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subject of two contracts—(i.) between EfEra-road and Clapham-road, begun in
December, 1922, and completed in February, 1924, by Mitchell Brothers, Sons and
Company, Limited, at a cost of approximately £52,000 ; and (ii.) from Clapham-road
to the Thames, begun in March, 1923, by the Unit Construction Company, Limited,
the value of finished work in December, 1924, being £117,049 out of a total of
£210,939. The tender of Drysdale and Company, Ltd., amounting to £648, was
accepted for the supply of an electrically driven centrifugal pumping set at Heathwall
pumping station for draining the section of the relief sewer near the station.
Storm relief
sewers in
Lewisham
and
Woolwich.
The scheme of relief sewers in Lewisham and Woolwich is described in
the Annual Report for 1923 (vol. III., p. 128). The Council on 20th December, 1923,
accepted the tender, amounting to £241,645, of Walter Scott and Middleton, Ltd.,
for the construction of the Lewisham branch sewer (Bell-green, Lower Sydenham, to
a junction with the southern high-level sewer No. 2 near Court Hill-road, Lewisham),
and a branch sewer from Catford station, and up to the end of December, 1924, the
value of finished work was approximately £63,974. The tender, amounting to
£223,721, of Messrs. Kinnear, Moodie and Co., for the construction of the Eltham
sewer (from the junction of the Council's existing Eltham sewer and the local sewer
in Eltham-road, near Eltham-green, to the southern high-level sewer No. 2 at
Charlton), was accepted on 6th February, 1924, and up to the end of December,
1924, work of the value of approximately £71,581 had been completed.
Shad Thames
pumping
station.
Shad Thames pumping station, opened in 1909, was designed to accommodate
six pumping sets, but as a first instalment three only were put in. The flood relief
scheme of 1919 included proposals for completing the equipment of this station.
The Council on 4th December, 1923, approved an estimate of expenditure of £22,000
and on 17th July, 1924, accepted the tender, amounting to £20,612, of the Lilleshall
Company, Ltd., for the supply of gas engines, pumps, etc.
Beverley
Brook.
The negotiations, for the most part abortive, with authorities outside London for
contributions towards the cost of a relief scheme to deal with the overflowing of
Beverley-brook are referred to in the Annual Report for 1924 (vol. III., p. 129)
Negotiations, however, with the Barnes Urban District Council have been brought
to a conclusion, which was ratified in the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1924. The principal item of the arrangement is the construction of a culvert,
not less than 8 feet in diameter, to draw off storm water from the brook at a point
near Priest's-bridge, Upper Richmond-road, and to discharge it into the Thames
by the most direct route. The approximate estimate of the cost is £39,500, towards
which the District Council will contribute one-fifth or £8,000, whichever is less.
As a preliminary, trial holes have been sunk during the year at an estimated cost
of £200.
Northwestern
storm relief
sewer.
The north-western storm relief sewer will extend from Kilburn to Hammersmith
and has been designed to relieve floodings in Willesden, Paddington and
North Kensington. The works comprise the construction of the principal sewer,
which will be connected with the Ranelagh sewer in Shirland-road, Kilburn, and
will run to the nearest point on the Thames, at Hammersmith, connecting with
various main sewers on the way. Branch sewers will be constructed to connect
the new sewer with the middle level sewer in Ladbrooke-grove, and with the Woodlane
sewer at Wormwood Scrubs. A connection will also be made with the new
pumping station at Hammersmith. Altogether the construction of about 5¼ miles
of sewer is involved. The sizes of the sewer and branches will vary from 4 feet
to 9 feet 6 inches in diameter, increasing towards the outlet to the river. The
total estimated cost is £527,000. As the work was being expedited to afford employment
it was made the subject of two contracts, the first comprising the section
between the Thames and Notting-hill and the second between Notting-hill and
Kilburn and Hammersmith. Tenders for the work in the first contract received
in December, 1924, were so greatly in excess of the Council's estimate that negotiations
were opened with Walter Scott and Middleton, Ltd., who submitted the lowest