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opening being made into the sewer for an alteration,
or rather the reconstruction of a drain, to
cleanse the sewer as far as could be fairly done by
means of that opening, although nothing more was
attempted than that I have just stated, still I am
bound to say that there was a considerable accumulation
in that portion of the sewer which ought to
be removed, and the sewer itself was, in common
with the greater part of the tributary sewers there,
any thing but what it should be, so that it is merely
a question of time as to when the next cleansing
and repair will become imperative; this will probably
immediately follow some violent storm.
A small amount appeal's against No. 112, Jernyn
Street; this, however, is only preliminary as the
amount actually expended exceeds considerably that
sum. From the defective connexion of some house
drains a great quantity of gravel and soil found
its way into the sewer under the active exertions
of the indefatigable rat, so much so as to leave a
large cavity under the roadway sufficient to require
several loads of rubbish to fill it in, and which must
sooner or later have caused a subsidence on the
surface, and as this would of necessity have been
immediately caused by a heavily loaded wagon or
omnibus, or both, very serious consequence would
appear to have been inevitable. All was, however,
made good, not without trouble and some exercise
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