DRAINING THE SUBURBS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 9

DRAINING THE SUBURBS.

PROGRESS OF THE "WORK. w "! ■V-.The'installation oi; the sewerage and drainago sy6tom in .tho suburbs. has.. beon progressing apaco during. the past fow months, : j . The Island Bay drainage is still a good way off completion, but a great deal of work has -been' done. ; Tho: septic tank' lias been completed,. and the hill on which Cliff House stands has bean tunnelled to oari-y the maiii drain.. iTlw -'pipes have beon laid . in " tho .tunnel,..arid :for most of tho way.between thoand thb septic'' tank.- Drain-laying has .been completed on tho city side up to Duppii .Street .recreation ground., but all tho branoh pipes have■ still to.bo installed.. Whon the Island I!ay main is completed, Berharnporo sowago, which,is at present pumped into tbe;city mains,'.ivil);be a'ttacW to tlie , now system.';A start has been mado with iho . Brooklyn 'system, and when it is ■ cpm-' ilplcted tho. maiii pfirtioii of tho sewage will bo takeii.dowii tho Happy Valley Koad to tho septic tank, at Island Bay. ; Draiii-laying at''Ro6eneiitli is nearing completion, and .the machinery . in ■ connection with .the ;Slione pjoctor system, which is to pu'mp the sewage;into tho main at Sussex Suua.ro, is now duo from Home. ' -Work at.'liolburno iß': also 1 practically completed; Fairlio Terrace and the Parade: being the' onlv points to bo covered. " A delay - has occurred, here in tho matter of taking certain pipes; through it; .gaol reserve to connect . with Aro Stieot. '.■■■■