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shew a more comprehensive and extended list of
Works, especially in Footways and Kerbs which
require much attention.
In reference to Sewers matters, I cannot with
truthfulness report that the Local Sewerage is in
such a satisfactory condition as could be wished.
A great deal requires to be done with regard to
gullies, gulley-drains and ventilation, and the
Regent Street Sewerage is still in a most unsatisfactory
state, the same uncertainty that has
prevailed for years is in force now, viz.: that an
accident may at any time happen, and as will be
seen, every year something has to be spent to keep
things at all straight. But the chief difficulty with
which the Yestry will sooner or later have to
contend, will be the 12 in. Pipe Sewers, of which
there are more than fifty in the Parish, the whole
of which will, sooner or later, require to be cleansed
or attended to. In the mean time, every attention
is given that can be; difficulties are met as they
arise, and dealt with as circumstances dictate.
There is a great deal of misunderstanding about
the use of pipes for sewers. When properly
constructed, a most expensive process, they answer
well, but when done as they are in St. James's,
it is all a question of chance how long they keep
clear, and as they are certain from time to time to
need attention and alteration, perhaps the wisest
course is to wait till that time arrives, but when it
does come, no delay can be allowed.
The sewer in Little Windmill Street is another
most unfortunate example of what is called an
"error of judgment." As this matter has, however,
been thoroughly investigated, studied in all its
aspects, and is now in course of re-construction,