THE COX'S CREEK DRAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 178, 28 July 1909, Page 4

THE COX'S CREEK DRAIN.

CITY COUNCIL A>T> GREY EYXN". { '" For some time past the Grey Lynn : J Borough Council has-been" at. variance ■ with the City' Council: over: theiPonson- \ by dra.iir that ruins into CWs Creek. '4his sewer, after emptying: into the creek, runs- down an. ogenVchannel,, and . the Grey Lynn hody contends that sev-:-. 'era! cases, of fever- .which occurred in - - district year were; directly or indirectly caused' by this drain, wHch ) they claim should: ber dosed in for tha good: hearth of the- district. ' They- a 15077,7 nave a sewer emptying; iiito Cox' 3 Creek .biit it is a closed: one,, and' they .desire .: the City authorities,'after having-com- i, i plieted their drain, to- the foreshore,. 1 to. combine ■ with-rßrey Lymr-hr defraying the "cost" of running a. pipe carrying ths flow of tlie-: combined I "servers out beyond .;,'<& .Costs',' Bridge.' The cost of,the. under- :;-i •taking'is estimated at several thousahd.7;*|| pounds,, and: the- City. Council, is. aveisa .:'M to. the expense, maintaining orii its side I that the present open, drain- can ;hr-no ji| ; way affect the health of the' surround" || ihg population-, -as there are no : houses :.;*jj within contaminating.'distance, and that the necessary outlay is therefore unwarranted in vje-w'of the. fact that with- , ■in a few years, the Drainage' Board's . sewer will tome along and wipe out , tlie. necessity for. the extension'proposed"... 7 by Grey Lynn, "in. order that the position, might be 7 thoroughly investigated and appreciated .7 by both Councils, the &e&y_ Lynn body : 1 arranged for a mutual meet this, afternoon in the vicinity of; tTie- drain, and , invited the health authorities to attend; the,.conference and- express..opinion on 7 1 the inuocuousness or otherwise of thi» - vexed sewage' eharinel! ??. „. | r