The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was held yesterday at the office, Spring-
gardens—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair.
The financial statement was presented, which
showed the following cash balances in the hands
of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £53,124 18s.
9d. ; deposit accounts, £46,500; total, £99,624 18s.
9d; Government securities, £76,732 13s. 11d. Pay-
ments were ordered to the amount of £51,620

17s. lid.
THE PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORTS.
Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer, produced
the following report on the progress of the main
drainage works .
" Chief Engineer's Office, March 31, 1863.
"The several sections of the main drainage works con-
tinue, upon the whole, to progress satisfactorily. Messrs.
Brassey and Co. have completed rather more than 8b miles
of sewers in connection with the Middle Level line, at an
estimated cost of about £226,000, being £7,000 in excess of
my last monthly report. Mr. Moron has constructed
about 3,177 feet of the Western Sewers at a probable
cost of £9,000, making £2,000 due to the past month. On
the Northern Outfall nearly the whole of the brickwork
of the sewers forming the line between the River Lee and
Barking-creek is now complete, and the concrete embank-
ment over it is being rapidly proceeded with. The iron
work of the numerous bridges, &c., is also fairly progres-
sing. The special construction of the outlet works into the
Thames is being carried on cautiously and safely. The
total value of the works now executed by Mr. Furness under
this contract amounts to about £547,000, being £lO,OOO in
excess of last month. Mr. Furness has commenced the
works of the Northern Outfall Reservoir, the excavation for
three of the side walls being in hand, as well as for the pier
foundations. Altogether about 2,500 cube yards of earth
have been removed, and the concrete is being filled in. The
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culverts are all rapidly progressing under Mr. Webster's
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estimatedcost of £25,500, £6,500 being the
work done last month. The whole of the Southern high
level sewer is completed from the respective districts of
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for the drainage of the several localities through which it
passes. Its entire length is about 10 miles, and its cost
about £195,000. Mr. Pearson has furnished rather more
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than three miles of the extension line of this sewer through
Dulwich and Norwood at a probable cost of £16,500, of
which £2,00 is due to the progress made last month. In
my next month's report 1 hope to be enabled to state that
this contract has been completed. Hitherto the work has
been somewhat retarded by causes not under Mr. Pearson's
control. The total length of the Effra diversion sewer now
completed at Brixton is about 1 mile 720 feet, the value of
which is about £12,000, or £l,OOO more than was reported
last month. Mr. Webster would probably have finished the
work by this time had it been possible to have diverted the
upper waters of the Effra earlier. This, by the completion
of the Southern high level sewer, can now be done, and the
work will therefore at one be proceeded with without fur-
ther delay. The contract for the completion of the new
street, subway, and sewers from London-bridge to Stamford-
street, Blackfriars-bridge-road, has been let to Mr. Pearson
since my last report,
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44 . BAZALORTTE, Engineer."
The report was adopted, and ordered to be printed.
Some uninteresting routine matters were disposed
of, and the Board adjourned.