CO129-086 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [5-6] — Page 137

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The Town is built.

an

an a

Steep incline at

Angle of nearly 45 degrees. It is subjected occasionally to violent mountain torrents : bo long droughts - and has yet me regular supply of Water:

as

aut

All the experiments which have:

1 yet been made in trapping the drains have rather increased than diminished

the evils complained of. In the rains the traps get blocked immediately with sand, stones, and rubbish and the

the Street is obliterated

surface of

in an hour - During long droughts

the traps

are

ineffective

ective as all stench

traps must be where there is no Constant

flow of water. His Excellenay

Considers

therefore

that the true remedy for

the

evils complained of consists not in tre the Police seeing that filth

trapping

but in

is not

thrown into the months of the drains,

which

are intended to catch and carry

Away rain water alone. So long as such

a filthy proction is allowed trapping will not prevent a smell and

if it be

will scarcely be needed

stite think that trapping

prevented trapping But if you

Can ef

effect any grow, and that the obstreles in the shape of occasional Violent -- torrents and no

o regular supply of water which have proved insurmountable

to the Surveyor General

over como

by you, glad if you

ral can be

His Excellency will be

with undertatte to

Experimentalize upon

some of the drains