CHRISTCHURCH DRAINAGE FARM.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15022, 17 July 1914, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH DRAINAGE FARM.

TO TO. EDITOR OF "XOS TRESS." Sir,—Your report of tlie deputation at the Hoathcote Council meeting, he- - ing brief, is rather misleading. The deputation presented a petition (winch y<W do not mention) signed by 4_5 rebiden. ■ , in the vicinity of tho farm, complfß-' ing, not only as you say, ot iue dn» from the farm, but also of tho dram to the farm. Recently one or two art-, icles havo appeared in "ThePress" trow, those who fear that tne . Heathcote - Council's sewage system at Cashm ere;?, likely to cause a nuisance. Now, air, the Christchurch sewage, as soon as » . reaches the farm, just over the city .. boundary, runs through an open d-Bin for over a quarter of a hide. The Cash- - mere sewage will run in underground pipes right up to tho tanks. Supposing - the Heathcoto Council were to run toe - sewage along an open drain- from the., - foot of Dyer's Pass road to the tanks, would not the Health Officer, Drainage Board, and the public, at once rajso strong objections? Then why let the Christchurch sewage be taken along an open drain before reaching tho tanSs" Again, Sir, at Cashmere we have c?- - to-date covered-fn septic tanks; at the drainage farm thero are only uncover** - settling ponds, and these are certainly not large enough to deal with tbe ,~ amount of sewage that is coming from the city. This can easily be pro Ted by going a milo below the farm along Breeze's road, whero the stench at ; times is abominable. If there is, or cap bo, a nuisance caused by the sevWge system at Cashmere, then how raMtt greater is, and must be, the nuisance at Bromley, not only to Bromley, bat to ' Christchurch, as tno prevailirg winds," aro from the farm to the city? EffQff, year more sewage is being dealt ivithi and the nnisancb is increasing. T-relw months ago I asked that the mem be* • of tho Drainage Board, tho Health Officer, and the newspaper reporter* would visit the farm on a frosty night., and then* will ascertain that ti>*; danger will soon be.ome_ very ■ the matter is not taken in hand e3rlf• —Yours, etc., GEO. K. BCRTOS. July 16th.