Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Wharves.

The wharfage accommodation of Wellington is better than anywhere else in the Colony. For the past eleven years the offices of engineer, secretary, and treasurer to the Harbour Board have been filled by Mr. William Ferguson, M.A., B.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., a gentleman fully alive to the importance of his position. The people of Wellington have good reason to be proud of Mr. Ferguson. Though he combines in his own person engineer, secretary, and treasurer, his duties in all departments are thoroughly attended to. No sooner does the necessity for improved page 230 accommodation or appliances arise, than Mr. Ferguson supported by his enterprising Board, is at work to meet the difficulty. Quite recently magnificent extensions have been completed, to cope with the rapidly-increasing commerce. In every part of his domain—from the wool-sheds on Waterloo Quay to the coal wharves on Jervois Quay— the master mind of the engineer and controller is plainly visible. There is, probably, no other man who, by ability, industry, and watchfulness, contributes so largely to the advancement of Wellington.