UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12669, 4 May 1905, Page 4

UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE.

Speaking at the Mayoral installation last night, Mr Craigie remarked that theVe. was a practical proof that underground drainage was needed in. Timaru, in the fact that ratepayers were* undertaking, to do part of the. work themselves in the expectation, of the scheme being adopted- when their outlay would be ianrnedj-to them. ."-.,■. Councillor Rothwell, referring. To this subject, said this was a as important as the water supply, and -would' be as •«"?»y- Mr Merchant's estimate, was [£21,000, but tbere'were ajl connections to add. He had no doubt that the. Bill would |;be passed next session and then the whole j-matter would have"" to be fqjly- discussed i°y the.ratejjayeris:..., .. ',_'•„... :'. Counciflor" : Staiths.on hinted that in his [opinion so large an expenditure should be , deferred until the maturing;., of the waterworks loan, and' its .replacement at half the present rate.of interest will enable the Council to venture on a large addition to I its loan debt. "

Ex-Mayor Grandi said that plans and estimate for an underground system were prepared twenty yea rs ago, and the,inverts which he inaugurated were,intended, when covered, to form, the,sewers; in connection with that-system.. It .appeared .that a great change in ideas about taken place of late years. It used to be thought that large sewers, were required; now they believetMn* small pipes,; therefore the plans he spoke of would now' be quite out of date. In Wellington he had seen a four-inch pipe being put down i to act as the sewer for. a dceely built' street.