CO129-194 - Governor Hennessy Administrator Tonnochy - 1881 [8-9] — Page 521

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518

by

of the Surveyor General and approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police last year before W Price left in congé. The working Drawings now submitted have been prepared

since his departure and it was only when they were nearly completed that I noticed what appears to

be a most objectionable arrangement, viz: unnecessarily high sigs 15 feet respectively and in

as 14.6

in my opinion is only admissible when the site on which the building is to be erected

is too small to allow of their being placed in separate and detached buildings (for example) in the Central Fire Brigade Station,

somewhat similar arrangement was adopted as the space was too limited to allow of the construction

of the Bathrooms, closets, urinals &c in the main Building and on the same level as the Barrack rooms &c.

Such arrangement is most costly on account of the Bath rooms, closets, stores, cells &c being

at the end of the Bathrooms being detached; consequently the building in which they are placed is always wet and dirty, the smell at times being very disagreeable and the wood work although only a few years old is...

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518 by of the Surveyor General and approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police last year before W Price left in congé. The working Drawings now submitted have been prepared since his departure and it was only when they were nearly completed that I noticed what appears to be a most objectionable arrangement, viz: unnecessarily high sigs 15 feet respectively and in as 14.6 in my opinion is only admissible when the site on which the building is to be erected is too small to allow of their being placed in separate and detached buildings (for example) in the Central Fire Brigade Station, somewhat similar arrangement was adopted as the space was too limited to allow of the construction of the Bathrooms, closets, urinals &c in the main Building and on the same level as the Barrack rooms &c. Such arrangement is most costly on account of the Bath rooms, closets, stores, cells &c being at the end of the Bathrooms being detached; consequently the building in which they are placed is always wet and dirty, the smell at times being very disagreeable and the wood work although only a few years old is...
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518 by of the Surveyor General and approved the Captain Superintendent of Police last year before W Price left in conge! The working Drawings now submitted have been prepared since his departure and it was only when they were nearly completed that I noticed what appears to Маля to be a nost objectionable arrangement, viz:. unnecessarily high sigs 15 fest respectively and in as 14.6 in my opinion is only admissible when the site on which the building it to be erected is too small to as mich of their being placed in separate and detached buildings (par example) in the Lentral Fire Brigare Station, somewhat similar arrangement the was ad adapter as the space was too limited to allow of construction of the Bathrooms, closets, urinals to in the main Building and the same level as the Barrack rooms to. Such avangement is most ~ costly on account of the Bath rooms, closets, stores, cells to being closets te the end they are of the Bathrooms being detached consequently the building in which placed is always wet and dirty, the smell at times being; very disagreeable and the wood work although only sit years old is
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518

by

of the Surveyor General and approved the Captain Superintendent of Police last year before W Price left in conge! The working Drawings now submitted have been prepared

since his departure and it was only when they were nearly completed that I noticed what appears to

Маля

to be a nost

objectionable arrangement, viz:.

unnecessarily high sigs 15 fest

respectively and in

as 14.6

in my opinion is

only admissible when the site on which the building it to be erected

is too small to as mich of their being placed in separate and detached buildings (par example) in the Lentral Fire Brigare Station,

somewhat similar arrangement

the

was ad

adapter as

the

space

was too

limited to allow

of

construction

of

the Bathrooms,

closets, urinals to in the main

Building

and

the same

level as the Barrack rooms to.

Such

avangement is most ~

costly

on account

of

the Bath

rooms, closets, stores, cells to

being

closets te

the end

they

are

of

the Bathrooms

being detached consequently

the building in which

placed is always wet and

dirty, the smell at times being; very disagreeable and the wood work although only

sit

years

old is

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