THE DRAINAGE SCHEME.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5008, 8 March 1877, Page 3

THE DRAINAGE SCHEME.

TMn TO THE KI..WU OF TUB LTTTKLTWf TIHKS. P.U.- or. being a ? ot at church proper, my i-i-cscnco at the meting oWftt MrClarVs r niiiiH, on Friday last, tuny nH>«u to T X”r in VH- rl S*‘»bSr. Circular I«vitta|C citizens to attend and discuss so f >is #lh» HtnvnifO of ChriMtchuroli. i, * llo '' ll '7 tK>BßO«scil Bonus important l^oliK hbortyof & .Sa~A the wrantfoo * ltu ,! uo u i m ,i boon mooting af |or **'o, t' r !' 1 ' r “l i I,j m for prosidicff the c.ihmtoa M lw\?te?viewwth thSo B'ntlomen. the, showed nufa nSu«« invention ot their own) for the thorough draining ot low-lyxug clues, and the utilisation of nil excreta. . , , Having thn interest ot Melbourne at heart, and knowing the groat difficulty civil o .ginoers there had in determining upon a. proper system, ot drainage, I made every inquiry from them os to the working and success of their scheme with a view to putting them before my follow citizens on my return. 1 learned from them that their system was at work in Lsorainister, Sceforth, hiohmond, Uomo, Bio Janeiro, and other cities; the latter place possesses 40,0 i 0 inhabitants, and the powers them had determined upon giving their plan a trial upon ono-balfof their city; on having sufficient experience, they determined to have the o»her half don >, and I possess a loiter from Messrs Gotto and Beasley wherein they state that their MrGotto had returned to London after its completion also enclosing me a oopy of the plan, which I have handed to Mr Ollivier. I may here mention that some two years ago the Victorian Government sent their Engiueor.iu-uuefi

Mr Thou. Higginbotham, to Europe «n<l America to Ji 1 -* 0 1 J°. working of railways there. Another portion of his duty, was to And out tho best system of dnuoago ; and I gave that gentleman » 1 to Gotto and Beasley. Mr Higginbotham I observe, has lately returned To -i»wl ODy ’ ““‘l’li lV : : n ,° »» interview with them, and if so, feel sure that he will be most happy to import oil information he received from them or other sources on tho subject, to the Committee appointed at the meeting to wait upon the City Council. Apologising for tho length of tMa tetter.—-I am, fto.. WM. JOHN DISUER. Hoathcote \ alley, March J,