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further use to the Vestry than to receive the drainage of Arica Place and the stable when brought
to the front, it would be preferable to construct a sewer in Southwark Park Road, which they
estimate to cost £125."
Resolved-That a 12 inch pipe sewer be constructed in Southwark Park Road
extending from Union Road to the gateway, 510, Southwark Park Road, into which the
stable be required to drain.
St. Marychurch Street.
The owners of the "Ship" P.IL, St. Marychurch Street, having received
notice of defective drainage and bad smells arising therefrom, commenced to trace the course
of their drainage, and in doing so came across an old sewer running at the rear of the
property. Tho attention of the Surveyor having been called to the same he caused an
examination to be made of the sewer in question, and reported the result as under :—
"I have examined the sewer and traccd its course by means of openings at various
points. It discharges through a 12-inch pipe into the sewer in St. Marychurch Street, near
the end of the Burial Ground, runs along the 'right of way' between the Burial Ground and
No. 42, St. Marychurch Street, in a 2-feet culvert, which was clear at the point of inspection,
thence under the scullery and wash-house of No. 42, after which it takes a sharp turn to the
left and proceeds across the back gardens of the houses, receiving in due course the whole of
the drainage from No. 42 to No. 64, St. Marychurch Street, including the cow house and the
closets belonging to the "Ship" P.H., in the back yard of which it consists of a
culvert about 4 feet high and 2 feet wide, with 2 feet 6 inches of silt therein and in No. 62,
St. Marychurch Street, it is a 12-inch pipe. This sewer was constructed according to the
old plans by the Commissioners of Sewers before the establishment of Vestries, and in my
opinion there are three ways of dealing with the matter, viz.:—
1.- Thoroughly cleanse as soon as possible and leave it.
2. Thoroughly cleanse and substitute a 12 inch pipe surrounded with concrete for the
old culvert, which would be abolished, or
Abolish it entirely by transferring the existing drainage into the front sewer in
St. Marychurch Street."