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much importance, if they had ever been properly
constructed; but, unfortunately, the nature of
drainage works generally admits of a considerable
amount of indifferent work being introduced, unless
great care is exercised, and although many men
always did and always will conscientiously do what
is right, there are, perhaps, more who will not,
and Sewers and Drains being out of sight, admit of
a great amount of "scamping" work; and, speaking
from experience, some of the local Sewers in St.
James's, are specimens, I hope unique, of the
extent to which "scamping" can be carried. If it
is not bad workmanship and materials that has
caused many of them to require constant attention,
it is a most extraordinary case of error of judgment.
The mistaken idea of putting 12-inch pipes in
the wrong places, is another cause of constant
anxiety and expense. Glazed pipes, when properly
laid, are most efficient; but very few know how they
should be done, or are acquainted with the great
cost attending a system of pipe Sewerage, and consequently
the pipes have been recklessly laid, under
the idea of economy, and are a continual source of
outlay and trouble.
Nothing can be a more clear example of the want
of thought than to select mews and stable yards,
where dung and straw accumulate, to put pipes,
which are, of course, inaccessible, without any kind
of provision to intercept the said materials from
completely choking them. Of course, the success,