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LONDON DOCK

INSPECTION BY THE PORT ALHORITY

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

BID FOR PASSENGER TRADE

London, July 19. In April, 1030, the Port of London Authority is going to make a serious bid to capture some of the big passen- ger

liner business of this country. There will then be a definite move to attract some of the big liners from Southampton to London, and it is hoped that the Union-Castle Line will use the Thames instead of the South Coast.

The Big Boating landing-stage at Tilbury is complete. But the L.M.S. Company has not finished the railway connections on land. These will be com- pleted next April, and, with the wait- ing-rooms and Customa "department, will provide facilities for the rapid handling of the largest liners in the world at the mouth of the Thames. This development is part of the very ambitious improvement scheme in the port, costing altogether £15,000,000, in- stituted by the Port of London Authority.

Modelled on Liverpool Mr. Frederick Palmer, consulting en- gineer to the Authority, told "The Journal of Commerce" to-day that the Tilbury landing-stage was modelled on the Liverpool stage, but was not as long. In appearance it is very much the same, with the same type of hing- ed bridges. Sir Edwin Cooper has de signed the lofty baggage halls and Customs offices in the rear. It is only

SECTION.

of an enlarged entrance to the West India Dock and the cutting of passages between its various branches in order to convert it into a system which will render it one of the most popular and serviceable docks in the port,

While we have been carrying out our programme of extensions and im- brovements in the port we have not neglected our own comfort, and that of the staff generally. Thanks to the genius of Sir Edwin Cooper we are housed in a suite of offices which are as fine as can be found anywhere in the world, and are a credit to the port: We have supplied premises and equipment for a head office stuff luncheon club in the proximity of the head office, and have established a pen- sion fund more generous to the staff. probably than in the case

any other similar organisation.

to

In conclusion, I am going to give you just one or two figures in order to The construction of the King George show you that the Port of London is y Dock is, of course, the most import more than holding its own. The ton ant single work we have undertaken. nage of shipping entering and leav It caters for the largest ships that can ing the port last year amounted. enter the port, and is equipped with 35,000,000 net registered tons, equal to every facility for the rapid handling 20 per cent, of the total tanange en of cargo. In the Victoria and Albert tering and leaving the ports of the Docks we have provided a new pumping United Kingdon, and comparing with installation, a cold store and sorting 38,000,000 tons when we took over in floor and new warehouses for the 1900, our percentage of the United storage of tobacco. Two additional Kingdom total then being just under quays and berths with all the neces- 13 per cent. The value of the import sary quays and berths with all the and export trade of the port in 1928 necessary equipment for handling and amounted to about $700,000,000, repre despatching chilled meat have also been senting 34% per cent. of the total im- provided:

port and export trade of the United Kingdom compared with £329,003,000 in 1000 representing just under 30 per cent. (Applause).

At Tilbury

Contracts That Go Abroad

At Tilbury we have extended the main dock and provided now sheds and also a berth for the accommodation of the Tilbury-Dunkirk passenger service. Mr. C. G. Ammon, M P. (Parliamen The new works at Tiibary, which aretary and Financial Secretary to the now approaching completion, comprise Admiralty), in his reply on behalf of an entrance dock 1,090ft in length, the guests, indicated how thrilled he and a dry dock 750ft. in length, but had been by the sight of London River susceptible of being extended to 1,000ft. of London knew nothing about. Nor - sight 75 per cent. of the citizens when the necessity arises. A passen- ger landing stage 1,150ft. in length did they know how much this country her overseas trade, He with all the necessary equipment for depended rapid embarkation and disembarkation congratulated all the PL.A. officials of passengers and baggage is neering and especially Mr. F. Palmer, for his completion, and will be available within engineering schemes. Sadly enough, the next few months. In this work we he said, in his new post he often had to are co-operating with the L.M.B. sign contracts for orders to foreign Railway, who are providing a new firms. The foreign prices were lower station, and we are looking forward to but it was not always a question of le. the large liners making full use of these bour. He had recently had to sign a contract to United States firm which facilities.

was 120 per cent. lower than the Bri- tish price, and there was no underpaid labour in the United States! This country seemed to be suffering from a sort of intellectual laziness and a lack of push and enterprise.

Curious Optical Illusion

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1929.

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The Duchess of York, 20,000-ten Canadian Pacific trans-Atlantic steamer, is not going to crash the new bridge which; a few days after this pictire was taken, was completed across the St. Lawrence in the harbor of Montreal, although the odd result of the photographer's work makes a smash-up seem almost inevitable. As a matter of fact the bridge is actually 26 feet above the tip of the Iner's fore- mast which itself is 30. feet higher than the funnel. The midget figures of the steel workers on the bridge give another Indication of the great height of the structure,

the delay in the railway side of the programme that prevents the stage be ing used immediately in the bid to make London the first passenger traffic pert of the world. The depth of water at the landing-stage i do feet. The length of the stage is 1,150 feet, which will acommodate two ordinary linets or one large ocean greyhound. If neces sary another 500 feet can be added to the landing-stage, and then two or the largest ships in the world can lay alongside at Tilbury. This is a dream dear to the heart of Lord Ritchie and the P.L.A.-A dream never likely to crystalise.

