GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 5

GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL.

■;) V SINGLE \ i .y> '/A;,;Dometton Kwho % yestefday; ,-.- : j Morton;;.;City' ■ a ?'certiin 'amount; of .as^iio.jtho : l somewhat; difficult ,:. positioiL: that I obtains'-' between •; the; Govern-■ . niont^andithe:;6orpbratiori r ui:reference to: : matt'efs- of .water .;supply. ,and; .sanitation., ,;TJpon.;wiii6yMpects ! Mr.'; :■ v.;stairied from-a^optingi'any i';Vli (would S^m^ftat/iav Jl the ;: so - muoH/pri'V orib '[side '..ixs ''in:j-ihe ;:case ; ; .:..<3oYernment-V House ■{ ; council,;: but 's'on- extensions ''": of' :;.,water supply ■have; l l been'made/in ...Govern?: :.'.';ment buildings'^^mthbut::Jie : ;kiowle(ig«/pf -.'.the : .municipal;'authority','; ;;';'tbis.-way.-lieeii : '-.?■ trouble, .j;; Mr: ■;■. Morton';, state's! ■'; ; ; however, ■ •:'.vthat.' ; ]a "' number : (;bf>;Governmentv.o{i.cials. ;-';\taye'*;at/;-.yanOTs;'-times';rsubmjtted'-'[.draJii-; 1 y'age'pians:to the-^corporation,-'and' in every V'^c^.i-.c^;.ihe'^rk;--has';.bieen : .!ca^ied : .biit .' : in''.accordanco>4Hth l *-thd;'':by4aws. : ;:r!A^ain; ; !• in'?letting: contracts';..for;.■• the''-erebtion ; i;of /: buildings;- the;.Goverhment' usually Jrequ'ire' p.;.'their.'contractors;, to..'execute';- the.;'wo'rk ; ;iri ;.. accordancei;-,with';.the"council-'by'-law6;.;and• .fpermission:is.-obtained- contractor's ; in, the 'ordinary j - wayS ItMs; when-.Jw ork : is let by /day 'labour .that; trouble/arises.'

V /; ;■'&£&£££ '£;, -:Thß|pbsitioi : ; at.Gbvernment ;H6us^ Cthat ■. a. miter supply :Was;';aYa'ilable. which :vfcid''jftt-;..6ifeVj;tib6']y«rTb'd.jV!the\';iMe^ial ; ; ; I)iseases|Hospital; vlndi; the,- drains ■'' form-; /|MsiiM, v and: '.•.Both^water.JsuOT^ "J.: tiohs.". were vitifisbaWoFVthe-new--.' Gbverh- ;: ment, Hbuse^;¥ut-.the;extent ~te". :sy.liich*ithe. ;• ciauts'.werp-;Employed:'is nn,- ;. known; '::'. ment. •"'. : The.-,' only :; information v;cpnyeyedv ;.' ; tp.','the/ i councU';'vvasj.a"plan:isKbw,ing.;4raiiis-' . '! supposed ;,tb- - 'havevbffinQai'd,^tut; : .'giving; ; xto - ; 'information:'; as , : toVoid, drains';-;.itbat' i>inight:ia'»TO'7been :included,/i'o." the' ; ,new ; : 'v • ■■■ ■■':■ i ' ;■; ■.;.'l;;.'am' t unable'; to. see," r.saidf.MriVMprv. ton, ■':}. "why'; the! Government ißhbnldSwish' '..the.; drainage' by-law; which;. ; is'l enforced -in-..-'the;'-case:;of ;.every. ,=private ' individual;"; .'The; .by-law,-' he-" -went'.'; oh : ; to/ state;; ;;pre'-; '. !■ scribed a-. minimum'^standardi'bf efficiency.,' /Anyone,'Mndividual.or.'Goverh'ment,;-waS; ": at liberty. to ; put in bctter-.frork'if they. .'i bo : 'desired;Tbut :it : was ' exceedingly;- '.un-; .'■'Jeswabl6'-'v-]thftt' ; .;; to rVreach;;;?,; the; 4'standard^: ; set ;;ylm • i the ; : ':by-laws':;vshpuld^.;;7be!V : permitted.' better-Nfor* the; Govern- •"' meni,Htt : ;hiake : ?u»;i>f/:meh';regh]afly!«m;; ;,plpye4> ! :.by:.;the s :;■'; of !Work.;s;The : >engineer; -Went- ; bn:;tcv show; .:■■-<Qiaf; the .taken;: by ','the .Gbyerh-, .:'. merit'; rise:; : .Men' '--carry;;;out/:waterrsnpply.,;'-and; ; :Jrainage ;■' work. .under i.speoified;; conditions/;.;:, When. '■; these men; were;permitted-:to.,'do'-wojrk. i ori' ,; Government;job6; that ;w!aS'not in-:aciprd- • anc6,with.;by-laws:there was''bound'tb.vbe .;.a r .:_disturbance'.;<)f the : -.'objeotipnVwas';; taken i;tb'-;their>'m'eth6ds. ;.;theyi;were;enabled to; reply,'.''the' Govern--;'/me'nt;'perniit«that: .to';be;done;" :';V/},i'?:''

