WATER FOR EASTBOURNE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 4

WATER FOR EASTBOURNE

CREEKS TO BB INSPECTED-: V Onb 'of the first, things/.wliieh : a 'growing borough,;-reache's;out /for 'after it lias' .attained . a coi-tain ago "and importance is a water-supply independent of that coming off .corrugated iron. The; -desire for a gravitation supply is a; healthy "growing pain'. that'lranldes/until somothing -: is done, or," at. tho - very .'least,.until "steps are taken." It is only natural;, too,'ihat such steps should bo taken at the/driest period iii tho year, when-the tanks at tho corner -of the house give forth a hollow boom on being tapped.of a morning'by anxious : paterfamilias. ■ r As the; sound -becomes.'loudor../;as . /of - the' gradual, fall; of .'tho'..level/-.of-'tho .water: within' tlie cistern;, the head of: the. house begins to growl, and his growls are borne' on some, system- 'of "wireless'" to the bor-; ough; .councillors,/.who, then;.'meet. ' and "tako steps." : This procedure has been followed moreor less in'tho, case :.;of Eastbourne, the growing .suburb, across the harbour. 1 '/For: several summers/past, there, has been an insistent call;-for: water.. at Eastbournej and a good' deal of attention has been : fiven the matter by the' council. That' ody went so far as to engage the'services of ■, tho Rev. Mr. .'Mason;. of..Auckland, who - boasts, the/ gift' of ' divining where water: may: bo/found :beneath' the ground. A spot was: indicated' near ' .the recreation; ground at -Muritai,' and boring operations wero proceeded wi'th, but owing/ to tinforseen;circumstances:the boring was' not proceeded with far onough 'to' prove/if -the reverend gentleman's divina-/ Hon was a true; one.- Tho board has not altogether given- up: hope; of-securing .'an artesian supply, (ind is even! now. negotiating for tho. continuation .'of.' tho^''.-boring' work, ;, ;.- v -' ; /.In;(lie: meantime; however, tho council has decided to make 'ah- inspection of Russb's,' stream in Rona; Bay to-dnv to decido-'whether it would;bo,-'practicable to conserve its waters by ! tho erection of ' a reservoir in the, hills at tho back: of tlio bay. :■ It/is -also ./intended to inspect/ 'all: other streams that traverse any piirt of the' borough, to/obtain-a! record .of their.. flow at this, tho driest,' seasoh /"of tho; year. / :/;'/;-' ; '.;' ; ;- i -''"V/";;:';:/;;