DRAINAGE BOARD.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5063, 29 November 1881, Page 2

DRAINAGE BOARD.

The usual fortaighcly meeting of titsfca Board wu held at the Board's day at 2 o'olook. Fr6«ent~Mess» % » Tanered (obairman), K. J. 8. Harc-jn V' White, Jan., 0. Cuff, 0. K. BJakjj ta w » ffdbbs, and J. E. Biown. ff The engineer's report was read m |al lows,:-? • 1. The drain whfoh Mr BhO'jlee asks the Board to deepen icon the canal reserve, and ij isjes tinuatioa of a part deepened by the Boari sixrai eighteen months ego. The extent bo® ssfaa for ia43 chains long, and would cosk £U&MH per chain. The land, and the roads' far &%, distance round, would dative benefit froia fe deeper drainage thus afforded. The Hoad Bo&rd and several farmers of toe neighborhood hm joined in the request to make this drak. g, I would request the instructions of the Board J » open and keep in order a drain in Bingafcl eastward at Perth street, wMoiis tncch waatcj to keep the section dry. TMb, al&oBgb noJ made over to fcbq Board by the Eoad Board ci other authority, is a drain reserve, tasdalstha original proprietors, and, I believe, was lomefit attended to by the Boad Board. It is v<4 necessary for the comfort and health of smnl properties that persona should not be allowed to obstruct this drain as is done at present, 3. The contract far clearing drains ia tta Avon district will terminate next month. It Iβ very necessary that;all <£ thiH kind should terminate in wiate, ssi wherever possible I have so arranged few, Iβ the case of the Avon district, the ooaks&aia willing to extend his contract until whist, vi I would recommead that this be done, othenritt it must be re-let for five months, which ia net a convenient as it would be to continue the prejsj contract. 4. In arranging the lovela forii Bewers m Sydenham district I have placed iba aewer in Lincoln road so that it is availsfcfch drain the asylum at Sunnyeido, In conKefisa o! this the drain will be very deep near Afi&g. ton-, and the drainage of part of flow towards it. It was necessary ta deeMs tb point first, and I would recommend this ment rather than that of plaoing two pipst ia Lincoln road—one at considerable <3 op ft, fessa-ra the Asylum; and one muoh shallow, kerro the neighboring parts of Addiagtos, S.fes ehort time it will be necessary for the Bard te work the engines at the pumping I would recommend that an engine drira'awii. enoed in that class of engiaea eteM k employed, as the effectual working of gjecgcg ana pumps ia a matter of great impcsis&ej. 6. A part of the old sower in the Soutb fedtisfc broken by einking h> the quickßand, Ikw hs it repaired in the uanal manner t>y jMcf kscrete underneath the broken part, &<ai K&aiMiaj the arch with brickwork. c .. — vMuewecisa oi&vst by dlEi The jmsUer referred to in cleuulffbdi* ferrad till next meeting, 2. tion of the engineer v to th/ drain at Bingaland wan ad op ;, to/is if.ts authorieed to act. In refefe« !a otoU, the engineer explained (hat iHffgiEmfflf,oeb| to rapid growth, the drains vsMnt&y hm from weeds, so thafcoaths6emiualieao?s oontraot they oould not be hm&ti o7#(Jts® to a new contfaotor. Hβ *v anlhorittd te act asenggeeted.—The enghaeet gtoted fell | with Ttjpua to chase, 4, £hjs ws»» ffiaijifira- § tion of M> Olark'e Sohenie, inatmuou ea 6j H | the drains weroesiended to Mto «&e in tb» 1 sewage of., the luristia «?jliks, , Ho belie«d the Government had got an idea that tb Board would object 6o tfaa eonnoetioa of the Mylam drains with their schema. Btim members said that there matt be tome :£&• take on the part of tho Gorarssmeot; hi though the Board would rather not h&vo i 3 inclnde the myluva, yet they bed no wk'hto place difllculties in the way of its props? drainage. Knally, the feginoer was iv« strnoted .to prepatf an estimate of the difference in ;tfee foort of his end Mb da?*'* ' eeienie, wi6a the Ties' of bnde&TOrlHg & obtain « mntj! tbe balnea the : 4immumnt. B. The er. gineor afcated fclis* he wihed the mattsr of the appoin*»enliof?aß«a|iOe.ariwrheld over, ea as to allow him,'tiei* to.ooUeoS informstioa about Bal'ariee-aitaohud to similar appoistmente elsewhere. l?o»tponed aooordffifif. 6. The acjaon of the engineer in rep»iriEg ti® oW : drain bfheeeo M&draa and Solwyn itotii was approvea.' report ftsawhfllS »« then adopted. ..." «, Jn antwep: to; a qneeUon £rem ; Mr * I. Brown, the, flhainaap eaid a wpoyfc had h* yet been received from a oommittee ep&KBMS to investigate ehftiWffl for oompsmmtfos of * men named Maher, and it appearing tast w committee had lapsed* Messrs Hebbi m j White were appointed to look into t£» ' and report at next Board meeting. The seal of tho Board was ordsfSH to in affixed Co a deed, of eaeeiaest, Neavo So tlse Board. ... 1 iHie olerka to the Boad Board* wilbffi fe* district atsd thi town erfr* el Sydenham wore appointed tetnrnini otm to act at the next election of nsembera vj t& Board, remuneration being fixed at £0 Ssijr anuacontesfced election, and i? othsF*?aJ " Bs. The ohairman was requested to eeaiee" nieate with Mr G-. L. Lee about the menfc of a rstnmine officer for the , Letters were read from the Town P«* f Sydenham reqawtißg She Board to mf.f be removed the ynbbieh cleared oni mw& •amps immediately after itf stead of allowing it bo remain, as Baa'W»»» custom, for some time afterwatdf, b> c great nuisance. The engineer wmm*™®® to haw the offensive matte 'uaum» * promptly as p<j»sible on all ocoasioas, »™ g proonre by hire or pm-obaie *'**%™??Z pjMjform the eermoej—JVom fa'W*s?Z Boad Board, calling attention &c the MS o£ Bookley's road, as left by *•-«»««»* who laid down drain pipes; *l»to*j«*Kl holes on the Canal Beserve j ate to «» ste *f of Fewy road, caused by rscssncg The letter asked for tfa* spresdißg «J , ' f metal instead of shingle, as at praefit. w» | matter was referred to the enginM/.-^s *» f the same, stating that past o! th s «» n X I proposed to risit and inepefe *« I to be retertetl at the »»ndiilJ«,*« ■* e »£J3 29th. and asked thatwffle the Dfainage Board stoutf, engineer, meet them tfwfc ~ P lB Z gretted the short !?iS engineer stated that h» ita^JF «gg to attest at the iispeotioa, and M? IgJJ undertook to, if possible, \ I £20, damages done to the propew? ot I JSeiLieiir»6 ««• SandhiUs, »yfe e i!"JS I of fences, cutting of P^ , iI S J2 e Rh» I being left op«n, as I Board. The engineer *»J | «g?^,£ I B# # I I asking leave to turn the ***».?[* I stream on his property <*t? n j. I ferred to the engineer.-S'wm Ms & • » I Stevons, other of t C3lubs, drawing the attention of the Borrow * the negated.tete\of ( the Avon ftjomg I town &elt to Wxigbt'B eoxnei•Jβ* WJJ stated fnrther that &c masses of I fa cr divert an op«n dram running tW th«ir properties from JEbxaMen road Iβ» South towalx.lt, M »Shad become very SW . The engineer made a ■■"5» aMO 4 t * £ ! •uMeefe wh&Atte Boerd agreed to, t

