KILBIRNIE DRAINS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 13

KILBIRNIE DRAINS.

"YET A LITTLE WHILl!.'' ■ k report, just' been prepared 'by tho: City Engineer ;wiU bo: of interest to all residents of Jiilbirnie,- especially to thoso who formed- the deputation which.?waited on the Mayor (the Horn T. W. Hislop) somo. wcfeks; ago. - _ 'ii regard: to, the dofeiro of Kilhirnio resident.i that"a'drainage system should bo installed while this work was being carried'out in-other, ."suburbs,, tho - City. .Engineer, states that Buch a proocoding ia impossible). He points out that pipes: aro boing put down in Kelhume and .Rosenpath'as fast as thoy can be made, and adds thafc a groat deal of planning and surveying. will; bo required Wore a' k commencement ? can:bo made with the sower iretioulation-of Kilbirnifi.; It will havo to bo determined-how much pf the suburb can be drained: by-'gravitation: Into tho main outfall :sewor, and ..from >what' area tho eewago will havo to bo pumped. .- Tho report states that ]&survey .is now. being', made; in order' that no delay shall take place' in ordering'-tho; •pumping machinery,. '•, . Referring to the claim for precedence -in ,theso works put, forward by tho Kilbirnie .people, the engineer, in his. report, .points out that the special circumstancos of oanh district; havo to be considered before any step is taken. Those important works 'aro - being dealt with as quickly as possible, for there aro many casts of urgency; but the speed at ;which operations.'.can ; bo pushed ahead 'is i limitod by the :rato of supply of plana and ■ materials. .In jKelburne, -RoSencath,. and IsUarid Bay, : ;thei drainage, works have been in full swing for. soino months. '' . , . Sea baths'it'; was a matter re:forred to by the .'deputation, and - tlio engineer is pi'eparing a rcport on the subject, for 'the liOKt conunittoe meeting. ' Replying.to,the request' that the £2000 authorised, toi be .spent-. oil 'a, recreation igronnd for Kilbirnie should bo disbursed 'without delay,-the engineer states that, such an expenditure at the present stage would not be of appreciable value. As, no. soil can be deposited. in the harbour, tlio whole -of the amount Would have to bo spent in form--ijig the outerisea : \vaU- ' However, the enginoer lntcnds looking fui'thor into the matter,, ''.and ■: will preparo .v; a - comprehensive report beforo the next moeting or .the conhcil.' .