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CHIEF POINTS IN THE CORPORATION…

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CHIEF POINTS IN THE COR- PORATION BILL. THE WESTERN SEWER. CHATS W[TH PROMOTE RSI AND OPPONENTS. It is evident from what took p'.acs at the meet. ing of ratepayers on Monday night that the Cardiff Corporation arc not, to be allowed to carry their Biil lor the extension of the borough boundaries through Parliament with- out very strong opposition. That the meeting was packed by opponents, many of whom left their comfortahle firesides at Penarth to record their votes, was patent to the few ratepayers of Cardif fwho took the trouble to support their representatives in the council. It is further alleged that a considerable proportion of tho? present were not ratepayers. This 19 a dtfhcutty which is always felt at public towns meetings, and it is one which cannot v?ry ")I? A ?r p??d,t ?,t? at the Town-hall on Monday night makes an excellent suggestion, namely, that admission should be by tickets, gent to all the ratepayer, in the town. This would ensure the attendance of ratepayers only, and would te Ie,s costly than a poll, if that were demanded by a minority composed of many psrsons whose names do not appear on the burgess roll. The corporation are beginning to recognise the importance of the task they hava set themselves, and arrangements are being made by whid1 the contents of the Bill shall be fully explained to the ratepayers in the several w\rd;;¡. It is only necessary, for instance, to explain to the residents of the we-tern side of the Taff that their health depends upon the construction of a new sewer for tiv.it district to bring together a body of ratepayer- who will swamp the Penarth con- tingcut. who, while ready to take advantage of every improvement within the borough, prefer to live outside it, and thus evade their f.tir contribution toward s the outlay. It is only iv.-t to remark, however, that there are manJ- sub"tantial ratepayers in the suburban town who thoroughly approve th action of the OivdifF Corporation, and are ready to join hands with them in making what r, r..wcl'en once described as a great municipal ( olo.«sus. with one foot on Rumnev Hill and the other on Barry Island. CHIEF POINTS OF THK BILL. I he chief points in the Bill are these ??tcn-ionotthe boundary to include the (listriet of I)en:trth, tiie who.? cf Llan- natT parish, and a portion of LHnishen Impen- ?,?t thi, wi!l the purchase and frre- ing from toll of Penarth-roud; the widening z:t11(i improvement of roads between Handaff and Maindy. with bridges over the riv?r and mill-race, and th extension of the tra¡n,y i -.y-ten).K':th<(.ctrk-trartio'n.to['p.?-t'!)'" Whit- church.andHand?ff. 2 1,1 construction of a n*w B*w?r to Q?rve the ?tcrn side f ('diff, ,ith :i tf?ll at .I. THK WESTERN SEWER. "p propose dealing with these points 3eriaam, giving the opinions of represents- tive men for and against them. As the western sewer was the firit question put tilt! ir.eeting on Monday night, it shall have priorit here, because it unquestionably fQrm. one of the most important .ections of the lii.'l After interviews with Alderman Hamsdate. chairman of thpconiitiit and Mr. W Harpar. the bOf0Ugh engineer. we are 1)?e to I)re-eiit tlle c,?'se fol. the in th9 fo;lowin terms. The partIcular route WaR chosen." said Alderman Rarasdale, "after very carefully! Toing oyr the whole ground to be ùr:uueù, Fhere wore several important points to be (-on. adored, In the first ?h,, Id be remem- 'b,t, in 189 the corporation went tn Parliament for a scheme to discharge the sewage into thp estuary 0f the Toff. That: was opno'ed hy sevpra) peop'p. and particularly by Lord Windsor, the Penarth District faun-it. and the Bute Docks Company. Cp to this time there bad been uo definite proposal fo-; a W indsor Dock. We arranged, term* with the Bute Docka Company and Lord Windor. but the arrangement with Lord Windsor was,' that in the event of any dock or other r-imilar work? being constructed ou the west of Cardiff which ,I,erfered with the sewer we should "Iter or di,??t it at the expense 11 th town. This settlement ?,jl, run ns into .L20.0M to ?30.0']0.°':)nJ as i<n? :? ??'? ?o? PI,ED to enstruet the \Vindsor Dock we thought it desirable to devise another scheme D must tH" clear to anyone who undt". stands the district that some day or other it will be necessary to make a sawer along Penarth-road. and the route now suggested will avoid a (buhle expenditure. A further point ,,) b, d z?f", t? the counter-scheme of Mr. Collett. is that th dis- trict south cf the gasworks will be developed for docks, wharves, and w.