THE WATER SUPPLY.

Shannon News, 28 November 1924, Page 3

THE WATER SUPPLY.

< ■ NSWTUWS SERVICE;

Ai Tuesday night's meeting of the borough council, a, petition was re.ctriveu irom tne residents of that part 01 me Borough known as "Newtown J ' ringing unuer tne Council's notice that tiney understood tnat a one-inch pipe is to be. laid to supply jJO nouses and two farms witn water, xnis, iJtiey considered, would not give a sufficient pressure, *nd therefore they petitioned that a larger pipe be put in. The. petition was signed by all the residents in that locality. The Engineer said that when the water scheme was first brought down, cue question of reticulation had been gone into thoroughly and it had been .ouiid that to put ill 4-inch pipes all jver Mie Borough the cost would exceed the 'estimate by £BOOO. Personally, he thought these residents would get all tihe water they would require. 10 give them a good "flow he had car-

ried the 4-iuch pipes as far as the

bridge in Plimmer Terrace, also along , Vogel Street -extension, which would give them a good, circuit flow. Cr. Beard asked if a 1-inch pipe would be sufficient in case of fire. The • Engineer said if a small lire engine with a tank was procured an . efficient pressure would be available. Cr. Butt: What would be the difference of cost; between a 1-inch and 2incih pipe?' The Engineer replied that it would be about, double.. ' Cr. Butt suggested, a two-inch pipe being carried to a distributing point, say at the top of Julian street. The Engineer agreed it would be advantageous, but larger pipes were a question of finance.. *• , Cr. Gunning said fie was in sympathy with putting in fc-inch pipes, but the whole que.stion was one o 1 finance. One inch pipes had now ordered and if they wanted to put n; two-inch] pipes, tihey would have to go to the ratepayers for a further loan. He thought the whole scheme had been cut, too close, the Council had not looked far enough ahead m respect ta fire prevention. He contended thexe should (have been 4-ineh pipes in tho.se parts of the Borough wfhian were thickly 'ipopulated, as nothing less was any good for fire prevention. He suggested leaving the matter Over and if the pipes do not prove satisfactory tfiey would have to gio to a poll. In any case they w.ould ' have to as time, went on. Tihe Engineer said he would go into the question of the cost of putting in a 2-inch pipe from Haley's corner to the top of Julian street and report at the 1 next Council meeting. Referring to the putting down of iinch pipes over tfie whole of the Borough, the Mayor said if this had been included in sdheme it would have meant an additional £BOQO and rate-

payers would nave opposed the toan

As far as Julian street was concern- ■ ed he thought there should be a twoinch pipe as a preventive of fire, this being a closely settled area. While on the question of water, Cr. Hyde asked what wa.s. being ' done m regard to .fixing the. rate for water. The Mayor' replied that for the first y*ar a rate-of Id in the £1 will bo struck all over the Borougn. Asked when water will be available all over the Borough the Engineer slated that the last of the pipes were due on December 18th, and the water would be all over the Borough in a few weeks from then. He said he had been asked by a number of property owners as to the cost of taking the water to property owners' boundaries, stating that a lot. of people were wanting to come in at once. He said he' believed £2 10s was to be the charge, this being the usual charge m other places. These payments woifid come back into the loan to pay for tne rider pipes, tlhese. not;, having been included in the original scheme. These pipes had been used to prevent, having tq cut up the. streets in the. future.

. Cr. Hyde said the cost of ' the rider pipes, should be included in "the loan and the only case where a' charge should be made* for connecting up was in the event of the Council not having sufficient money. Tfie Council finally decided that a charge of £2 10s be. made for connecting up, to property owners' boundaries.

Cr. Hyde asked what the position was in regard to installing the water. Did the work.have to he done by a certificated ■ plumber or to the satisYacaoai of ilie Borough Engineer i : As the Council were not clear ,a ih--point it was decided to) get the. opih r ion of Mr Martin, Municipal Solicitor. ', ;A;..-v .-..- ■