WHARF CONSTRUCTION, SYDNEY HARBOUR. XXIX. 
progress of the port, and being closely followed by others 
of similar tonnage, and of the Liverpool White Star liners 
of 12,000 tons, showed the necessity of at once providing 
Suitable berthing accommodation for this class of vessel. 
The result was the construction of the extensive wharves 
at the east side of Woolloomooloo, completed in 1901. The 
fine wharf 1,280 feet long at Miller’s Point, for the berthing 
of the two White Star liners, and the rearrangement of the 
west side of Circular Quay so as to provide a wharf 1,000 
feet long for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamers; these 
latter wharves were completed by the Harbour Trust 
Commissioners in 19038, and in 1905 a jetty 500 feet long 
and 150 feet wide was constructed at Pyrmont for the 
wheat trade. This jetty will be extended to 1,000 feet long © 
when required. 
Contemporarily with the advent of these large vessels 
there has been a great increase in the. size of all vessels 
engaged in both over-sea and coastal trade. Ocean tramps 
of 8,000 and 9,000 tons are how common enough, and even 
in the coastal and New Zealand trades, some of the vessels 
now range from 4,000 to 6,000 tons, whereas four or five 
years ago the largest was not much over 3,000 tons. This 
large increase in the size of steamers engaged in the New 
Zealand and Inter-State trade has necessitated the re- 
arrangement and enlargement of the majority of the jetties 
in Darling Harbour, and during the last few years many of 
the old structures have been removed and replaced by 
more up-to-date berths. 
It will thus be seen that the requirements of the port as 
a shipping centre have been revolutionised within a single 
decade. Where formerly jetties 300 feet long with 80 to 
90 feet of waterway between them sufficed, these are now 
quite inadequate for the accommodation of the present 
Class of over-sea ship. On all sides we find the tendency 
