My bran Buaxd,—My report. dated bor Lith, 1888, still holds good.
was written fo show that it was utterly impossible to carry out the suggestion of the Works Committee that the Creek should be dredged so that the entire length fof the Creek should be covered with one foot of water at low water of ordinary des. The are very clearly worse form rer carried out in Shanghai i id have note {aaa any er "improvement" (or public work)
ried out in Shung! hanghai and would have provided a magnificent roadway a mile in jspeth, averaging over one hundred feet huve entirely changed he report of '98. Our Settlement has been extended and} French hare opened up their binter-the Settleme of the Yangkingpa ut ale sAuthe North and South under the control hen the case for a would 2 heavy contribution have to be Rot on!
paid, but the' "improvement" would (in my opinion) be d ference t Van kingpins" baze Report of 1898 is somewhat send T pointed this out at the alluded Shanghai, 26th August, 1903.
Dean Sim,—I would like to make a few remarks for the information of the Council in reference to Mr. McDain's letter of the 25th inst.
n not prepared to admit that sewer air is controllable at the hands of com-potent Sanitary Engineers." The question of the ventilation of sewers is one on which experts differ very considerably. The proposed sewer would probably be ventilated either by open gratings at the street surface or by means of shafts alongside suitable buildings. In any case, a walk along the bottom of the Yangkingpang even as *t exists at present would be fur pleasanter and safer than a similar excusion up the proposed sewer even if fully ven The illustration is crude, but it will convey what I mean.
The letter says "I now show some concern as regards the circulation of tid water in the country around Shanghai. This is because my experience in the largo Western District area (which has been included within Municipal limits since jas shown me that the keeping eu of the Creeks is very essential for the well being of that important District.
Tain of course aware that the French Council has recently constructed experimental lengths of culvert at each end of their section of the Defence Creek, thus shatting out all the boats. Tt will be thie coction of The culvert which will contribute blood from the Slaughter House and refuse from the Dye Works to the pro-proved Yanzkingpang sewer, in a concentrated form.
Tu regard to the dredging I would say, as clearly pointed out in my report of 1598 there "would not be any practical utility in dredging the creek in such a ay that the bundings would fall in. At nF rate 2 cood deal of useful work could be" done at injuring our bundings.
The minor culverting operations in sith the ed culverting of an im-Hongkew are not in any way comparable
portant navigable waterway."
T have cone into the question of esti-wates very carefully and I. think it is hardly fair ta sav that my allusion to Mr. Chollot's estimate is "off hand." T say "Tar mot ente whether his figure eludes cost of making up roads and footway," a vere important item i be compl
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