ISLAND BAY DRAINAGE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 2

ISLAND BAY DRAINAGE.

■ It .is expected that- tho first- houses on tk* : main- route pf- the Island Bay. drainage' system could be connected. with the outfall' sewer in about thrpo months', time.- Tho septic tink has been completed, but ; it' .rail - not : eoinmcnoo ? operntioiis' lintil, tho _ "outfall eisirer has been • finished and Bcrhainppre'i.joined up. ; Thd sowage of the latter subiirb isat present pimiped tbjLyoU Bay; but whon the Island Bay system is ' inworking' order jt will be connoolod with tlie sewer. Tho main, outfall runs ; down the-Parade, along tho Esplanade, to tho .owner-.of Oliiro Bay, where it empties into tho septic tank, and from thence'to tho 6ea. ; Ii has been' completed fup to Cornwall: Street, ' and the mon nro> now working between C6rnwall and , nee' Streets.':; A seotion'botwoon tho; < tank and the tunnel, and from -Diippa 'Strcot'■ southward,, remains' to bo done. . Before tho Dnppa ?treet recreation grounds woro ' mad* tlie mains were laid under it.. ,v- ---. Tho pipes are ,18in. in diameter at tho lower end, and from 12in. to 15in. at the upper end. ' ' • All the'side streets 'will have to .bo con- ■ nected with the outfall before tho houses oan join up, ... , ..i . ■: - Yesterday aftornoon, ; thc .members of tho Public Health Committee (Mr. G. Shirtcliffo,: • olinirmun), accompanied by tho City Bngin- . oer, Mr. W. H. Morton;'paid a visit of inspection to- the seutic