ISLAND BAY DRAINAGE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 6

ISLAND BAY DRAINAGE.

SEPTIC TANK.

Reporting to the City Council an aedbarin iov ■' the drainage of tho outlying suburbs, city engineer (Jtr. W. H. Morton) eripiuaUy ieoam- •, mended that tho low-lyiug area in Imnd Bay ' in tho vicinity of Brighton Street, tho BspkJ. nado, Trent Streot, and a" portion of tho Queen's Drive, towards Haugnton Bay should i bo provided with a'pumping station tor'fitting, the sewage into 'tho main outfall, the levels of (he'ground preventing this, area being drained by gravitation. Since designing tho reticulation it had been found possiblo to .very mudi curtail' tho area required to hovo tho , sewiigb lifted■'as "described; *A, pumping-; st»» .- tion (the ongihoer reports) would bo oxpensive in- annual' upkeep, consequent upon tho necessary- attendanoo involved, and tho extension of tho Sl}ono system, is out of consideration, owing to tho heavy expenditure that would bo in' ourrcd in extending tho -neoessary air main for 1 ' such a small area. Tho prico quoted for tho • supply of the necessary plant, iMSO, in his opinion, ia prohibitive, as tho. cost of orection, . Iwiilding of ohambers, tanks, eta, mmb& prob-, . ably bo an additional *G-109. ■ After carefully, considering the,whole 0f.&6, 1 circumstances, he. has' recommended the City . Council to permit a sooptio tank to ho built at tho intersection of tho Esplanade and;tho. Queen's Driv<y tho outlet pipes to bo convwed along tho Drive, and, to disoharge an the' ruiw , thost paint on tho rooks. This would beoheaper . in first cost, and the amount of attention .ro* ; quired voold be!very small. . Tho.effluent would bo discharged bolow low water, raid the proposal ' Bhould bo satisfactory in every way. Tho City Council.has approved tho engineer"! recommendation, and >an early start w3l ha mado with, tho tank. i, •