The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMAUSSION.

The Commissioners of Sewers met on Tuesday at
Guildhall--Mr. Deputy Christie presiding.
Mr. DAM read the following, which will explain
itself :

"Metropolitan Board of Works,
" 1, Greek-stree-, Soho, July 13, 1858.
" Dear Sir,—l regret that in consequence of
other pressing demands upon my time, I could not
look into the matter referred to in your letters of
the 18. h and 24. h July last.
" The passage in the report which you cite has
reference to the main drainage loan, contracted by
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, amount-
ing to 140,000/. The hoard first charged a portion
of this debt on the City, in common with the rest
of the metropolis, and the total amount for which
the City would have become liable by that course
would have been 14,185/. 3s. 11d. mortgage debt,
and 1,5331. Os. ricl. in respect of the previous instal-
ment, interest, &e., making together 15,7181. 4s. 4d.
Upon coming into office the board found that sum
of 149,000/. entire ; and though they temporarily
applied a portion of it to their current expenses
pending the collection of their assessments, a part
of the amount is still in their possession, and the
remainder will be replaced as soon as the whole of
the precepts issued have been complied wit% The
fungi, therefore, still exists, and a portion of it,
nearly equal to the debt, viz., 14,9311. 15s. 9d.,
and a further sum for interest recrived from the
bankers, would stand to the credit of the City of
L Ilion. When the coerce first proposed by the
board in this respect was object& d to, the board ex-
punge d the debt so charged to the City, and at the
same time reapportioned the above amount of assets
among-the other party of the

" In the present state of this question the com-
mittee considered the legal position of the City and
the o her districts to be this :—lf the board now
proposed to commence the main drainage, and to
carry out one or more contracts, amounting to
155,000/., they would have 140,0001. in hand on
account of the metropolig, exclusive of the City,
and the 15,0001., which would ba the share of the
City, would have to be raise 1 by a separate loan,
or might possibly be demanded, by precept, in one
payment. This the committee considered to be
attended with inconvenience, and they made a re-
commendation for remedying it in the manner sug-
gested iu their report.—l am, he.,
" G. H. WOOLRYCH, Clerk of the Board.
"T. D Esq Guildhlll."
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Incidental to this communication a long discus-
sion took place upon the Metropolis Local Manage-
ment Act Amendment Bill, in the course of which
—while the nec -ssity of speedily dealing with the
main draibage question was fully recognised—the
&tails of the new scheme w ere freely canvassed,
aid more e!pecially compulsory deodorisation was
objected to, unless preceled by experiments to prove
whether deodori a ion might not be dispensed with,
and so a vast outlay saved without public danger
or inconvenience by the points of outfall being
fixed, as provided in the t ill, " at any place on the
left bank or shore of the said river not higher than
the west bank of Barking-creek, and any place on
the light bank or shore of the said river not higher
than Crossness Pi.int or Erith Marshes.
Eventually it was determined to petition Parlia-
ment to make the deodorisation discretionary with
the Metropo:itan Board.