“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31027, 5 April 1966, Page 16

“The Press” In 1866

April 5 DRAINS.—A large consignment of draining pipes has just arrived, and is now lying in Lyttelton harbor. These pipes were sent for by the City Council, after long and anxious consideration of the whole question, for the purpose of draining the most thickly inhabited parts of Christchurch. The mode of draining was not hurriedly adopted: there were committees and commissioners, and minutes of evidence and reports. Engineers gave their opinions, and medical men gave their opinions, and newspaper correspondents by the score gave their opinions. The conclu- '• sion arrived at a rational one, an

economical, and a simple one. It was determined, we believe with very general satisfaction, that any general system of drainage was not necessary, and would be very expensive, that the solid sewerage matter might very well be dealt with for many years to come, if not permanently, by the system at present in use; that the liquid sewerage matter should be carried by stoneware drainage pipes into the River Avon. The materials now arrived are sufficient to drain the whole of Colombo street, and all the cross streets running into it where the population is so dense as to justify the outlay or to render such drainage a mattter of great importance.