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with the general attention it deserves, but there can
be no doubt that the St. James's Vestry have given
all the attention to it that they could. The Parish
of St. James's having always been the locality
above all others for everything new to be exhibited
has become such a kind of museum of Paving,
Gas, Water, and every kind of General Work of all
kinds, that there is actually a difficulty in finding
a convenient site for a Public Convenience, even
below the surface ; years since I came to the conclusion
that practically they could not in this
neighbourhood be openly constructed on the surface,
but it always appeared feasible to construct them
below; this of course can still be done, but as the
subterranean part of the neighbourhood has not
been overlooked by others the general accumulation
of Vaults, Gullies, Gully Drains, House Drains,
Local Sewers, Main' Sewers, and all the approaches
to the same, Gas and Water Pipes and Mains,
Telegraphs, &c,, &c., are beginning to make the
effort to find sufficient room below ground very
difficult. It is however a matter of congratulation
that the difficulty of site is the only one, that the
Vestry have so freely at all times supported the
attempt to provide these most necessary con-
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