The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-11 00:00:00

PROPOSED NEW LINES OF SEWAGE.

Mr. Roe proposes a new line, to be called the
"Northern high level" or " Hackney-brook line." In
this instance it is intended to " provide for the whole
of the surface drainage as well as for the sewage."
He suggests that this line "should commence at the
entrance to Tufnel-park, or Upper Holloway, with
a sewer 5 feet by 5 feet diameter, and passing
thence to and along the fields to Highbury-vale and
Stoke Newington." This line he denominates the
" Middle level line" is suggested to commence opposite
the church in High-street, Kensington ; thence con-
tinued to and along Hyde• park, where it will relieve
the foul drainage coining from the Bayswater and
Acton server ; thence its course is. along Piccadilly, re-
ceiving, by connecting junctions, the sewage from the
King's Scholars' Pond and Regent-street sewers ; thence
by St, James's-square, Orange-street, the Strand, Fet-
ter-lane to Holborn ; thence by West-street, Smithfield,
Chiswell.street, and Finsbury square to Curtain-road,
where it would receive the Old-street-road branch.
Its course is then along Church-street to Bethnal-
green, thence under the Regent's-canal to near
the Lea, where it would receive the sewage
from the Old-Ford and Rosemary-lane branch,
and a little further the sewage from the Hackney-brook
line ; then passing under the Lea an 1. other streams
to the outlet at Barking-creek. The " Old-street
branch line" he proposes " should commence at the
river Fleet sewer near the House of Correction, Cold-
bath-fields, passing by Wilmington sqiiare, St. John-
street, Old-street, to the junction with the main line in
Curtain-road." The "Old-Ford and Rosemary-lace
branch" is suggested to "commence in Water-lane, Fleet-
street, and to pass along Cannon-street, Rosemary-
lane, New-road, Back-road, White-horse-street, to the
World's-end, Stepney ; thence across Mile-end-road and
under the Regent's-canal above the lock, near Mile-end-
road bridge; thence by Bearhinrier-lane to its junction
with the Main line." He further suggests that the "Low
level line should commence near to Chelsea Hospital, to
the Victoria-street sewer, along Whitehall, Charing-cro-s,
the Strand, New Bridge-street; thence to and along Can-
non-street, Eastcheap, &c , to the Commercial road; then
parallel with the Limehous-cut, to and under the Lea and
the West Ham Railway, a little beyond .which the
pumping station is proposed to be formed. The sewer
into which the water is to be raised has its course in
nearly a direct line to where it will meet the gravitating
line near the Barking-roaii, and then rune parallel there-
with to the proposed reservoir." lie states that " 4,190
acres would drain into this line, if the Isle of Dogs
drained into it, but of these many acres might be re-
versed to the gravitating line." He proposes that " tine
pumping station on the low level sewer should be 32
feet belo v the sewer proposed to convey the water
to the reervoir, with engines of about 450-horse
pot% er." The reservoir to be "60 feet in width, the
waters to lie delivered at the turn of the tide, Storing
capacity of reservoir to be 7,000,000 cubic feet of water.'