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7 DECEMBER, 1892.
253
(8) That an underground Urinal to accommodate 20 persons,
and four water-closets, be constructed near Cambridge Road!
at an estimated cost of .£900.
That your Clerk submitted a letter of the 21st November,
ult., from Mrs. Annette Gardner, stating that she had met
with an accident in crossing the Commercial Road, consequent
upon putting her crutch into a sewer grating; and your
Committee resolved to recommend—
(9) That your Board deny any liability in the matter.
That your Committee having surveyed the sewer in Baker
Street found the same to be in a very decayed and defective
condition, and resolved to recommend—
(10) That an 18 inch, 15 inch, and 12 inch pipe sewer be substituted
for the present sewer in Baker Street, the estimated
cost of which is £293 ; that the work so far as the first four
feet of the excavation is concerned be executed by the casual
workmen employed by your Board, and that the remainder
be executed under the Jobbing Sewers Contract.
Your Committee finding that the case was one of urgency,
directed your Surveyor to commence the work forthwith, and
to make the necessary arrangements with the Contractor for
Jobbing Sewers Work for a deduction to be made from his
contract price for the value of the work executed.
(11) That your Committee beg to report that summonses were
taken out against the owners of the following premises, with
regard to the non-performance of sanitary works ordered by
your Board, with the following results :
(a) Nos. 40 and 42, Charles Street—
The magistrate inflicted a penalty of £5 with costs
and made Order for the execution of the works
within 21 days.
(b) Nos. 112, Duckett Street; and 79, Ocean Street—
The magistrate made Orders for the execution ol the
works within 14 days with costs.
(1c) No. 41, Duckett Street—
The magistrate made Closing Order (with the consent
of the owner) with costs.
(d) No. 12, Smith Street—
This case was adjourned tor 14 days and c\entuall\
withdrawn on completion oi the works and pa\
ment of costs.
(12) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been pertormed, viz.: