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following resolutions have been unanimously passed at
such Meetings of Delegates, viz.:—
1. That it is satisfactory to observe the probability
that the main object of diverting the course of the Low
Level North Sewer from the Strand and Fleet Street,
will be attained by means of some plan for the Embankment
of the River, and that, in the opinion of the
Delegates, the continuation of the main intercepting
Sewer from Queenhithe to West Ham, the point of
junction for the whole northern system, is equally, if
not more objectionable, than the course of the Sewer
through the Strand and Fleet Street, originally proposed
by the Metropolitan Board of Works.
II. That the apparent difficulty of deodorising the
large volume of Sewage to be collected at Barking
Creek, seems to render it desirable to consider the
possibility of adopting a better plan than that of the
Northern Low Level Sewer, and whether the method
of dealing with the Sewage, which has been already the
subject of an experiment in Essex Street, Strand,
according to Mr. Dover's plan, may not be advantageously
introduced elsewhere; with which view, that
it is desirable forthwith to make an experiment upon
a larger quantity of Sewage, according to the same
plan, and that the sum of £100 be raised for the purpose
of making such experiment in the presence of the
Delegates; and that the several Vestries and District
Boards be solicited to subscribe to the fund.
Towards this object the Vestry subscribed <£20, and
the Wandsworth District Board £10.
The Vestry, however, regret to state that no subscriptions
have up to this time been obtained from any
other Vestries or District Boards of the Metropolis.
A Royal Commission has been appointed, before
which various plans for such Embankment, and for a
Sewer within or adjoining the same, have been produced,
which plans are supported by the evidence of eminent