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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1932.

RIDER MAIN SYSTEM

(Continued from Page 2.)

Unfortunate Delay.

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The applications that have been tamination of water-receptacles ex- received for additional meters in posed in the streets, and through those sections are being dealt water being drawn from possibly with at once and it is suggested contaminated sources such that the owners of the remaining nullahs and streams. 2,000 houses should make early application for meters it thoy wish to have a water supply In their houses. The

No Special Concession.

The Director of Public Works: principle on The Government sees no reason to which Government proposCB to

of

About 1923 the demand for meters which had been constantly growing was given more and more consideration and it la unfor work in connexion with these sec- Krant a special concession to rider

areas at the expense tions of the rider mains in which main tunate that the principle of un- versal moterage was not dealt with no moters have been inserted is to metered areas, when it is prepared more definitely at that time. In- allow them to be used when the to grant meters as quickly as the stead it would rather seem that

carried out to all water supply permits until auch work can be time as rider mains can be pro The Water position has subsequent

householders who apply for them. the idea was generally accepted as being correct and the reluctgressively superseded on fines I auce to allow meters was obvious,

will explain.

ly improved to such an extent that it han ly relaxed. The gures in the

become possible to open some of the rider main arcas Sessional Paper reveal this fact very clearly and with it the steady

without detriment to the metered increase of meters from 1923 on-

areas, and this has now been done. wards. The desire for meters and

areas in which it has not been pos There remain certain rider main the conviction of the experts that a universal materage system, was

sible to reintroduce the old rider the only method of allevințing our

main system. This matter forms the subject of a motion to be intro- troublen worked together until

duced by the Colonial Secretary now although there

this afternoon.

are some

now

12,000 meters in use and meters are being rapidly installed yet we cannot overtake the appli cations.

In 1929 when the transition atage I have described was still existing but had in fact gone too for for any drawing back and when the impression that the rider mains were to be abolished was making headway Sir Cecil Clementi engaged in Council that the system would not be abolished without an opportunity for public discussion. Even then however the conclusion was foregone and the discussion could hardly have been more than a facing of the)

It is facts and an explanation. hardly to be wondered that the Government in 1932 definitely ac-; cepted the principle of the aboli-į tion of rider mains and the sub-} stitution of universal meterage, a decision which they found was forced on them by the position as it then existed and was entirely inevitable in the face of the his- tory of the water supply since! 1003.

Government's Apology.

IL was so inevitable indred, that. Sir Cecil's promise was over- looked; the Government was at fault in this matter, but the error can hardly be said to have affected) the policy to be adopted. An apology from the Government for the omission is called for, but I would put it to the Council that the pressure of facts was such as allowed little room for dif- ference of opinion.

The acceptance by the Govern-| nient of the principle of universal meterage and the effort to meet the heavy demand for meters has resulted temporarily in an unfor-) tunate position which however it is hoped will very shortly be righted, Meters have in very many cases owing to pressure of the demand and the delay and ex- pense that connexion with the principal mains would have in- volved been installed by interpos- ing them on the house connexions from the rider mains, with the re- sult that it was no longer possible to bring the sections concerned inta use on the rider main prin- ciple. In such cases the rider main connexions to the unmeter- ed houses have been removed and we are therefore now in the posi tion of being unable to restore the rider mains as they originally stood in these sections without in- curring the expense and delay of restoring these connexions. In all there are some 2,600 cases of houses disconnected in this man- ner from the rider maing and 685 Japplications for meters have been received from those concerned. It would seem therefore that some 2,000 of those so concerned have not yet found it worth while to apply for a metered supply to their houses. In deciding to place meters on the rider main cou. nexions the Public Works Depart ment had to consider not only the speed at which the work could be done but also the expense and in- convenience involved in making new connexions with the prin- cipal mains. Meters could be placed on rider main connexions in most cases without opening the roads. Honourable Members can |well picture the state of our streets if they had had to be open- ed in 600 separate places to in- stall the G00 meters which have in the last four

