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In Cross Court, Carnaby Street, a work of some
magnitude, the cost of which amounted to
£113 8s. 10d. was rendered compulsory by the
complete stoppage of some 12-in.pipes that had
been substituted for the original sewer. It was
decided, after due deliberation, to remove the
pipes that had been laid in the invert, (which
was not only an error of judgment, but the work
itself was most unsatisfactorily executed, and in a
manner almost certain to bring about the evil that
it did), and to re-instate the sewer, which was
in excellent condition, as originally built. In
addition to remedying the actual defects a connexion
was made with the West Street Sewer, not
only to ensure access but to aid in the ventilation,
a more important question.
A portion of an extremely old and dilapidated
sewer in Beak Street has likewise been rebuilt and
the old drains connected; this work should have
been done years since; fortunately no disaster has
occurred in consequence of the delay, but the risk
is very great in underground matters, when as in
this instance, no access can be obtained to the
sewer, and consequently nothing definite can be
ascertained or acted upon. The Regent Street
Sewers only appear in one item, and that was caused
more by alteration to the house drain than by any
immediate necessity; advantage was taken of an