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portions of the Parish, and which had gained for it such an
unenviable notoriety, (now I believe happily removed) and
which Sewers with but few exceptions have been so dealt with
that not only have the nuisances therefrom been abolished,
but they have in most instances been converted into the means
of permanent drainage, for the property which previously they
only served to render almost uninhabitable. The few remaining
lines of objectionable open Sewers have also received your
consideration, and will in a short time be similarly dealt
with.
C
The second and principal reason to be assigned is the still
uncertain and deferred result of the Main Drainage question,
the delay in finally deciding upon the most efficient method of
draining the Metropolis (however desirable it may be to give
further time to develope a perfect as well as an economical
system for such a vast national work) affects most materially
your operations in carrying out what, in my humble opinion,
appears to be one of the most important duties cast upon you
by the Legislature. This retarding influence is apparent in
almost every instance when the Vestry is applied to for the
purpose of providing new Sewerage, as it not only affects the
proper direction of such new works, their sizes and inclinations,
as well as other matters of detail, but it also materially determines
the question of ultimate efficiency, and as a natural
consequence the cost of such works; therefore until this much
vexed question is decided a clog will remain upon your proceedings
in this department; the responsibility of which delay,
however, it should be well understood does not rest with this
Vestry.
The inconvenience of thus allowing even your present