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Mr. Kotewall further asked: In view of the Government's intention to introduce universal meterage as soon as possible, will the Government state:-

All those rumaining sections will be closed as rider mains from such time 83 the Public Works Department is in a position to substitute meters for all those that may apply for them; but the details must clearly be left to the Director of Public Works who will deal no doubt with the problem (1) Whether it will lay on the piecemeal, giving notice in ad table at an early dato a statement vance to each section in which he giving a history of the rider-main proposes to substitute

the system. meterage and street fountains sys- (ii) What is the number of tem for rider mains.

maters applled for but not yet We shall then be in the posi-installed in (n) rider-main dis- tion that has been the object of tricts and (b) other districts; and all our experts and authorities for when will they be installed. all these years in which all house (i) Whether there is supplies will be metered and a fadequate supply of meiers in the. house supply will be connected on Colony to meet all demands for demand. Restriction when called meters to be installed in the rider. for will apply to all alike but with main districts and other districts. the safeguarda automatically pro- | (iv) How long will it take to victed against waste should not behave meters installed in all the on- of the drastic nature to which we metered houses in the rider-main have been accustomed for so long. districts due regard being given For the rest a constant supply to the possibility of installing a should be made possible through meter on ench floor of every ienes the street fountains.

mant-house.

Appreciation.

Mr. Henderson replied:

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(i) This statement has been laid on the table to-day. (i) (n) 2,100.

(b) including Kowloon 400, (e) It is hoped that under xystem by which the proposes to super- rider mains all exist- applications

have will with by the end of

Sir Henry Pollock: While we are indebted to the Government and the Colonial Secretary for the very full statement, I feel that it would not be right for the Un-the official members to arrive at a de Government cision unt!! we have a full oppor sede tunity of consulting one another. Ing An adjournmnet will also give an opportunity to the public to bring forward any point they might wish to make known in this mut-

ter.

I would therefore ask that this question be adjourned until the next meeting of this Council and that such adjournment bu for a fortniglit.

been dealt November.

9,000 houses in the rider main dis

(f) There are approximately

tricts of which 5,600 are without meters. There are 600 meters in stock in the Colony and further sup plies totalling 3,650 are due by the end of October in fortnightly con- H. E. the Officer Administering meters will be ordered as required. signments from now on: more the Government: It will be ad-These meters will be installed in journed for a fortnight.

REPLY TO QUESTIONS

accordance with the Government scheme for the abolition of rider mains which will be explained in The water position has so im-connexion with the Resolution for proved that some of the rider main the abolition of the rider main areas have been opened without de-system. triment to the metered areas, de- (iv) This will depend on the rate clared the Director of Public Works of application and the number of (Hon. Mr. Henderson) in replying applicants. The outstanding num. to questions by Hon. Mr. Kotewall. ber of houses is 5,600 and 2,100.np-

Mr. Kotowall asked:

plications for meters have been re- With reference to the questionsceived. To give separate meters which I put in this Council on the to each floor of a tenement house 19th May, 1932, and the Hori. throughout the Colony would in- Colonial Secretary's reply thereto,volve the fixing of additional meters and in view of the water situation to an estimated number of from having greatly improved since that 40,000,to 50,000. This is a work date, will the Government state which the Colony cannot undertake whether it is prepared immediately at present and very careful con- to re-introduce a direct supply of sideration of many factors (apart water to the unmetered houses in from the heavy capital expense) the rider-mnin districts for, say, 8 will be necessary before it Is pos- hours a day with, if necessary, a sible for the Government to pledge corresponding decrease in the hours itself in this matter. of supply to the metered 'houses and the street-fountains,

There is however no objection to 80 as individual owners installing Lo permit of a fairer distribution separate meters of their own to de- among all classes of the population, termine the distribution of the and to reduce the risk of a spread supply passing through the main of cholera-infection through con- Government meter of the house.

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