CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 58

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Channel pom Schpolum by loudn't

Cordent 6600 yinds @ $f 8:50 # 56, 100

Reservoir at Tytam

New Savice Tunk

$250,000

8

25000

Channel from Tytam by Immil Immel le 1:88 yends (w $ 2.7 -8 180.576

Channel prom Tykum by Tunnel

and Conduit. -

$ 55242

Teamel 2046 yends @ # 277-

Conduit le,500 gends (a $ 8.50-8 55,250

$110,492

The least expendihere therefore that must be booked forward to in order to oblanif

the requisite supply is ces followers.

Minervoir at Tylam

Inmet and Conduit to Tank

Fe

$250,000

110,492:

Ja. Dr. from Poh podlum 54 100

New Service Tank.

New Connecting pepes

Ilal

25,000

15,000

$454,592

तुमको

but the

Mes tail

56

or hiking the dollar at 1/2 the equivalent amount in shrling will bef £95,124.

This is undoubtedly a large sums

of money - but I do not think it willf be

(poseble to obtum the regerisch querchty of water at a much less expendetiere

In closing this Report I shoved - Ake to make the following suggestions for the consideration of trose upon whom the responsibility of constructing these off

similar Works désewherd meuy develovel·

I think it will be found for prefereite

to tunnel through solid,

ground to founf

ways for pipes - valve wells &e rather

Embank

an

them to carry such pepis_through ment or to crect a valve well i'it ;

one side on the tye warh

tead y

Aly experused at Pokpoolum has

wh which shown me that it is not desirable to sbank out. creet Halve wells on Towers an amf

-

Embarchment, as no matter how

soudly schsfeeckrely the work is geacted theref

must be some settlement and thes

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