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London, England, 1858-06-30 00:00:00

operations.' "

The plat,. having been embodied by one of the most
eminent practical men, he thought it the duty of the
board to adopt it. The points of delivery should remain
an open question. If one was made near Gravesend in
five years from the present time, they would be peti-
tioning the board for the removal of the nuisance, and
therefore it was best that it should for the present re-
main undecided. The Expenditure of five or six millions
of money was a serious responsibility, and be thought
they ought to be very careful before they came to any
final conclusion on the pint. His great object now.was
to show the public that the board intended doing
something, and that being so, his resolution in effect
adopted the plan and estimate,, leaving the details for
further consideration.
Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the motion.

Alderaian CUBITT objected to the plan on the ground
that it was moat e xp, nsive,and that it would be a very long
time beLro is could be carried out. If it was determined
to decdtiriz3 the sewage, he thought it could be done in
London without taking the sewage a long distance to
effect that abject. _ _ _

Mr. DOULTON agreed with the hon. member who had
jqst sat down, and he therefore moved the following
amendment :

"That from the evidence at present in the poe-
scssin of the Beatd, it is questiunable whether a
plan, based upon the recommendation of Messrs.
Bidder, Hawk-ley, and Bazalgette, would completely
and satisfactorily effect the purification of the
Thames, and the drainage of the low level district,.
That before agreeing to so serious and novel an experi•
merit as the concentration of the whole of the sewage,
and its discharge at two points within the tidal range of
t to neetropol.e, it is the duty of this board to ascertain
its probable tffect upon the public health, and to prevent
the discharge of and odorized sewage within teat
limit. Teat it is further the duty of this
board to protect the interests of their constituents
by preventing the infliction of an enormous and uncer-
tain amount of taxation upon the unaided resources of
the present metropolitan ratepayers. That this board,
being iuformed that the present offensive condion of the
Thames is Lkrly to be injurious to the public health,
is anxiously desirous of applying some immediate
remedy. That no benefit can be derived by
ttie metropolis from any plan based upon the
report of Messrs. Bidder, Hawsley, and Bezelgette, for
a period of at least five years, while their recommenda-
tion that the upper and middle level sew ra should
be first executed would tend to defer the purification of
the river t, a yet longer period. That the deodorisation
of the sewage of towns has been dereonetrated to be
both safe and practicable, leaving nothing► to be de-
sired in a sanitary point of view, while the principle
is one admitting cf simultaneous application at several
points within a reasonable period, and would immediately
remove the threatened injury to the public health. That
steps be immediately takes for the erection of the nece -
sary apparatus upon one or more of the principal sewers
discbareing in the vicinity of the New Swedes et Par •
Lament."

II the plan was adopted it would be five years from the
present time bef,io it was completed. it was true
that some amount of relief might be fe:t in two or
three years ; but if the Thames continued to get
worse they would be is a desperate state by that time.
It was said that steps were being taken to purify the
sewage, but he thought if they were to go on spending
1,5001. per week in pouring limo down the fewer open-
ings, the public would 80.41 get tired of finding money
for such a purpose. (Hear.)

Mr. WARE seconded the amendment.
After some further discussion the board divided, when
there appeared,
For the amendment
Against it

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