Water.

Manawatu Herald, 23 August 1892, Page 2

Water.

We understand a special meeting o* the Borough Council has been con

vened to consider the question of continuing the boving foi' ah artesian supply. At present we consider that the contractors are the ones who have lost money, the small sum payable by the Council being hardly worth counting. It was hard luck for the men that they found the highest point of the shingle bank which runs obliquely across the country, but we think that if the Council meets them in a fair spirit and agrees to a larger pipe being used, success Will be gained. We notice from a Havvkes Bay paper that trouble there has arisen itt sinking ft three-inch pipe, but thttt was got over by blowing up the bent portion, and then proceeding with the boring with a two-inch pipe inside of the three inch. If another attempt is made, which we hope, and consider should be, we urge the use of a three-inch pipe, though at an increased cost, so thafc should the difficulty present itself again, a means will be available to avoid sinking through the whole of the shingle bed for a fourth time. The Council may rely that the majority of the ratepayers are in favour of their continuing their endeavours to secure an artesian water supply for the town.