At the Survey docks we have con- structed a new dock and new sheds for

the timber trade, and we are now gaged in providing a pumping icatal lation and further quay and shed ac

commodation for that trade,

of

of

WARSHIPS HERE

The following are the warships at present in harbour:-

At the North -Basin:-H.M.S. "Tamar," "Stormcloud," "Moth" and "Scamew."

At the North Arm: H.M.S *Sterling,"

In Dock:-L19.

No. 7 buoy: "Serapis."

No. 8 buoy: "Seraph."

Foreign Man-of-War

Chines Gunboat “Kwang Kum.”

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

RMS. “Empress of The C.P.S. Asia" arrived at Manila on August 20 (Thurs.) at 6 a.m., leaves Manila on August 30 (Fri) at 1 pm, and is due at Kong Kong or September 1 (Sun) at 7 a.m.

The P. & D. 3.3.

"Khiva" from Hong Kong arrived London on Aug. 27 at 6 a.m.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE

Consignees of cargo ex M.V. delivery of their goods which will be "Deebank" are reminded subject to rout after September 2.

to take

and New

In the river we have provided a deap water cargo jetty for handling part cargoes, but our greatest work in the With the arrival in the Mersey on river bas been the deepening July 21 of the White Star liner the channel which has in-"Adriatic (24,583 tons) from volved the removal of 47,000,000 New York, and the "Duric tons

material at

an ex- (16,184 tons) from Montreal and penditure of £2,000,000 in addi-Quebec, the White Star line tion to the annual cost of maintaining completed а strenuous week-end, the channel after deepening. The during which they have handled 90,021 "This is, of course, only an experi- largest ships which now enter the port, tens of shipping. The "Laureatic" ment," said Mr. C. F. Learh (Vice and which draw approximately as much (18,724 tons) left Liverpool for Chairman of the P.L.A.), discussing as the largest ships float, are now Canada, and the "Demosthenes" (11250 the development, with "The Journal of able to enter this group of docks which tons) sailed for Australia, followed a

But we hope are situated over miles from the of hours attract all the big liners to Tilbury, Nore.

(19,000 tona) for Boston and shall give them the best port faci- When the works new approaching York. lities possible. We look forward to completion are available for service, handling amongst others, the big ships as, they will be within a few months' of the P. and O. Line, the Orient Line, time, I claim with confidence that no British India Co., Cunard Co.,

port in the world will be better equip Atlantic Transport Co., and the Eoyal bed than the Port of London, whether measured by accommodation for ship. ping, by equipment for handling of The interest with which the shipping goods or by the facilities for embark world will watch the P.LA. ambriousing and disembarking passengers. The development programme grows out of expenditure involved in carrying out the enterprise shown in thus facing these extensions and improvements to Rerce competition in foreign ports, the port amount to some 15 million where labour and conditions allow so sterling, towards which the Govara- much cheaper handling of ships and ment is assisting by the payment of cargoes. Londen is losing trade stadi-half interest for 15 years on about one. ly to the Continent. Especially is this, third of that sum Mr. Palmer, who so in the entrepot business. The port originally was our chief engineer and

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Fort Facilties

as a transhipment port. In the case responsible for the greater part of all of linseed and wheat, hardly any un sold cargoes now are to be found in the port. The unsold cargo is placed at Antwerp, or another Continental port, because the London charges are too high.

of

On completion of our programme the facilities and accommodation in the port will be well ahead of requirements. and there will be a pause in our capital For these, and other reasons, a group expenditure until the expansion

trade calls for further extensions. of MP's, and other visitors, at the Banual inspection of the port to-day wish could see some signi congratulated the P.L.A. on its enterof

that

expansion in

trade,

but come before the prise in Iaanching upon such bold and.

returng which costly schemes in an endeavour to me,

encouraging keep the port in its pre-eminent posi tion in the trade and shipping of the world.

are

not very and do dot give any indication that the additional accommodation which we are providing for the handling of goods will be made full use of in the near future at any rate. Still less de they warrant us embarking upon for- ther extensions.

Twenty Years of Progress The guests were entertained on the PLA. steam yacht Katherine by the vice-chairman, Mr. C. F. Leach.

There is another way, however, in After a tour around Tilbury and the

be river, into King George's Dock and the which the facilities of the port can Royal Albert Dock, Lord Ritchie of materially improved, and that is by the Dundee (chairman of the PLA) en provision of better road nccess to the

Jocks. tertained the guests to lunch at the tion to us to know that at last the con It is a source of great satisfac last dock,

The Port of London Authority, he struction of the new Victoria Dock said, has just completed the first Road is about to be undertaken and we are glad to think that we have boer twenty years of its cxistence. It is therefore appropriate that I should able to facilitate the work by provid give a brief account of what we have ing land for the necessary re-housing done during that period. To take first schemes. But there is congestion in the London and St. Katherine arstem, the approaches to every one of our we have provided new sheds, quays and docks, and we have already made re presentations to the Government in the bertha and pumping installation to maintain the water level within the hope that they may and it possible, In dock

At the India and Millwall conjunction with the various local. xystem we have extended the dry dock authorities, to remedy a condition of and provided new quays and sheds and things which is detrimental, not only a new pumping Installation, and we are to the port, but to the whole com- now just completing the construction munity.

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