

After a few remarks from Mr. Boult and Mr. Arnold,
from which it appeared that the order had been too
literally construed, the Chairman observed that the
matter could easily be arranged by a meeting of the
Works Committee and the Docks and Quays Committee.
The proceedings were then confirmed.
THE MARINE COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee comprised a
recommendation to erect a fog bell on the George's
landing-stage, at a cost of £7O ; to grant a retiring
allowance of 10s. per week to James Adams, the keeper of
the Puffin Island telegraph station, with permission to
reside in the house free, on condition of keeping it in
repair ; and to connect the submarine cable now laid
across the mouth of the river, from New Brighton to
Bootle Bay, with the land wires at each side, at an
estimated cost of £230.

Mr. MoNDEL, in moving the confirmation of the pto-
ceedlngs, thought the satisfactory testing of the cable,
after it had been laid for fifty days across the Mersey,
justified the committee in recommending its alliance
with the land wires, so that when completed they should
have direct . telegraphic communication between Liver-
pool and Holyhead. In answer to a question by Mr.
Brocklebank, Mr. Mondel further stated, that previous
retiring allowances to the keepers of the old telegraph
stations had been Bs. a-week ; but as this man was
completely isolated, and could get no other employment,
they thought they were justified in giving Milt, the
extra 2s.

The proceedings were then confirmed.
THE PILOTAGE COMMITTEE,

We gathered from the minutes of this committee that
in consequence of a notice from the Marine Surveyor
pilots bad been instructed to avoid anchoring vessels in
the vicinity of the telegraph cable.' The proceedings
were confirmed.