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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1929..

nothing serious in the way of fres has not already taken place,

The fly condition of Be con- gested areas of. Victorin especially the back streets are at present a menace to the health of the com- munity and Colony of the sizo and importance of Hongkong re quires something better that the present unsatisfactory methods of THE ESTIMATED COST. {cleansing to bring it more into line with modern ideas of what clean- liness, should be.

The Scheme.

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The Sanitary and Publicity Sub- Committee of the Water Emer. geney Committee met in Messrs.

The scheme itself consists of an Jardine Matheson's board room eight inch cast iron main of suf yesterday afternoon for the pur- ficient thickness to stand the pres pose of considering a scheme pressure at the lower levels extending pared by Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, from Shek Tong Tani, up Hill Road, with the assistance of Mr. Ethrough part of Pokfuluni Road, Butler of the Ocean Steamship High Street, Caine Road down Company, for a salt water system D'Aguilar or Wyndham Street Lo for are fighting, flushing of sewers Douglas Wharf with a three throw, and street washing.

double acting or other suitable Those present at the meeting. were electrically driven pump at each the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton terminal supplemented by twó (chairman), the Hon. Mr. J. Pumping lines on Eastern Street Braga, the Ion. Dr. S. W. Teo and Hiller dir Peel or Gilman Mr. H. E. Goldsmith, Mr. B. Streets whichever is the most Wylle, Mr. A. S. Mackichan, Mr. suitable. Any one of the pumps E. Cock, Mr. E. Butler, Mr. Wong can maintain the system while the Kwong-in, Mr. P. D. Wilson, Mr. supplementary pumps are to in- cretise the pressure of the system in case of are or other sudden de manda for supply.

M. K, L and Mr. T. N. Chau..

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The Hon. Mr. W. E L. Shenton said the main question for the meeting was to decide whether the

The pumps are pressure committee should adopt. the salt water scheme as preparoit by Mr. trolled through the switchboards Wong Kwong-tin with a view to and they can be set to automatien), submitting it to the Water Emery.control the supply of water to

the system. rency Cominiittee.

The various pumps are housed in small stations along the harbour front, a pump being arranged below the pump house and connected. through to the harbour, suitable grids for straining, and valves fitted for shutting off the supply for deaning purposes.

From the eight inch main sub-

He went on to give extracts from Government session papers pre- pared on the question of salt water flushing systems for the Colony and pointed out that a committed consisting of Mr. Perkins, a former D.P.W. Mr. L. Gibbs, Mr. R. A. Henderson and Mr. C. E. Warren went into a scheme in 1921 und later issued a report. Hemains of six inches cast iron piping further pointed out a scheme then are branched off at intervals sup. considered was estimated to cost plying hydrants so distributed over for million dollars.

the area that from them, with hoses of 100 ft. length or less according to the number of hydrants fitted any street can be washed and flush- ed. Small cocks are, fitted on the hydrants so that salt water can be drawn for any purposes time

Outlining the scheme, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin expressed thinks to. Mr. E. Butler, superintendent engineer of the Ocean, Steamship Company, and said he had devoted considerable time to the preparation of the cheme from a technical point of view and to furnishing data.

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Effect on Roads. Mr. B. Wylie suid he had read with interest the details of Mr.. Wong's scheme. He asked if there was any objection to the continuous use of sen water on tar macadam

Continuing, he outlined the salt waler scheme which consists of

The eight Inch main line is de- the laying of a sea water main with signed in three sections, thus one brunches through the most Con section could be laid through the gested part of the city of Victoria area most requiring it, for ex for fire extinguishing, flushing of periment, and the two remaining sewers, street washing and many sections proceeded with later when other purposes where sea water can experience had been gained as to with advantage be used instead of the best procedure to adopt. For in- fresh, thus conserving the fresh stance with an 8" main laid from water supply and assisting to re-Shek Tong Tsui to Eastern Street and whether it affected the surface. lieve the distress occasioned during through Hill Rond, part of Puk-Mr. Wong Kwong-Lin had stated periods of water shortage.

fulam Road, part of High Street that water tended to bind the dust Time for Drastic Action. and Eastern Street with a pump and keep the surface moist, but was referring to urdinary connected at each end, the length he not In his opinion the advantages of of piping being approximately 500 macadamised roads? It could not such a scheme could not be over-ff. the whole area enclosed by the be said that on a tar macadam road stated as the scarcity of fresh above streets could be supplied with there was much dust to be bound

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tervals under the prevent arrange- ments and which will probably take some time yet to overcome does not only mean ireel, inconvenience and suffering to the publle generally, Ind unwashed streets and unflush ed sewers in times of drought aid The rapid spreading of innumerable | disease gerins which may

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On the question of pipes and fl- tings Mr. Wylie snid.---

I think that these can be had suitable for sea water, but I have! read or heard somewhere that ip every case where ́sen water is used, i there must be a greater fall, ie, gravity, as sea water is inclined to

Mr. Wong stressed the necessityhe "greasy." epidersies at any time with deplorer such a system and pointed to As Mr. M. K. Lo says in lita Salt water is not objectionable the increasing population and in-memorandum on the subject, the and has been in use in towns increasing water consumption. He question of cost is of fundamental

fleught it would be difficult to in importance. the United Kingdom før, many, years for street washing, flushing, crease the capacity of the reser public baths and fire purposes and voirs, except by the addition of as regards ronds the salt in the more catchwater areas. That did water tends to bind the dust and solve the present problem, The Colony was still in danger of keep the surfaces moist.

it is used successfully on ships water shortage and the recent for all sanitary and other purposes heavy falls of rain bad not relieved cheap. But is it so? In sessional}

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The time has now arrived for that restrictions were still in operation of a-set-water flushing systera some drastic action to be taken to tion. Mr. Wong went on to gives estimated approximately t unserve the fresh water supply as water consumption figures for 34,143,300, and that the quantity by all appearances, and Hongkong various purposes and, dealing with of filtered water saved is estimated and Kowloon growing at a rapid the amount used for fire fighting only 94.5 mil. gala, per annum rate, there will always he a ten- said that in America water for this which makes the cost of the scheine dency for the fresh water supply to purpose was estimated at one prohibitive. be on the short side.

tenth of a gallon per head per day. He suggested that the salt water scheme should be examined from the public health viewpoint as well that of conserving the Colony's

That was borne out by the fact says that the cost of the installa- WHAT TO DO WITH THAT OLD CABIN TRUNK

Menace to Health.

The danger of fire alone in the congested areas during the periods

of drought is of sufficient im-fresh water supply. portance in his opinion to have some Mr. Butler said there was noth- Such schieme as fant proposed ng dideult in the adoption of the brought into operation so that a scheme. In reply to the chairman copious supply of water would al- he sair the estimated capital ex- ways be available if fire broke out penditure was $270,000, and it was and he thought it was more by luck also estimated that a supply of one than good management that and half million gallons' day could

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Mr. Wong Kwong-tin's scheme would not cost so much, but even if it cost one quarter of that amount, feel that catchments could be built with the money which would add more to our reservoirs than 94.5 million gallons each year, I think by this means we might secure cheaper water for fire fighting and dushing purposes with no atten

of laying dant mess and bother down a duplicate set of pipes.

(Continued on Page 19.).

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