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whole conservancy establishment under the supervision of the present Superin-
tendent of the manure-yard, Mr. Robson, who served under me as an Inspector
in the Public Health Department in Bombay, and who knows the work thorough-
ly, and who would be able to introduce the same system that obtained in Bombay.
In carrying this out, the town would be divided into sections or wards, and
each ward would be made entirely independent of every other ward by having its
own separate establishments of carts, coolies and halalcores, who should work
under the orders of a sub-inspector who should be directly responsible to the
head superintendent for all the work in the ward, which would not only embrace
the cleaning of the surface, the removal of the night-soil, but also the reporting
of all infringements against the Act, and the cases in which it was necessary to
enforce its sanitary requirements, such as lime-washing, making drains, &c.
I earnestly recommend the above scheme to the favourable consideration of the
President and of the Municipal Commissioners. Of course it is absolutely neces-
sary in any case largely to increase the staff of carts and men, both of which are
utterly insufficient for the removal of the cutchra in the town. The contract
system, however convenient, is, as regards cleaning, utterly and entirely a mistake,
and it ought to be put a stop to, and the Municipality should provide itself with
its own staff of carts, bullocks, labourers, &c. The Bombay tilt cart is the best
I know, and it holds a good load for the bullocks, and the proper amount of
cutchra. One such might be procured from Bombay as a pattern, -when the
remainder could be built in Sholápur.
38.
The three manure-yards are all in dangerous proximity to the town,
and their sites must he changed. They should not, if possible, be nearer the town
than a mile. There ought to be no difficulty in choosing appropriate sites.
39. Another point to attend to is the ventilation of the town. A good work
has been commenced by Mr. Bosanquet in pulling down the town-walls from
Kombhari vest to Bijápur ves, and in making a fine broad road over the space
so obtained, and I hope that this admirable plan will be still further carried out,
as the walls not only act as a barrier to perflation but they are in a ruinous
condition.
40. As regards houses, the first thing wanted is a City survey map, showing
the exact position of each house. Mr. Bosanquet and Mr. Grant have taken
every opportunity of widening the streets, and much good has been effected in
this matter, and the existence of Goldfinch Peit perpetuate s the name of the
Collector who commenced laying out the town on a systematic plan ; but it is
desirable in my opinion to run broad streets through the labyrinthine parts of
the over-crowded town to act as air avenues, and to pass stringent regulations
regarding uniformity of the buildings not only as regards the frontages, but also
in the rear, and to introduce bye-laws to regulate the height of plinths, ventila-
tion of rooms, position of privies, &c.
41.
The offensive trades which should bed removed from the town and
located not nearer than a mile on the north are the lime-burners and the
indigo-dyers. The latter were formerly removed according to the recommenda-
tions of Dr. Leith, but were injudiciously allowed to come back. They should, in
my opinion, be again removed. The tanners are in too close proximity to the Ekruk
Canal, which passes within a few yards of the tanpits, where these offensive
operations are carried on. They should be removed further northward.
42. Among one of the first things to be done is to provide the city with a
proper vegetable market. That put up by Mr. Robertson, C.S., at Dharwar is the
finest I have seen out of Bombay, and I should be glad to see a similar one
erected in Sholápur, which has just double the population. A beef market also
is much wanted, and the mutton market is not a good one ; it is not light enough,
and is too close to the slaughter-yard, which is to windward of it, and should be
removed to a much further distance away either on the north or east.