The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held yes-
terday at the offices in Spring-gardens. The Pre-
sident took the chair at 12 o'clock.

FINANCE.
The cash statement for the current week shows a
total general balance of £164,323 ls. 3d.

PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.
The CHIEF ENGINEER read the following re-
port as to the progress of these works:—
The Engineer reported that " About 10.1 miles
of the middle level line tial its branches, con-
sisting of sewers varying in size from 4ft. by 2ft.
Bin. to 12ft. by 2ft. 6in., have been completed by
Messrs. Brassey and Co., at a probable cost of
£289,000, being £5,000 in excess of my last report.
Much of the past month's work under this contract
has consisted of small sewers and connexions, which
necessarily consume more time in their execution
thus. in a fair run with the main work.
" I reported last month that the western sewerage
works had made slow progress, owing to the very
difficult nature of the soil, the quantities of water
met with, and other adverse causes; but these have
now assumed a somewhat more favourable aspect,
and Messrs. Moxon and Co. will, therefore, I anti-
cipate, be enabled to proceed more rapicry with
their contract. To the present time they have com-
pleted 2 2.3 d miles of sewers, of sizes varying from
3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 6in. to 4ft. 6in. circular, at an esti-
mated cost of about £38,000, or £3,000 more than
reported last month.
" The northern outfall sewer is not quite com-
pleted, the weather having been unfavourable to
the work at the apron of the river, which can now
only be proceeded with at certain periods of the
tides. A small portion of the embankment also re-
mains unfinished. The total cost of the work done
by Mr. Furness under this contract is about
£635,000, of which £1,500 is due to the progress
made in the past month.
ig Mr. Furness's contract for the northern outfall
reservoir is progressing satisfactorily. The arches
are being turned in three of its compartments, and
the puddle and embankment are being formed over
them. The penstocks, 32 in number, are all fixed
in the wall next to the substructure. The estimated
value of the work done is about £125,000, being
£20,000 more than at the date of my last monthly
report.
ig Mr. Webster is making fair progress with the
southern outfall works at Crossness. The total cost
of the work done is estimated at £168,700, £7,200
being for that executed in the past month.
"Upwards of two miles of the main southern low
level sewer have now been completed by Mr.
Webster, at an estimated cost of about £74,000, of
which £7,000 is due to the progress made last

month.
" The whole line of the Bermondsey branch of the
southern low level sewer, with the exception of the
Spa-road junction and penstock chamber, is com-
pleted, by Messrs Aird and Son. Its total length
is nearly three miles, and its estimated cost is
£83,500, or £1,500 in excess of my last monthly
report.
" The works at the Southwark new street are
ibmeipnogrtpaunst line ofhedrapidlyforward in order to get that
thoroughfare open to the public
throughout its entire length, from the Borough to
the Blackfriars-road, by the end of the present year.
Mr. Pearson, under his contract for the completion
of the street between the Blackfriars-road and
Great Guildford-street, has constructed about 1,634
feet of the subway, 1,620 feet of the sewer, 840
feet of area wall, 198 vaults, and about 3,000 feet
of pipe connexions. These and other minor works
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(Signed) "J. W. BAZALOETTE, Engineer."
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ISLINGTON.
The Superintending Architect (Mr. Vulliamy)
presented the following report :
"Fall of House, west side of Islington-green.
"I have to report that an inspection of the pre-
mises has been made on the 27th ult., before the
ruins had been much disturbed, when the fact that
the front wall fell upon its own base, or perpen-
dicularly, and net inwards, as represented in some
of the newspapers, was clearly discernible.
"The building was for a public house on the site
of an old one, and was being rapidly hastened
to completion before the cattle-show on the 7th
of December. From the district surveyor's
clerk, who was present, the following particulars
have been gathered:—Mr. Mosely received notice on
or about the 22d of October, so that in a month and
five days the building was completed in carcase, and
some of the sash frames were being fixed. The
frontage is 36 feet, and the wall which fell went up
through four stories. It was 18 inches thick in the
restsummers
basement, and had piers in the ground story sup-
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Mr. VIILLIAILY, the architect, proceeded to state
that after a careful examination of the circumstances
connected with this unhappy affair, he was de-
of opinion that over-haste was employed,
in completing the building, but also in fol-
enloiodwteidonulgylyup the other works, which would necessarily
cause a great jar upon the unset and green brick-
work.
A letter was then read from Mr. W. Mosely, the
district surveyor, in which he attributed the failure
to the want of a due and sufficient settling of the
mortar and cement, from the state of the atmos-
phere, the rapidity of the execution of the works, or
the vibration of the scaffolding, or perhaps the whole
combined. It is only fair to Mr. Mosely to state
that he claims to be exonerated from all blame in the
transaction.
The whole subject was referred to the Streets and
General Purposes Committee for a report.
The Board then adjourned.

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