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house drainage and other connections were picked up and
properly diverted into he new sewer. In this work eighteen
15m. junctions, 18ft. of 12m. pipe, 14ft. of 9in. pipe, No 10 9
inch bends, Ac were laid, and 94 loads of soil removed from
the old sewer, 117 cubic yards of hard core were used in filling
in the sewer.
A length of 206 feet has been added to the 15in. pipe sewer
in Surrey Row, and many houses which formerly discharged
their drainage into the old Boundary Sewer in the rear of the
premises are now connected to the new pipe sewer under the
public thoroughfare in front. It is intended to disconnect all
the houses in the Christchurch District from this defective
high level boundary sewer, and the sewer, so far as we are
concerned, could then be abolished. In laying this new length
of 15in. pipes, junctions were left opposite every house on both
sides of the way, in order that new connections may be made
with no disturbance to the main sewer. New gully connections
have been provided, as new gullies will be constructed at some
tune when the Street is paved with a more suitable material
than the old Macadam at present existing.
Surrey Row
The pipe sewer at the East end of this Street has been
connected with the large flushing tank in Price's Street, by
means of 12in. pipes ; this will enable us to flush the Edward
Street sewer when necessary. The tank in Price's Street, to
which this is connected, has a capacity of 4,000 gallons, or
nearly 18 tons of water, and this quantity can be discharged
through a 12in. valve. The length of pipes laid is 110 feet.
Edward
Street.
The pipe sewer in this place was opened and cleared, about
10 loads of slop were removed, and the sewer thoroughly
flushed and cleansed.
Pitt's Place.
A new inspection chamber has been constructed in this
Place, and connected with a 9in. pipe connection, 68 feet in
length, to the main brick sewer in Park Street, a Kenon trap
being placed between the sewer and the inspection chamber.
Emerson
Place
Private Drainage Connections.
The following House Drainage connections to the Public
Sewers have been made:—
Size of pipes, &c.
No. of connections.
12in. pipe to brick sewers
1
9in. „ „
9
6in. „ „
9
9in. pipe to pipe sewers
6
6in. „ „
3
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