FIRE BRIGACE SANITATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8065, 22 March 1906, Page 3

FIRE BRIGACE SANITATION.

TO Tin:' UMTOIi. Si 11.r Ji. H. (Gibbon, according ( to his report, say?) the charge jigaiust the lire Nation drainage is undoubtedly trade jealously Now, Sir, fchu fact* are these : Captain BeUt'iugcr asked I Ik* dill'ereiil plumbers and drainlayers to report on the station drainage, which ■ they did, condemning the schc ne, which was not in accordance with the j by-laws. Sow. .Sir. where 'locs trade jealousy come in ? Could those dill'ereut tradesmen get such ipullilied men as Drs. Makgill and Home to send a | report which was more condemning) j than theirs? The rest of Mr (libbon's report J will pass over.—l am. etc.. ' o\stkk lVm. \ Tu TUJ: liOVIUl!. . Sill, — In reading the repoit of die , engineer on the insanitary drainage af [ the Fire J3rigade station, I noticed . that it was all for economy. Well. Sir, if it was economy he was after, why substitute nine hricii sumps for ordinary traps, when Ihe by-laws a-di „ I< >r traps, which are uiuch cheaper I thau the said brickwork. Trad.' jcal- ,, ousy, I think, is rather a u|i.•u««iuer. y Professional jealousy, I would rail il . u for if he had >tiulied economy. he t should have handed the job over tothe Sanitary 1 inspector, ami I am conli lent that il would have been doi; 1 consider- ,| ablv chea per. and ha\c b >ll a niuiv . cliiiicnt j"b. The engim-er makes a !)jld >t dement when he Mates thai • s lie is more capable to judge di::u anv c person in Xew Plymouth.' I believe .our limitary iuspector i-: .a Fellow or (, Associate of the Sanitary Institute of > South Kensington and London, one of t l the highest sanitary diplomas in the 4 land, ami he is the only person holding -,j such credentials in .New Plymouth.—l ,1 am, etc., ~ A.VOiIIU! iVw I'KTKXT .Iri'.iC. -j j" I'rnm a close perusal ol die Knk-. gim-i r s report, it is clear diat he does not advocate any sydem of drainage • v opposed to the requirements of the Iku-.uigh by-laws. lie <_■ I;ii.:i > dial ill , v carrying onl Ihe Work a he did. he merely modified lb • by-ia v i;i one parm tieiilar instance. to inc.-i the special il K re(plirelueii!.s and I'oie lit inns ai the Fire Jlrigade tower, do nol. however, believe thai tin 1 Mutineer's >ys. to tern in this case is any improvement on e- the TOjunvm -nts id' die lloroiigh )>yft hiw. Still, it is due to the Knginecr )U for our admitting dial lie does not favor method- ol sanitation that are J not modern The (.'mmeil have only yj' diown the. I'ji^iucer that e\eu he ,y '-annul depart li'ont lite ' • -rough even uhen in \\>.< opinion a X i lepavliu'e may be adw.nibh.