lined damages for injury to the plaintiff from defendants' negligence as engineers and for a breach of contract to contract wharf bunding.
The hearing of this case in which Mr, 'T, Morgan Phillipe represented intiff and Mr. Loftus Jones appeared for defendants, was resumed.
A. H, Chambers, Superintendent of the Shanghai Hongkew Wharf Ca.. aid be overlooked the removal of mad mich came from Pootang in boats to the plaintiff's wharf, sod saw the dredger st work. Witness was frequently at the whart and at times be wok soundings. These were taken while the dredger was at work and aft the reason for them being taken being that it was ramoured thatthe P. & 0. and Glen Line steamers were likely to go to that wharf. There bad been constant grumbling about there being only 22 feet of water at the Shanghai Hongkew wharves, and witness wanted to find out what was the depth of water at the new wharf, In his soundings be got 30 feet about 12 feet outside the wharf, and Hooley of the resalt of his G. MoMardo, shipwright defendant company, said be bad bed considerable experience in pile driving and was in charge of the construction of the wharf. Before being pat down all the piles were measured and were found to be of the proper lengths. Ordinary pile-drivers were used, snd they were quite satisfactory. It was difficalt to get the front piles down. The work was proceeded with cootinuously and no work was done at night. The plaintiff was very undecided about the height of the wharf, and finally be decided to have it like Jardine's Pootang Wharf. This was an average of 2 feet 6 inches more than what was originally intended, and the tops of the piles had consequently to be sawn off. This left the deck about
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