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surface, upsetting the plates to the extent of about 18"
and there was also a corresponding bulge in the interior
of the machine, and some of the plates at the
side of the apparatus had become eaten away. It was
decided by the Council to accept the offer of Messrs.
Goddard, Massey & Warner of Nottingham, the
makers, to make a new steel casing, with new end
frames, which practically amounted to a new machine
for the sum of £94. In setting the new machine, it
was considered advisable to dispense with the overtop
flues, and to arrange for the gases of combustion to
pass direct to the chimney, instead of as in the old
machine, where the gases passed over the back side
and over the top part of the disinfector. This arrangement
would prevent the gases coming in contact with
any of the disinfector plates above the normal water
level. Hand-holes have been provided so that the unexposed
parts of the apparatus may be examined at
any time. The work has been completed and the
machine is now in good order.
TRAMWAY TERMINUS, UXBRIDGE ROAD.
The Borough Council has had the question of
regulating admission to the tramcars at this terminus
under consideration, and a number of schemes to meet
the difficulty were prepared by the Borough Surveyor,
but it has not been found possible to carry out any of
the schemes.
TRAMWAY TRACKS.
In consequence of complaints of the bad state of
the tramway tracks, they were inspected by the
Borough Surveyor, who submitted a report upon the
condition of the same, with a schedule of defective
places in the wood paving, maintainable by the Tramway
Company. It was found on inspection, that
many of the joints of the rails were defective, apparently
caused by the giving way of the fish plates, and
consequently when the cars pass over these places, the
ends of the rails deflect and cause the noise which is a
source of complaint.