W Avon district be carried out, and that conflicting with this resolution £--£_.-.» Ze%Hona ot late years, following those of tee bodies who, earlier were mcbarge of tke drainage, had iesulted m brmgmg bodies Ot water through the Avon district, which, in -flood times, ware much too large to be accommodated by the aewera in existence, and as a ___e_auence there were, sometimes, hundreds S__es of fine land laid under water, "JBUoh |o the damage «f the occupants. Tho soheme tcopesed by the engineer seemed to him a Jwdy way out of the difficulty, and he hoped _a Board would- at once take the steps ha asatioa in— cited. Mr Harman said he thought the Board should move in the matte. caution. He was afraid they perhaps. otherwise, might only transfer injury from O«W# psrsbris to another- He thought it .(bttjjd—^-a-*»—ained whether the proposed 'plan, if carried out, would do injury to others _4_tpresent ; _—e-d. Several other membera having spoken, a motion waa finally firW— to, instructing the engineer to examine and to report as.early as possible, trheteer properties on_ie Wairarapa would fa i-ju—d by the proposed diversion. A aember, alluding to the report that the fee Borough Council intended to dispute the *-_aHtry of the rate levied by the Board,asked s_Tif-ould be appointed to collect the rate in Sydenham, as he supposed the town clerk *crald pot do if. The Chairman said he _onght-the- question need not be raised ; -thp bOKmgb had already oollected part of the then dropped. Account a to the amount of £1675 3s 93 were passed for payment, and the Board j —jog—ad. " i ','■-. '■; '\■ '■ .''" j i