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and have been in an unusually muddy and disagreeable
condition. Such drawbacks are however
unavoidably associated with the disturbances of the
soil incidental to such operations, and but for the
careful carrying out of the work by those engaged
in it the state of affairs would easily have been
much worse. These works are now practically
completed and after the roads have received the
necessary attention they still in many places require,
we must seek for compensation in the advantages
of electric light, telephones and improvements in
sanitation.
New sewers have been laid in Claremont Road,
Claremont Crescent, Victoria Road and Glenbuck
Road. These were practically all old brick sewers
and very defective, they have now been relaid with
stoneware pipes on concrete.
This is a subject that is likely to be of con- Dust and Road Watering
siderable importance this summer especially if it
should prove fine and dry.
A few years ago I drew the attention of the
Council to the great need there was for watering
certain of the roads on Sundays, but at first nothing
was done, then the need being very apparent the
Portsmouth Road was watered early in the
morning and though that was of some benefit to
the residents on and the users of that road, yet in
other parts of the district the necessity was on
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