Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

MERSEY D,OCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD. I be built for Hoylake, the present boat being in an in-
efficient state, and that tenders be obtained for building

Yesterday, at the usnal'weekly of this body, Mr. Chas. -
Turner, the chairman, presided -,.: and t'ne other members. A- resolution of the Watch Committee, accompanied
present were—Messrs. .Brocklebank, Bushel, Rankin, with a report by the head-constable, and also a resolu-
Mondel4 A:iiderson, ilubback, Littledale, Farnworth, tion passed at a meeting of magistrates, with reference
Laird, Rounthwaite, Segar, Inman, Shand, Boult, to the establishment' of a ricer police, havin been re-
Tobin, and lather. ceivcd and read, it had been referred to the solicitor and
, THE WORKS commirrrz. the marine surveyor to report upon the whole subject of
The proceedings of. this • Committee showed that the the reoiStration and regulation' of boats" plyinm for hire
tender a Mr. E. Sabeld had been accepted to supply on thecicer • - '
25,000 fire-bricks, at 355. per thousand, and six tons Mr. MONDEL moved,the confirmation of the proceed-
of tire-clay at Os. per ton. ' -Mr. INMAN seconded the motion, which was carried. ,
inns Of the. Marine Committee.' ,
A memorial from ,shipowners and others, supported The proceeding,s of the Pilotage Committee, which
by a letter fictn the Underwriters, had been received,- contained 'nothing' of public interest, were ~,,__,
praying the board to take into their charge and sustain confirmed: '
the corporation chain-cable testing machine. The mat-
ter had been referred to the engineer tol-eport.
A report from a sub-committee had been submitted.,
on the subject of facilitating the transport of carts and •
carriages across the river, and . a special meeting for .ts
consideration appointed for 'Wednesday neat.
The 'Engineer had submitted a new ' and complete
plan of the dock estate, and recommended that copies cf
it should be lithographed, at the estimated_ cost_f about

the same,

'TEE FOE .MANAGEMENT OF THE DOCKS AND

QUAYS

A mercantile firm having applied for a permanent
bath in one of the central docks, for vessels plying to
Bordeaux, the answer directed to be returned had been
that the appropriation of a berth to vessels sailing only
once in ten days cannot be entertained. •

A letter had been received from the manager of the
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
as to the sinking of their flat Ann, loaded with iron, in
consequence of collision with an3ther flat when about

,
A regOlution had been passed that some spare land at th(
east en 4. of Regent-road be let for the storage of timber

at, the rate of one-sixteenth of a penny per square yard
per week till the Ist of February, -1860 ; and that, at
the end of that, period, it should be subject to removal
on a week's notice, it being understood that the rate of
rent should then be revised.
A letter having been received, from the secretary of
the W19%1-fig

had been referred to the harbour=master to report upon.
Messrs. !James Baines & Co. having neglected-to
remove some iron tanks obstructing - the construc-
tion of the new steam dock, the solicitor had been
instructed to give notic3 to them that they would
be remoied by the trust, at the expense of that firm.

sting the erec

tion of
it had

,t' the g

A deputation having been received from three gentle-
men engaged in the hide trade, a- resolution had been
passed that green or wet salted bides shall no longer he
allowed to be discharged at the north-east corner of the

been resolved to erect two eac

t the Sandell an

and th

as, at a cost of

id numbering thirty

three in all, shout

George's Dock

the sites which

1 been selected f

t, & Co. be informed that

the assistant harbour

the purpose

fir, PROCKLE N

protect
Ciirtv=

I that

.e mot

a for the .erc

for the delivery of guano by water at Birkenh
certain places which had been appointed for the pi

sly passe(

when the season approaches for

)naraittec

'DoArd will cOnsid

The interest ar

expenditure on

•ould.anmunt

what accoramodatic
word.

Ted that

ible to a
beedreceived -from Mr. W. 11. Laird and
s S. Hancock, as representing the coal trade,

limited space, they will bi

vninal

:self wer

inz the extent of accommodation which it was
I the coal.trade, from the 4th of No-

,sed to

ye them

;Terriber to the end of the year. The answer directed to
be returned 'was, that one berth in Morpeth Dock would

C the IV

T CoMmittee was.

be approped.to that trade, with the

but it-was found there was
away the water. He hr

e of another
—both berths,

and use of the mils.

se of the rails, to be under the control of th(
nd hart

inducett at a
As to•thc

Sr. BOULT havin

procee(
Mr.

MOjNDEL took

V WOU

aving en-