>rks of that descrip- tion. for which no tieer be required. The construction of a sewer there would, conse- fluently. be a waste 0' money, By taking the Penarth-road Hue to the boundary of the borough we hall :'k? the ?l?t economical and u3?ful .urs",hi,h can be conceived. The sewer from rear the toll-gate will take the shortest possible way by tunnelling through open country to Eastbrook. and then along low-lying lands to Lavernock Point, where it will discharge." ere it And the length i. I believe, six miles?" "About six mLe*, ..nrl with the exception of the hoslow at Cogan the whole of Penarth can be drained into iL The outlet at Lavernock will be at such n level that the sewage can be discharged at high water, so that flooding from tide cannot po::¡.ib]y occur." One of the objectinn. to the scheme is that you take power to discharge the sewage into the Ely River uhder certain circumstances?" "That would "n'y be done in the event of an accident or during times of excessive rainfall. We have .,I l? put in clause which Parliament! has passed in the case of other towns. You should explain that at the commencement of a flood the sewer* would be practically emptied of sewage, and what would go into the Ely would certainly not be more effensive than the water which generally passes down that river. In the Taff Valley, the Rhondda Valley, the Aberdare Valley, and Merthyr district the autho,it;e? have an ?l-FIljg III such as we propose, and the Penarth distrct 1 is now discharging crude s-wag? ill toi tbe Ely at two points. There is also a storm over- flow sewer into the Eiy from the village cf that name. MR. COLLETT'S SCHEME. Wih respect to Ir J. K. Collett's proposal, to run a sewer south of the Penarth-road to Cogan, and then tunnel through to Ranie Bay. and discharge there, th? chairman f the public works committee and Mr. Harpur found many: 8uhst:ntb: objection9. "So far as that sewer U within the existirlz borough boundary." said Mr, Harpur, "it will never be wanted for town purposes, and will. therefore. he a useless and unnecessary expen- diture, because a sewer must be made along Pemrth-road in any case." "The line is a ehorter one than that which you propo<e?" suggested the reporter. "That i, so, It i, three miles and a half as against six miles; hut just see what it will mean to Inalle it It takes a diagonal ine from Grangetowu. under ahout a dozen strcct3 of honse. Mr. Collett probably took au old Ordnance map, upon which the houses are not shown because they were uot then built. Then it takes a Ions M-rew line under the Taff Vale Bridge and under York-stroet. It impinge, upon a bend of the Hinr Ely, where it would be very costly to make a sewer, and goos under that river in no less than three places. For nearly a mile this sewer would have to be constructed at a very great depth in "slop" land of the softest possible character. Consequently, its con- struction would be exceedingly difficult and costly: in fact, one mile would cost more than two miles al- ng the line which the public, works committee has chosen. Ifr. Collett's sewer is apparently designed to serve the low. lying land at Coall. but here, again, it takes a perfectly straight course under the houses in Howell and other strest3. the owners and {>r,ee3 of which, as in Grangetown, would require, compensation, to say nothing of the po-si'oility of some of the houses having to ome down. Then the course to Ranie Pool j-, hv means of a tunnel two miles in length. The sewer commences at euch a low level in Grangetown that to get a gradient to give any- lite a reasonable disc1wrr.;e the outfall tUU-t necessarily be in a spot which would be tide-locked ten hours out rf every twelve." "That is a serious objection, I should say," rc:a1"krl our representative. "Of course, it means this, that the sewer must be large enough to contain all the sewage and storm waters of the western district of Cardiff, Llandaff, and Ely. and perhaps Penarth, if added to the borough. A sewer capable of serving these purpoees would baye to be five or six times the diameter of the one proposed by the corporation, and the fast. of course, would he correspondingly A SERIOUS CONTEMPLATION. "But. supposing that, after all cakulations I have been made for dealing with the ""g? and storm water under Mr. Collett's scheme.! what might happen during a high tide? Y,i d h?- ie the rain water and sewage fr.. the hih district of Penarth ranging up to 2Y:f. above the .ea level, rushing down and j forcing the e" out at) Grangetown. The outlet would he there, not: on the seashore, atid such a state of thing3 i would happen that has never yet been known! in the history of the town." "Just one more point-What would the people of Penarth say to the discharge of sewage in Ranie Bay?" 'T \enture to predict- *u"t the urban authoritv of Penarth would ia.tr dream of allowing such a thing. Mr. Colfett has chosen, probably the very worst spot hpro):'dfnr(t'i?h?in!: the sewage. We have pr"Hd. from a careful .)h.<crvatio))oftif)<.9.h.vm<u?nffto'at9,th't It the ?,?az? "r discharged in Ranie Ba during the t, h.iur* of low water in the pni. Hon in ?hkh Mr. Cotlett 8 outf?U i, it wo?d practically never leave Penarth Beach. It would oscillate, too, and finally stick there. B' the eame meana we have discovered that if the sewage is discharged at Lavernock it is carried out to eea, and can be a nuisance to nobody." This i8 briefly the case for the corporation on the sewerage question, but many of the other clauses in the Bill will be strongly opposed. One of these will be the extension ot the borough in the direction of Penarth. "?'ot only win Penarth object, but the Taff Vale R:tilway Company, aNo, foreseeing that the taking over of the road between Cardiff and the suburban district will result in the making of a tramway, which will depreciate tae property of the comoanv by diverting a proportion of the trallk

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