Difficulty of Drainage in Some Districts Those living in the Western district of Shanghai may have been rather puzzled on the morning of Aug. 4 to find that the fooding which took place during the violent rainstorm on the previous evening had not completely subsided during the night, while the water which had collected in other paris of the city had practically alt been drained away. Parts of Avenue alg, for instance, were still under water, and flooding was still apparent the district around Hardoon Road.
There are several reasons for this, "which were communicated to the "North~China Herald" by the Public Works Department of the SMC. The district around Avenue Haig is practically as far away from the Soochow Creek as any district under Settlement administration, and the water, therefore, obviously takes longer to drain off into the creek from here than it does from the heart of the city, which is within easier reach of the creek, Also, the roads which were still partly under water that morning' are not absolutely level, with the result that water tends to collect more easily, and is more dimeult to get rid of, 'A large new drainage—pipe was constructed in Wuting Road last year by the SMC, but this seems to have had tittle effect in increasing the drainage facilities.
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