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REPORT, 1891-92.
The whole of this work was executed by the
Vestry's Contractor, and under the supervision of the
Vestry's officials, at a cost of £102 3s. 8d. to Messrs,
Thomas & Taylor.
During the progress of re-constructing the drains
of No. 46, Hyde Park Square, in December last, by
Mr. Appleton, Builder, of Connaught Street, a portion
of an old brick sewer or water conduit, three feet
high and one foot six inches wide, partly filled in
with earth, and water running therefrom, was discovered
in the covered area of these premises when the ground
was opened for the construction of an inspection,
chamber by Mr. Appleton. This fact was reported to
the Sanitary and Public Health Committee in January
last, and I received instructions to continue the investigations
with a view of discovering the commencement
and termination of the conduit in question. In order
to do so a. trench was opened through the kitchen of
No. 46 to further ascertain the course of the conduit,
when it was found to extend under the kitchens of
Nos. 45, 44, and 43, where shafts were sunk for the
purpose. I then submitted to the Sanitary Committee
plans, shewing the position of the conduit and
other particulars respecting the same, and reported to
the Committee that I believed it to extend a distance
of 800 feet beyond the premises No. 43, because at
various points this conduit has been cut asunder—in
one instance, in Stanhope Street, that being about the
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