The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE

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The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held
at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner in the
chair. The other members present were—Messrs.
Brocklebank, Robinson, Evans, Gregson,
ehaloner, Rounthwaite, Mann, Barber, Mondell,
Anderson, Lockett, Hubback, Bold, Rathbone, Rankin,
and Smith.

It Was agreed that the offer of Messrs. Haigh and
Co., should be received for a supply of Dantzic timber;
RISO the offer of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., to provide a
Ilea' anchor stock, and effect repairs in the Bell Beacon,
and the offer of Messrs. Jones and Turnbull, to re-bush
the Bell.

In
the Harbour Masters' department, a plan etas sub-
mitted for a shed, as a wrecked depot, 130 feet by 75, to
he Placed on the east quay of the Sandon Dock.
Mr. Rathbone said, the more he heard of the plan or
`doable sheds, the more he approved of it. He could not
sec anceWhY .
a double shed could not be made in this
Mr. Lockett said this was to be made a double shed.
It was recommended and agreed to, that £6O should be
- wed to Mr. Hodgson, the senior harbour master, to
tover the expense of removing into the new residence
Provided for him. in the George's Dock passage.
A memorial was received' from a large number

master-shipwrights, stating that many shipwrights belt.
Vreimentiv engaged on ships in the Prince's and Clarenc.,
braving docks, and having to put ships and s.teamersin
arter working hours, found much inconvenience from
the grid-masters residing at a distance, sometimes not
known, from the docks, and suggested the advantage of
the masters having house, in the immediate vicinity:
The memorial was referred to the harbour masters,
aniP
, memorial was also read from the principal master
wrights of the port, expressing extreme surprise and
I:.oegrt that, after their continued and urgent applications
I r increased graving dock accommodation, they had
been answered by the statement that there were no funds
for that purpose; £16,000 had been voted at the pre-
lions meeting, for the building of sheds on the quays of
'bone of the wet docks. The writers _stated: coat they
(lid not wish in the slightest degree to -disparage the
Pare
ttlttof this improvement, but they urged that, cone-
d with the necessity for addliional graving dock
accommodation, its importance was but secondary. ,The
l()Poling of the private graving docks at tirkenhaad, the
I:oettiorial added, ;tad scarcely had any perceptible effect
*,lietsening t'ne increasing pressure; and vessels in port
otherseen. waiting nearly three weeks for a berth, while
ha 'whose repairs were of a less urgent character,
"....ad to proceed to sea.
.r Barber said, the information he had received with
regard to the Birkenhead docks, was of a very different
eharacter for, in one establishment, he believed that 20
vessels had been accommodated during the month of
etober. So far from having heard that there was that
he ene pressure in their own docks, only the other day
intheard of a vessel coming ronnd from London, getting
° esta the graving dock, and going away next day. If one
bli
i)ei. silo:lent could accommodate twenty, vessels, and, he
leved, provide for still more if there were others to
g° in, be did not see how there could exist the extreme
Pressure 'which had been represented.
dat a Chairman : I do not think the want of accommo-
can well he disputed. The difficulty is in the
rEntittee dealing with it. Of course the master ship.
'lizhts can hardly expect that every other accommoda-
„l'M in the docks should be postponed. We have really
Means at our disposal. The money for these sheds,
,r," Yllell were informed last week, must be borrowed in
14re shape or other. All our funds are disposed of, and
Nth.e than disposed of. The works in progress, for
leh the money has been allowed by Parliament, will
ore than cover the whole of the funds we have.
thk.r. Brocklebank thought it was possible some part of
tl t'unds might be appropriated to enlarge the graving
11)„."8, or make others, with greater advantage than the
)31,-",e9 expended now in making sheds for some particu-
be ?VI, es. The memorial, signed as it Was, ought'not to
takeghtly passed over; but they should endeavour to
the some practical steps, if they possibly could, to remedy
etu great and growing want. If they looked at the
year es of shipping to that port they would see that that
fa,,',fast 11,000 tons over that of the year previous. So
akaTe graving dock accommodation had remained at
.1113' the same point.
e Chairman said not exactly the same—there were
graving blocks ordered.
Brocklebank said the blocks might accommodate
re„ves where merely looking at their bottoms was
itil,tllred, hut not for any essential repairs. It was
4_utlibent upon the committee to take into their con-
411eaat.ion very seriously the great want of such acconi-
lba'qt
,!on. It was right for the memorialists to know
1101 the plans brought before the committee by Mr.
44dille, involved the taking away of two most important
'arly
p „usgraving eful docks, and should these pi.ng ht.
4.0 itur,.., period carried out, in all probability this
ineltid be done before the committee could give to the great
via
stease of shipping in the port such accommodation as
tiritabsoliviely necessary for it. He did not think the
Po-,. -mead. docks were going to be very useful to the
ki-•;;; "n 1 the enquiries he had made. Some of the
Prserh'lg docks were almost entirely empty at the present
I,i,;"eht) notwithstanding the great pressure on the
he iri.lool docks. Others were so occupied, that it would
lironllPossible fo put any more vessels into them. Mr.
i.ereeklebank concluded by moving that theuestion be
Batt q
.red to the committee of works to take the whole
vtielP. into consideration, and report whether some steps
accoml not be taken for the purpose of giving the
1t°.?113. °dation:
4 Rehback seconded the motion.
the r• troekleb3nk remarked that a shipowner told him
uvetZther day that he had been waiting nearly three
Nt Bto get his vessel into the graving dock, and had not
,_eeeded
Alt •
keue• Bold suggested, that the corporation should. be
krsted to make graving docks on the Birkenhead side.
°tick „. Shand thought it would be out of place for
.the
li,lr`°tornittee to suggest such a work to the corporation.
itt Ake
' tlubback -
recommended that care should be taken
omising the space of the graving docks.
j inotion was then adopted without opposition.
pf totter from Mr. Ininan, complaining that the berth
his,one I,Philadelphia packets, on the east side of Has.
atikk -uoek was too much exposed to the weather, and
44astee),8",'"IR' sonie alterations, was referred the harbour-
kr.4,,, committee.
)I)eeti. wild said, he had made some remarks at the last
;°°ry o'ng, which he regretted to have heard had given a
irt eserving and worthy man much pain. In comment-
'that br'.44 the evidence of Mr. Hughes, he did not intend
h4ietiail3, remarks should apply in any way to his profes-
ette Paei ty as a pilot. He believed there was not a•
ribetpjetl'itiot in or' out of Liverpool, or a more worthy and
dad it
ar)le man. But pilots sometimes did not make
it-rY best witnesses before the House of Commons,
fiN'e hYas Only on the manner in which Mr. Hughes
re -is evidence that he desired to comment. He also
latt'Lattention to some remarks of Mr. Smith's, at the
4,liera-te;eting, with regard to the model of. the proposed
et ,011
te 3' prat the aroaches to th river, which the shold
'44). ''1413, wap
ntp hereafter. In consequence oy f theu
se
o theit was stated by Mr. Holme that he would pay
vth, Illedel and take it away, as no longer the property
eole e2mtnittee. Now, lie (Mr. Bold) thought the
th4.11t0,1 tile committee R ould be very sorry, and Mr.
itl4R err?hahly not less than any other member, if any-
t , tuat sort was done and lie, therefore, hoped that
hot be allowed,' but that themodel would
`lll%O e Property of the committee.
Sect the general business.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE .
t .41ZET FIOUGII CON MEETING—YESTERDAY
i:lttrlaw", . SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.
...................... 1 1 Popo Joan .........
Four ran.
Ittpim
Lcrit „ £5O HANDICAP PLATE. A.F.
'qltir7 Avon -•-• •

