CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10] — Page 199

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their several feeders,

their

therefor

respective

and the velocities of deliveries. No general rule

Can

proposed for

the

the areas of

several classes, as it is evident each main and its subordinate sewer must be the subjich of a special calentation; and allowance

must also be made for any from direct surface drainage.

69.

extra supplies

The jimation of all drains, dewas

1 shmed be at an incline to the line of

their relative mains, and in the direction

of the fall thereof

angles to the same.

70.

and never at-right

The present delivery of all the

Sewerage of the City is through the open

months of the sewers on of the harbor;

to the forcatore.

nor does there seem to be

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any provision for the abatement of

The foreshore

with falist

palpable a nuisance. The

this becomes in

impregnated

and impure matter of every description, to the extreme annoyance of all resident within its range, and the action of the

tide is

P.

insufficient to parify it.

It becomes therefore of the highest

importance to devise some means to remove this evil; and the Committe give their decided approval to a suggestion made to remove the out falls to points beyond low water mark, by the extension of some of

the

present, or fixture, sewers to reservoirs footage

at certain intervals on the sea

and with them att intermediate ontlets

could be connected by a system of