And Papeete
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Work Begins On Apia
Harbour Projects
Work on the much-heralded pro jects to improve the ports of Apia [Western Samoa) and Papeete (Tahiti) has begun in the past few weeks.
Apia's project got under way on April 8 when the first loads of rock for the building of - holding walls were tipped into the* harbour at Pilot Point, following considerable delay over the rock haulage contract.
Eight five-ton trucks are employed in hauling rock to build the holding walls, and it is estimated that each truck will have to carry about 1,500 loads to complete the work. At an average of 10 loads a day, this will take five months. Some of the Vaitele boulders being used are com plete loads in themselves.
A dredge to deepen the harbour is expected in Apia about mid-May, and dredging will begin as soon as the holding wall is sufficiently ad vanced for spoil to be discharged against it.
The first work in Papeete's har bour project consists of building an embankment out from Fare Ute (the point on the north-eastern side of the town).
When completed, the embankment will provide access to a pontoon, which will be used to build a pro tective dike along the reef and in the construction of the first wharfs.