SYDENHAM'S WATER SUPPLY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11012, 9 July 1901, Page 6

SYDENHAM'S WATER SUPPLY.

THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDS-' TIOJfS,. , *' The question of a water supply for.Syden- r - ham was again bofore the Boioiigh Council' -f., last night, Cγ. Jones 'intioducing too . of tha Witter Supply Committee. The Committee proposes to put the pump- , ing station in the central yard and to raise .*, she height of the lover reservoir and water -' tower to compensate for the lower Iμ. of.,- _*. the site. They consider that-a batter ilow o£.\-, '. water can W got on that that it * rise to the same height us the well .at Pou'-t. J son street, which rises eighteen feet above. , - the surface, and that the i«.iter weli r can be ; ' -■ used to fill the mains for tJis low pressure* f i supply. The advantages to be gained 'I tha. central site, such as concentration ofworks, leduced friction in the mains, etc., ■ -, will, the Committee think, more than com-/ J peo&ito for the extra cost of pumping. The report adds:—"The Committee Jw« also- n! * had another scheme far the reticulation qf, ' A the borough prepaa-ed, which pxovicied fot.'. ." 700 chains of additional mains, as shown on. ITthe1 Tthe plan now'on the Council table. Thes* 1 extensions and this altering the site of-tl* ";, pumping station will increase the cost of the "i scheme to £14,000, but as it will enable nearly all the houses of the borough to i>.\ connected with the mains, increase th* effi- , ciSncy of the scheme for fire pi«vtntion, and produce a greater revenue for the Council, '1 the Committee recommends that the amend

Ed scheme bs adopted.' , Crs. Millar, Hadtield, and Clifford urged that the matter should be dealt with at " \ once. j 7 Cγ. Jones strongly supported the scheme \ as one lie felt quite sure would ' \ supply all Sydenham's wants for -A many years to come without fetrifc , "

ing . any special rate. Taking the r* auction of 25 per cent, in insurance pre-, '"; miums which must follow the carrying out' of the scheme, it would, he contended, no* . *' only be free of cost but a gieat sitvmg to • *, the ratepayers. -* The. repott was then adopted, on Cγ, ■ ' Jones's motion, seconded by Gγ. Clifford.