'-^The'poatioß : ,:tey.;ha.ve*;.established:.a' .thoroughly-Zeffi- ;.-::-; riei»t ; system -j of /sanitation 'aid-water" sup-; . ply./-Ihefois nothing either.perfunctory':- ' or, 1 doubtful -about/the ;work.!carried. r out. ; .nnderUhe.'mUhicipal ,';On'tha, ;■? contrary; it'.'tbuches, a high standard,'and : is.; in..every/ respect-':satisfactory,,;".'The ;• '.corpora issue' -a-.'certi-'.'.,ficate on-the; completion./of'''all ; 'sanifarv ■/.wofkstating. that it is;in v accordance (with;. ■.'■'their..by'-laivs:;;Citizens are; thus .ehabled'- ■': tO;':obtain ; ..a.; ■;guarantee,/of v;efficierioy v on, -'.'.Tehich'.:theyycan-, rely "ur; full; coilndehce.', .Owing'to' : fAct '-"Ifiitlfe'uni-: . .form-standard..if setiv-tTiiesb certiiica'tes; are 6f/value,to'citizens : .in;^n'abling, ! th'em.;.to ; : make/'sati6factbry ifinahcial arrange-: ■'■; mente;with. their;cohtra'ctors./ .To.fteieiap , ciency: of, a; water,' supply/and 'sanitation'. ..Byste'm .such.;as,;this; ..uniformity and un-' : disturbed control by dnejsbn'tral.'authprity •■':■ are : alike, essential,," For.- ; ihstflncc,V. Wei-: ...lingtonha's.a;''separate"drainage, system.; ; Storm ; water I .is of.'through rone'. set Of/pipes./and./.sewaie-'matfer,through . another..'. An^unautk'orisbd''connection: of Twater.;';pipes-.-'.t6...''a:-;'drain";.may.-;V-im- , .'■• pose ; a strainin a.'sewer is quite • unfitted.; to bear!. To,the/efficiency of the' - drainage system it-is/essential that the . whole,/range. should-' : ;.bo.-,undffl control. '..'■ln individual instances., special''."traps" - are necessary to rensrire smooth working". .'.'ln various ways a -defect-in a'single' con-' . nection is -likely, to'disturb the:.wbrkinff "' -?/-H «ystem,.in general.- In -askin-V.that . the .Government, shall , comply. with its by-law .provisions; the, corporation /there-' ■ lore;.makes,-;no - unreasonable demand. 1 ' It ; simply, asks -that 'the>'Governm'ent;. 6hall .'. \ comply, with a standard to. which no fea- '■'-. sonable .objection can. be taken, and coI jjerate with'the.municipality '. in securing ; the efficiency of the system! as a wholeV; ■ i /Both .water /supply;and■"■'drainage, -as . i?as/ remarked by:'.Mr'.'.-;Morton;.:'a» ;dis-' "tinctly, municipal/services, ■ and the .Government, should in respeot of these comply -. with, the demands'made, on every private individual. '.'.../.. '-.:, ':■<■'■ : . . The- proces? of; .rooting'-. up . .trie olddrams in the new. Government 'House' is proceeding apace. It is expected that ; che" work will.be finished by the end of the .- week.,: .-.'■/,/'..-/.: ■■■'■::■