tte 1 Vonroeh ... 2 I
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en rail. by three quarters f a length. 3
.414,
GLAEGOW STAKES.
"' I Mohawk... 2 I Keepsake... 3 I Be! Oiseau...4
Four ran.
Deal
SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 BOYS.
neat with Bel Es eransa and South Western.
(:ittlerset P
3
n Four ran.
RA.NDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.
.... ..... ..... 1 I King of Forest 9
Fifteen ran.

LATEST BETTING

VIIIST CLASS NURSERY STA
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10) '0 I agst, Peeping Tom
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g .••1 Somerset
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10 ."1
•• Admiral Lyons
1 Jewess f

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Ble"D CLASS NURSERY STAKES
- t°:-1 agst Imperieuse (taken)
000 DERBY, 1857.
io to 30 agst Ackworth (taken) •
10 Pyrrhus the Second (taken)
100000 ''• ••• lO
1410 ::: . Messenger (taken)
5 • I3el Oiseau (taken)
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Iiton°aRESRIEIE HOUNDS WILL MEET ON
T Nov. 3..
... at Sandiway Head.
tr,0108,-; a' Y ' ---- 4 ..... :...................at Oxley's Farm.
i,."'elL'aY, -- 6.. ................ at Duddon Heath.
'zt lyv.
.1,,.-' -- 7 .................. at Highway Side.
,At navY• WYNNE'S HOUNDS WILL MEET ON
Ar4e,i 'haY, Nov. 3 ........ at Middle Park.
I'ld-e8(143' —h..: ...................... at Hope Station.
aY,
MAIN -- 7 .................. at The Kennels.
a3"' -- 8 .................. at Shocklach.
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-'''' 'lay at Half-past Ten o'clock.