THE WATERWORKS.
to tTts Rr»ti">it i>y Wd KVKvt.sM- '.r vrt.. SJts,.—E am one of thos.> who share in the alarm wluc'v b b«irr.> eatnod t' r.'ttgh t*i« warii; of a<y mjaus IJr:lnvj taken to froo uj4 tiMiu tho licii; iu..puritins to. bo iouriit in various parts of the to«vn, and p:ii\.i:'tilirlv frv the tin drains xvl«iuU liavo so- foo'ts'dy b.-» n put , down tn dili'jrunt streets. .1 Uopo, fcuur-®?- ! iovv,. that yoa wilt allow me sp.u; > in vottr column* foe a f-w remarks* relative t-> what al 'j -U lik-ly to fivo us from the groun k; I fvasa which we have >4: fc ;t: good tieaUii.Ok fcU.> town. TV«o yeai*:-s when oor rate-book showed a xvry iuu«n lost} rafcitbb value than at pr.-sivnt. »>»u* Council felt j-ru&iuoil in apptyiiv; to E'arliamont top power to {>orrovr m> doubt. acting on film prineipt-j that ch-j public health wiw a necessity, and paramount to all »>tlie.r considerations. (Since obtaining tat; power t.>- b'»vr»>w. grvat ex!pense ha+ been gunt? to for thy purpose of iliac* rtvrin.t the bust sourer fur an adei|uato supply, and at last an engineer waa a_ipoii.it 'il v v order to tfwcoßghly rs»mifH> fc it; various avaitahte resortcces. an. I t« report thereon. Ile has reported, ami, the report has been eort.4< U«r«i I- satbfcwjtoj y r but. no activ« stops have yet been p t-ken to- carry out the wyriva. »o far a.-? f t know. I ; lotiitl bo gl» lif you e >uld g : v» .| u» some tvioriuatii n as to wiir.t tho t'ovm' Jell are- tl'oin ;v and i-nfend 6<» »i<», wt.-h re{iganl to- this iiupi>;:t:mt matter. Fwry J clay's dt'lay in watur u no; only ■an exfunaion of thy ruytv of impurity, but ■a los» to- tlu to-.vn if tae wator b yvar i»> Bie appliod as a mechanical f» t;:e ■t iwn. t hopo that yon will join in Ht ie Cott icit, after having arrived »■" a conBjlusion as to the K>est availal.Lj aourcj. to ■,o»v! no ti.ua in nuikitvif alt ttocessary premaratioivj for the ininwdiate tit/ Works. I have mttclt tuory to say lin tuia 8-ibject if there should be any furfc~ier' -?hiy. but 1 hope that your abb pen r p i-' t tu-jd to stir np the t'ouncU, and ~successfully, ami tliat it will thercbo for ma to say mure.— > 7 &c., i» I Sj.Ltjetsrr.VH.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 204, 15 December 1876, Page 3
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394THE WATERWORKS. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 204, 15 December 1876, Page 3
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