THE DRAINAGE SCHEME.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 3

THE DRAINAGE SCHEME.

W - * .- ¥ WORKS TO BE COMPLETED. AX lid BATE. Mr Small, chairman of the- Works-Corn-m-tte» of the Drainage Board, made an irr rw.rtant staU-nieU last night when he explained the estimate- of'the cost, of completing the. sewacre }wrtioa .of.tha boards scheme as aueirtim: the. Dtinedin. and suburban drainage district, to'bo carried out on the separate system. Accompanying the. statement of estimated cost was a pjan prepared bv the. „ engineer, s wru .1; the uncompleted portions of tno loard s j 6 i-h*mo divided into 30 arras, ea.cn of which can be completed independent- ot any other uncompleted portion ot tno work. . ' , ' c Mr Small, ii> explaining tne position 01 1 the board, said'they'could not go into it ; that nisrht. There would have to be 101- j lowed the ordinalr" routine of obtaining , reports from 'the Works and l'Vimo Com- ; jnittees. The estimate* 'had only U-t-n ; completed by Mr Slinger on the previous day. and there had been no time to ptae« , it before the, committees for a report. A- . showing the. necessity for having all avail- ; able in format km Ix-foro*these commuters, j be- stated that, Greater Diinetlnt [ would have a surplus 'of £1.296 ironi the | additional Titles available -from the- pro- 1 ros-ed area to be reticulated, and i Maori llill and Morrington vrou'il j jiiot- about balance, there would i-e a derieiencv so far as St. Kilda was concerned | of about £4lB. Although they could not 1 deal finally with the matter that "ight, : he woidd 'ask permission to state- brieby tho situation as it appeared to hun from ; th>> estimate laid on tho table. _ . The estimates, continued Mr Small, pr.'•--; vided for an expenditure in the City <H I £68.625;- in St. KiHa- £25,769:- m St. | Clair £5.973; in South Dunedin, | £11486: in Caversham, £8,161; in Morn- 1 ir-ton. £12,558: in Maori llill. £0,832 -, j and in North-east Valley £20.359.- That made, a total in all of £158.783, but in- ; eluded therein was provision for works ; that would not be lequired for many years, i such as the remodelling of the City drtum , a-'o (£56.000), the links at Maun H;il ! £0,497), a small portion, of St. Iviklr* (£620), and a portion of Mormngto.i , (£2.550). This involved a deduction of i £65,617, leaving the amount to be ox-| pended £95.186. To this was to be added interest, to be paid out of loans to the extent of £4,000, cost of continuous pumping (£1.600), and amount spent and being j spent on storm water provision (£2,000) | making a grand total of £1C2,042. To ; meet- this there wm available money n j hand to the amount of £60.609. and tho j •L'noupt which tho board could still borrow j (£so.ooo)—making a total of £110.609. - and showing a slight margin <>n the right j side. With regard to .tho sufiicie.iiey or i otherwise of the rata to meet the interest ■ on the loan and tho additional loan ot ■ £SOXOO. he h?d found that an 11<1 rati; j r.ext vear would meet the. expenditure. If I in 1915-14 a Is rate was imposed thore I would ba a surplus of £4,000. j Mr Mar low pointed out that there was t a 'fair area in St. Kikla not yet built on. | and that part w;is gjowing as much as any ! part of Dunedin.. so that tho revenue. ■ to-day and that of five years hcii<\> wotil I ; be. vr'rv different. Be was pleased to hear '. Mr Small s-.'-y tha.t ••<.n lid rate would he j ncit year. They were told a little, while , ifo that a shilling rate would hardly bal- ! a lice next year. The board had worked on j the principle t!u>t a shilling was their mar j g' n - I Mr Christie said it was very gratifying , to have, the plans prepared by .Mr Stinger. ! That was the brst time that the plan- of j the separate system had been laid or. the j table. They were pleated indeed that Mr [ Slinger had managed to get the work so , far ahead He thought that they should ] ■*o that Mr Klingor w:is not interiupled so I much, so that he could complete* hts work, j Jt, would be well to have all the details | completed and hi the fninds of the board, j The Chairman .-aid that Mr Slin.utr d°- j served every ervd.it for his patience and ! industry in "[.la on in y; tlie whole thin-j; or.t. j :ind the practieal iesi.lt was that the moiiPj available, £ICO,OOO, was about the amount of money that would put the I job into LTOod working eoi'idition.- ** f would work on tiie plan and linit.h the job 1 in a svsr.ematic mariner. They had a j thcrotijrb. grip ot it now, and knew ex- I uetly liotv stocd. j ylv Cnmpbell lompHmented the ch:nv- . man-of the Works C'-mmit tee and the chair* ■ man of the board in iinvinu' broeght the 1 pCk-ition so pioininentlv before tho board. .-••rid also the engineer on tho ciaboratQ pliui 1 he had brought before them. ,:- " ■"•: j The whole matter was referred to the'l Works and Finance Cojumiltees to report, j -' !