The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-16 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE.-YESTERDAY.

The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held
at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner occupied
the chair, and the other members present were Messrs.
Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Evans, Brocklebank, Greg-
sou, Rounthwaito, Barber, Holden, Langsdale, Ander-
son, Robertson Gladstone, Smith, Hubback, Mondell,
Rankin, and Lockett.
The marine department reported that Owen Williams,
landing clerk, had been appointed ledger clerk of the
third class, in the room of Peter Campbell, deceased.
The Chairman asked the surveyor when the Wapping
warehouses would be ready for opening. _ _

The Surveyor said somewhere abo'tit the middle of
June.

Mr. Barber said he observed at present several vessels
lying in the river which he understood were waiting
there in consequence of want of depth of water. He
asked whether if the plans proposed for the Birkenhead
docks were carried out, these vessels could be admitted.
The Surveyor said his son was better acquainted than
he with the arrangements of the Birkenhead docks.
When the lock was finished on this side it could take
them all in.
The Chairman said he understood that she sills were
about two feet lower on the other side.

Mr. Robinson asked if any part of the Wapping ware-
houses could be made use of before June, if there were, as
he expected, a pressure on the accomino'lation•
The Surveyor said if the gates were on he thought it
could be done.
Mr. Robinson moved that the Albert warehouse corn-
mitte be requested to draw up a report of the staff which
would be required for the Wapping warehouses, placing
them for the present under the superintendence of Mr.
Cowan.
Brooklebank sec,)nded the motion.

Mr. Barber objected to that portion of the motion
which would place the warehouses under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Cowan, and was supported in his
objection by Mr. James Holme. Finally, that portion of
the resolution was omitted and the remainder agreed
to.
In the marine department, the tender of Messrs. Ogden
and Barnes was accepted for iron balls for buoys.
A letter was read from Messrs. D. & C. M'lver, stating
that the customs authorities required the closed sheds in
the Hoskisson Dock, used by the writers, to be duly
qualified as transit sheds; and requesting that applica•
Lion should be made by the committee to have them
qualified, and that the committee would allow the writers
as before to place their own lu.:ks upon them in addition
to the crown locks. The letter was referred to the
harbour masters' committee.
A letter was read from Messrs. Blytßand Troughton,
requesting that dock dues on their vessel, the Harvest
Thine, might be remitted, on the ground that she had
onl-- the Birkenhead docks to avoid
_ river, as the vessel was
dock at Woodside, but the
to lake could not. get out,

_ gone into one
the chances of accli

Its i❑ ti

bout to go i

vessel whose plat

owing to the state of the tide.
The Chairman said if the dues were
it must be by
were merely m

remitted at all

oration

The dock committee

The letter was-referred to the Birkenhead docks'
committee.

A letter from Mr. Thomas B. Haywood, on the part
Hof the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, requesting that the dock committee would
provide them with sites on the quays for placing troughs
for cattle arriving from Ireland and other places, and
bear a part of the expense, was referred to the committee
of works.

A letter from Messrs. Wilson, Son, and Church,
requesting permission to erect an enclosure around a
portion of their yard attached to their permanent berth
for the Cork steamers, to prevent the plunder of pack-
ages, was referred to the harbour masters' committee.
This was the whole of the general business.