SEWERAGE.

Southland Times, Issue 1054, 9 November 1868, Page 2

SEWERAGE.

(TO THE EDITOB OF THE SOTTTHIAND TIMES). « See — It does appear strange that in these days we should be called upon to suffer the infliction of paying for the construction of wooden drains such as have already been made, and are now again proposed for Esk-street. Is there no member of the Government of sufficient practical knowledge to inform the others that the narrower the bottom of the drain the stronger it will run, and keep the longer clean and free from silting. Taking for granted they are all too modest, the writer takes the liberty of suggesting a simple plan, cheaper, healthier, and infinitely more durable, especially on newely level ground, as we have, and with a scarcity of water also. If you can imagine that 1 2 and 3, are six inch tiles, (as shown in digram enclosed) you can have no difficulty in seeing that i three such would carry off all the rain water that can be supposed to fall here. With an inch board above, another below, and one on each side, and the angles filled with gravel, you would have a complete drain — one that every good shower would flush and clean, and one easily repaired if anything went wrongj and finally, a drain less expensive then the intended canal one foot and a half deep, by one wide would be sufficient, and close packed with clay above would keep down all malaria. You might have the whole town drained in this way, and that effectually, without facing the difficulty of one canal. There can be but little difficulty in seeing that the flat bottomed 18 inch or two feet box canals are just the very thing to retain what we want to get quit of. In some streets one, in others twOj and in others again three six inch tile pipes will be found quite sufficient. There has already been more money expended with wooden canals than would be necessary to drain the whole town. — Your's, &c, ObsEbyeb.. November 7th, 1868.