Thames Borough Council

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10196, 19 January 1907, Page 1

Thames Borough Council

OF GENERAL PUJLIPOS® 5 COMMITTEE. f|s The following report from the Gpj m Wja'al Purposes Committees was ihß 'and adopted at the 1 last, meeting of ||jgp ffhonies^orough^o^fiilj^^^^^^^ JWJRIEM&N OF WORKS REPorl|§ jpHH WORKS UN 1- PROGB-ESS.'^ jg£!At> Thursday night's meeting of tip; Borougfr Council the following ' report was received firom the Foreman ' of Works (Mr Tl Jackson) and adopt--1 cd. In recognition of the splendid work performed by the 'Borough work-! men during the iloods it was decided \to vote ealohi nirvni ro 'bonus of 10s. The report was as under: — The footbridge over the lower Waiotahi. aqueduct, feeing in too I bad: ai state to effectiveHy repairl, has ; been replaced with new 1 timber 1.. .12 :of the wall planks in this aqueduct have also been renewed. Twelve inch. tile pipes." have been laid acrose the 1 northern side of Cbchrana street, at [ its junction with Martha street, and ' the waiter'-taibles on the east and west sides of Marthai street have been connecitedi withi these pipesi by 6-inch i tiles. In accordance with: .your in- ! str'ucitionsi, 15-inch tile' pipes have _ 'been- ladd from the endi of the dlfain on the southi side of Walter street to the outlet in! thei railway emibankmient- ■ To .continue tih© flushing of the west side of Queen street and Amy street, (S-inohi tile pipesl have been, laid across j Queen street, opposite JudcPs. The I ooncreteJblock. water-tables: in Queen 'street have-been connected by 4-inch tiles withi the duilverte on the south sidle of 'P'aihau street and on tlife north ■ I sidle of Walter street. 12 and 6 inch I tile connectipns hia.ve also been madf jat the comer 1 of Pollen and Ctaohraine' streets (West's corner). Tlie gratings lon either side of tlie gaiteway of the | Victoria Reserve have 'been altered i and madei safe' for traffic. Thie new j . cart for street watering purposes aii"I rived on the 22nd ult. lit to iised for watering the P'afawai roadl on the 1 two race days, and aipp eared toi give every saitisfaction. Tarring and! sand-; ingi has Ibeen delayed; by tihte Weather, ! ' but a. stairt will be made aigain as soon, aa am. improvement sets in. The hea.vy I rains on the 14th and 15th! inst. caused ■considerable floodingl in all the 'creeks. Great difficulty wias expei-i----i encedi in keeping the. Mbanataiari and ' Waiotahi aqueducts frora blocking, | and in, this work, we were greatly as- : sisted by Messrs Clark amd Warne. A ■very lairge quantity of mullock was | brio-ugihti ■ down, these aqueducts to the. I foresihoi'e. B'o-th, 6$ the aqueducts were ' inspected on the 21 sit of last month,.. and them appeared to toe in, fair order 1, 1 the only repairs requiredi being the renewal of six of the planks of the upper portion! of the V bottom of the. 'Mloanat«,iari aqueduct I will inspect them again a® soon as the water goes down to iiscertain if aay damage ha^s been done. In the Karajka Creek; as far as ban 'be seen a.t priesEtnt, th© only damage caused fey the flood lias been the carrying a'iway of aibout four planks. The canying capacity of this creek was taxed to its utmost limit, the water at one; timei iiiaiving started to coniie over the Pollen street 'bridge.' The culverts on the north side of Sealey street and on the south side of Richmond street (at Queen sti-eet), overflowed, the flood being tooi much' for their carrying! capacity. Albert and Brown streets were also flooded on one morning on account of ai very heaivy downpour coming at the time of an exceptionally high tide. Tlwo culverts atTararu, one at Ellis' passage, and one at the Snellback, became

choked with bushes', and caused an. overflow on, thie Tararu road- A slip occurred at the Kuranui and another opposite thie fire bell, Tararu road. Another slip has occurred at Rocky Point, and a large tree has fallen aorossi the road here. We are now en--1 gaged) in having, thisi cleared away. Tihe new Pollen street, drainage ays3jtgpf stood' the test, of th© flood fairly HI. The heavy flood coming down imiefViJfcrei&ibaeked tip the water in and Sealey but in my opinion ffijs §^p^wJwld have been backed up sll^ihe old open: water-tables in the inie way under similar conditions. SpTthie whole, the Borough escaped Wii very lighb damage considering S^^ heavy flood experienced, and it is^ owing to the splendid manner in which the men stuck to their work j during, the time of danger that far" miore serious damage was avertedWater Supply.: During the time the j County reservoir was. being cleaned j out, a temporary daan was made in the j County ifaclei (below our receivirug tank at Pairajwal in order to lead any available water in thie race into thie borough miains. By thisi mieans: a satisfactory supply wasl kept up during the holidarysi. Tthiree lengtKsof the „1 Jin maini in Kirkw^ood street; having been eaten throuj^hi, ihiave been renewed. The rest of thfee mains towards Pahau street were cleaned' out Repairs have aiteo .bleen 'effecited in the S''eailey street. miains. iSever'al leaks , hiaive octourred in the 9in mains, amd; a- number of hous'ahbldersl have been notified' of leaky seiwide pipes The screen and gratings'.'-at thie reaervoir have been regiularly attended to. Ai small slip occurred to the flumling leading to' the reiservoir, a set of thleihligh trussels be-^ ing:"oairriedl aiway. Riepadrs are now in' 'hland', ■■•■''.-.•■ , ,-...." '