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KINGSTON IMPROVEMENTS.

Law 31 of 1890 provides for the sewerage of Kingston and for the re-construcThe Commissioners empowered under the Law to carry out tion of the Streets. the necessary work secured the services of Mr. Osbert Chadwick, C.M.G., to prepare a project for the sewerage Works and to advise the Commissioners during their execution. The plans prepared by Mr. Chadwick were approved by the Governor in Privy Council on June 3rd., 1893 and Mr. Buchanan who was engaged as resident engineer, arrived in Jamaica to begin operations in October, 1893.

Mr. Chadwick's project will be a system of self-cleansing sewers of the smallest practicable diameter, having ample falls so that there will be no stagnation or deposit even of a temporary character and in order to reduce the size of the sewers the minimum rain water will be excluded as far as possible.

The intercepting and outfall sewers will be of cast iron and the street sewers and house drains of glazed earthenware pipes.

The intercepting sewer will run along the centre of Harbour Street at a depth of 5 to 20 feet below the service and will receive the sewage of the whole town and convey to the pump well at the pumping station near the Gas Works, from the pumping station a cast iron pumping main laid along Tower Street and the Windward Road will convey the sewage to the sea near the Hope river.

At the pumping station 3 steam pumps of about 20 horse power each will be provided. The sewage will be received into a pump well which will be closed by an air tight deck. It is proposed that the use of water-closets should be introduced gradually. In the month of March, 1894, work on the intercepting sewer and also at the pumping station was commenced. Most of the pumping machinery and nearly all the cast iron pipes required have been delivered in Kingston. For the improvement of the streets no definite project has yet been proposed.

COMMISSIONERS.

Hon. Lt.-Col. C. J. Ward, C.M.G., Chair- | Hon. Dr. S L. Crane, C.M.G.

man.

Mr. P. C. Cork.
Mr. A. H. Pinnock.

Mr. P. E. Auvray.

Dr. James Ogilvie.

Mr. Simon Soutar.

Mr. E. A. H. Haggart.

Mr. James Richmond, A. M.I.C.E., Managing Commissioner.

Consulting Engineer-Mr. Osbert Chadwick, A.M.I.C.E., C.M.G.
Resident Engineer—Mr. S. C. Buchanan, Asso. Mem. Inst. C.E.
Assistant Engineer-Mr. E. C. Coombe.

Secretary - Mr. C. C. Anderson.

Clerk-Mr. W. J. Walker.