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was probably due to inadequate appreciation of the
enormous number of passengers for whom it is anticipated
that accommodation must be provided, as well as of the
following points:-
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
the wharf will be very difficult of access owing
to the proximity of another wharf closely
adjoining it, the right to build which had
already been acquired by Messrs. Butterfield
and Swire, and which is now built;
it would interfere with vessels coming alongside
the deep-sea berth off Lots 34 and 81, and
were a vessel lying off that wharf it would
not be possible for a ferry-steamer to come
alongside the pier;
the tidal current sweeps with such strength
round this point that steam-launches would
find it both difficult and dangerous to
come alongside a pier projected at right
angles to the shore; (It would not be
possible to make a wharf parallel to the
shore, and large enough for the existing
Ferry Steamers without encroaching on the
deep-sea berth).
the depth here is above 60 feet at low water, and
the construction of a pier would be pro-
-hibitive in cost;
to accommodate the anticipated passenger traffic
it will be necessary to have a wharf which
can berth more than one Ferry Steamer of
the size indicated at a time, and that for
the reasons given is here impossible.
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