CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume X, Issue 1189, 29 August 1866, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The following is the report of $9 surface drainage of the city, and otter matters, drawn up by Mr W. 3?. Moore, the City Surveyor, in accordance with the resolution passed at the weekly meeting held on the 15th inst. It was read at the meeting on Monday night:—In a report of this nature I consider it advisable to go rather more deeply into the subject than the spirit of the resolution of the 15th instati t would lead mc to believe was the fe. tention of tlie Council. I commence therefore with some statistical information as to the nature of the requirements of the city as at present, the matter having still refer ence to the surface drainage. I find that previous to June, 1862, with the exception of the leading rnaia thoroughfare through the city, with _ short length of Cashel street, with parts also of Oxford and Cambridge terraces, the whole of the streets wera in their primitive Btate, since which time there has been formed a lehfth of 1183 chains (exclusive of the main thoroughfares), or fourteen mileseisty three' chains (14f miles), ailfefihuled through the various streets, as iaown in annexed appendix. Adding to t£a the main thoroughfares, 270 ehaiaa, makes , a total length of street in tbe city of 1450 chains, or a length of side channeling to be kept in repair of 2900 chains. Added to this 76 chains of side drains opened where the streets are not formed, making a grand total of 2976 chains. The present condition ot many of these side channels is very bad ; indeed. I may say that, aajinosl of them are without any protection, they require constant attention to render them efficient to carry of the water. I would estimate* thecoßfc-a keeping them in repair at not less than £1300 per annum. Though hot included in the resolution, the subject of this report, I annex a detail of' wls» I consider it advisable tbaf €ESS» drains should 'be paved, with afl approximate estimate of thesam^^ Of those named I would reeopuasad that in addition to the south: side,oi Hereford street from Colombo i afreet to the Avon, that Colombo street from Lichfield street to Armagh .tree* on both sides, and Cashel street from Manchester street to Oxford terras also on both sides, be at once commenced r With regard to the other*, I would strongly W*P°» S cil the necessity which exists lor tueir being done at as early a date as possible? I may here add that beeidea the expense entailed ia clearing the side channels, each time that this worfc » done a certain amount of injury is oi necessity caused. * .* With regard to the condition oltw streets, I regret having to report tan throughout the city they are in «n*Ji * cdifdi-ion as to render a heavy expenditure necessary to put them io» proper state of repair. 1 ?*"}"; some difficulty will be experienced in obtaining gra»el for am not of any left; withini* city. There exists a large bed in a* ley Park, which would, were a, brg thrown over the river in W street, be available; but as at p**enj its position renders it <n_elew, * » therefore in my estimate;«f^« 1 "JJ broken stone will be.used^ndb^ the same in the appendix at an aiejj on the streets there per chain, thirty yards cube J per yard cube. *Rom thin* Le/thatto metal so treated, a sum of -*'■«.»**,;«,_* and to re-metal those which reqtu|£249o. The state these stre^ts^i r! for with the exception of ag & tion of Manchester t* second coat of ™*§J<Z£»*» others have, since their * Jm averaging, various times- > mc 1862 to ISO 4, %: no nearly flat, with ££*■£ crown left, renders tbe , age of their surface a the streets, through «'^° tilßs1 a state, suffer considerably more

.r^f^ndcrosssection would do. havo om itted the Ia - b tliSghfores, to put rohich into state would cost a sum of, * pr( td numbers, of not less than rouna_« F road waa * 20 °°hJ froi » Belt to Tuam """lTulv 1864, and Tuam street to street* WJ November 1864. I have gahsbuiystret* congiderafcion the & 0 - n f anv of the roads or streets, for which would, were in a thorough state of tbe fcrobably be 2s 6d per chain repjur, V r y? Bi * itb regar d to those the streets not mentioned ?°ffia_t appendix, a certain amount in /Kiate repairs is also required of lß fi of metal, &c, here and ? PBt 2/then 863 chains at 2s 6d the^S y iLO3 nearly. ? I&id nothing about footways, *Jr the whole of which require ?ea^l#{byi beiiig made up to their 6 tome to those new works, which are as indispensable as ffrepaT* and; other works already ■ "3*. The formal course of the **& ° n L e cially the three first works that will • S&delav,«lfloa bridge over the driver, at either Gloucester or ,#£g?street For the hired Stae just the number of men aftSfc m yvho - would l e 11to master all the various works . m called upon to perform. __ this last appendix I have brought rt« whole of the others together, makt a Lnd total of £8821 12s, Sclostarof the main thoroughfares, which on Page 5 I estimated at Pa-ring now to the last clause of the resolution, the south drain, I find on back reference to my report that it ia 9 subject that has several times occ-pied the attention of the Council. Firtt, then, its existence is indispensable to enable the swampy basin west of Montreal street and other places which have no other outlet for their drainage to he drained, and were it Jwpfc dear from offensive drainage, would not, I think be complained of. At present the discharge from the breweries is the cause that renders it go disagreeable, and I may add unhealthy., . „ . . To convert this into a brick dram would not cost less than £70 per chain, and it is therefore out of the qnSßtioh, It may appear as if I was borrowing an idea from the Council, batit was expressed prior to my knowledge of its having been spoken of, viz.; that of putting down some of the A vitrified pipes now laying in the yard. But. here again I find that they cannot be tised ior any but the purpose for 4 which 'they were purchased. I also fod that it is impossible to make any '.•=- alteration * n the gradient of the bottom of the drain. It therefore only re- j jaains for the Council to takeimmej&te steps to prevent any drainage that may be the least offensive ori My to become so from flowing into it, and to have it kept thoroughly clew.," 1 bringing the low part of thel dr_v& where tbe water at present, lodge, between Manchester street and • l&tjjras street up to its proper level, bo «s to ensure an absence of stagnant water. , I would further recommend, with reference to the streets, that a certain length should be properly and permanently formed and macadamised each year. By this means the principal i&eejain ihe city would rapidly become in a state that a very slight - annual expenditure would suffice to '- keep them in repair.