, 1893-04-08

On VAO cySbSW PAOPOoON Il JOoA CIV III u
similar occasion on this first occasion drafts
of a pier were submitted and a plan for the
building of the pier on a practical scale; if
the advice Of practical men had then beer
followed, the building would most likely
have been standing good now. AS it was
built, it could aud can never stand a
concrete wall on the sandy bottom, with q
constantly moving surface, can not stand, and
it has not been able to stand that little
baby sea which WE experienced a fortnight
ago. Hitherto the elements had greatly
favoured the pier as it was constructed up
to the last days we had had no ground sea
nor any gale, simply a little south westerly
wind now, if it could not stand that much,
how on earth can it stand anything heavier ?
and we will get heavier ground-seas. The
sandy bottom, shifting as it does, must have
the structure shaken and parting from the
foundation as long as the sides of the pom
toons stand, as long as they have not got
rotten, the structure would not fall but let
them once 20, and the whole must crumble;
even now we hear the water rushing into
the cavity with a gre at boom, how far up the
mason work, he could not tell, as he had
not measured it. If any man will say that
such a building can stand, it is because the
man wants to say so, and not because
it is his real belief, and not because
he can honestly defend it. The struc-
tire ia constantly being as ii were honey
combed by the action Of the water, and any
time the upper surface might break through
and cause a loss of p ivate property. If a
wharf cannot be bull better than that it can
stand longer than ; years, the public money
should aot be spent, The expense isu bless,
aid mlny a priv tie shipper would b. better
served to build his own wharf;-at the same
time taxpayers have now to pay very heavy
wharf ,gs dues. There now, we have the new
wharf, it is not finished; it is cracked some 20
to % feet right along; the opening is clear to
be seen if that can be counted good building,
he could not say. Then again, the crane; that
is also landed in a broken state if it is to be
accepted, all right be was sure, however,
that If he as a merchant had offered it so as
it. is, it would not be accepted. 1t is really
too bad to see the public money spent in this
way. The taxpayers have a right to expect
and claim all convenience for shipping pro-
duce we have been waiting three long years
for a decent wharf; with the money annually
collected from wharfage dues, a good wharf
could have been had 20 to 80 years ago. He
felt sorry to have to say all this, but he
must add that had he done that work to the
pier as it has now been done, he should feel
ashamed to appear on the scene.
Bird Member for FrederikSted's Country
District (HeaiH): The matter is not on the
Order of Day but it was His Excellency who
introduced it; the explanations His Excellen-
cy offered were but few however able and
capable His ExcellencY is, still he was not
able to clear the members minds as TO
the waste of public money made in build
ing this pier In the way it has boon done.
His Excsllency. knowing the minds of the
Members on this score. got up before hand
and explained the matter as he did and then, TO
stop further discussion on it, His Exosllen-
cy left the Council. But surely the matter
should be fully discussed, and an Interpella-
ton should be brought in and thus open a
chance for full discussion. AS for the crane,
the mishap that has occurred to it only serves
to show that the Government should not turn
merchant; Government should not bargain
abroad for such articles, and should not use the
public funds as a sort of speculation. Here we
have the crane in broken state; it can't work
at once, and when repaired the break cannot
be sure not to break again and we have no
explanation at all given; we know not for Ger
tain who it was that ordered it, how it comes
broken. He would suppose that it can be fix
cd somewhat. Yet W . have the question Of
the crop, His Excsllsnoy left the Council,
there is no one to represent the Government;
but we could have a right to know for certain
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