THE WOHNMAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1924 PAGE SEVEN THE GEORGETOWN SEWERAGE SCHEME.
Di at per ALBOA EST EER REWED action may be due to penditure undertaken by the Cour and which ratepayers must meet Increased taxation. The sum of 2, 500, 000 to be expended on the whole of the proposed city improvement schemes is a large sum for the city of Georgetown, especially when it is considered that taxation is already high. The of entire revenue the corporation is obtained from an im position on the immovable (anglice al property within the city, an in position now standing cent. of the appraised value of those properties, a sum of 12, 000, 000. 2, 400, 000. approximately.
That appraised value is invariably much below the market value of the property, but such as it is, the burden of the city proprietor is as great as it is in London at the time. In whilst was in London. had the opportunity of into this question with the deputy clerk of the London Country Council, and although the taxation in London is calculated on an entirely different basis (the rateable value of the premises. the taxation paid on, say. 1, 000 property would be practically the same in London as in Georgetown. We can only hope that the result of the proposed expenditure will justify any increased taxation the people must be called upon to bear.
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tractors, such an im pany, and the city definite the installation of foto 28 26 areas, Church Services. Continued from page 4)
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BY ALFRED CRANE, LOND. CITY COUNCILLOR (In The West India Committee Circular)
The city of Georgetownwith a fort gruyne in a dredged channel in population of, approximately, 60, 000 the ser bed for a distance of 800 feet.
souls and an area of 1, 500 acres, is This is, however, a purely technical situated on the east bank of the matter, and we must rely entirely Demerara River, having the Atlantic upon the advice and skill of the as its northern boundary. It is the surgeon whom we have called in to capital of His Majesty only South take charge of the case. Fears as to American possession, and the sole the return of sea water into the mains outlet of the Colony trade in sugar, through this outfall pipe in case of rice, gold, diamonds, timber and any faulty bauxite. Its progress, therefore, must ignorance of the engineering art: matter of importance, and susplefon that a single outfall will amongst the improvements decided not accomodate the drainage the upon by the Town Council there is entire city area may be the result of the installation of a sewerage system inexperience in such matters. But ia place of the present cesspit ar most of us have committed the solurangement, which has existed much tion of these questions to the contoo long in Georgetown. Wild Since the year 1854, consultant, MF suggested and ful solution. Mr. Humphreys provement has been Howard Humphreys, for success discussed, but the first has himselt scheme was worked out in 1919 by impossibility of a return of sea water explained to the writer the.
Harris, the present city through the mains.
engineer of Georgetown. This gentle.
man recommended the instal After months of negotiation and the Shone Hydro pneumatic System discussion, the scheme is to be car He divided up the city ried out by joint Government and each to carry two ejectors or iron town council effort the former bear tanks of the varying capacity of 50 ing 20 per cent and the latter 80 per to 200 gallons each, into which the cent of the cost of the works. They drainage from houses would flow and are to be executed by Messrs.
collect by gravitation. Compressed wild and Company, of Piccadilly, air would be generated from a central London, under the supervision of a station, the water works, and led to of the Council consultant, Mr.
resident engineer, the representative these ejectors by a system of castiron pipes. When the contents of these Howard Humphreys. The terms for ejectors a given height, a valve executing the works are represented is automatically released and the beln 13 being those usually included in compressed air contracts of the kind. The contractors comes inte Into play and does its work of driving are to receive a clear profit of 10 the contents along the sealed concrete per cent on the estimated construcmains to the outlets. Mr.
Harris tional cost, and a further per cent.
points out several advantages of his for head office charges respect of system, the obviating of pumping The umping purchases of material for the Council.
engines being not the least amongst not the test amongst The Coanell is to pay for all materials them. He claims that the system has dindour. It the contractors effect been in successful a saving on the estimated construe number of important cities in the ticaal cost they are to receive a the world since 1878 Rangoon, South bonus, and correspondingly must pay Bombay, Calcutta, penalty if they exceed that estimate.
Capetown, Sydney, and Wellington the scheme is made a success, as (N. In Cairo, the system deais bound to be, there would seem little the expert enginer considers it is with 35 million sallons of dolly. Mr. Harris proposed three out cause for complaint.
Iets for discharge into the Demerara The advantages of such a construc River to the west of the city. This tion in a city like Georgetown cannot scheme Mr. Harris estimated to cost be disputed. It is part of the public 50, 000, and he demostrated that, convenience in every modern up toafter its construction, the saving o date city, Cesspools and water closet the corporation with respect to the tanks are unsightly and offensive maintenance and running of the objects. The disposal of their contents present motor driven excavator is often a public nuisance. The health system and night soil conservancy and convenience alike of citizens would pay for the new construction he grea greatly improved. From with but little additional taxation. figures cited, it was shown that in Mr. Harris scheme the city of New Orleans the deathrate undoubtedly the awoke the authorities from their stood at 28. per before the scheme lethargy, so to speak. Mr. Howard construction of a sewerage Humphreys was, in the year 1919, ap. was carried out; it fell to 18. after pointed by the Crown Agents, at the the scheme was in operation for 20 stance of the Colonial Government, as much years. This city improvement proto report and advise upon a a system where the mises much, therefore, in in a country mate drainage for the birth rate for for January, of main Georgetown. Needless to say. Mr. 1924, stood at 374 per 1, 000 living Harris work formed the basis of Mr. persons, and the death rate 31. Humphreys report.
There have been again report. He approved of per 1, 000.
the division of the Popular fear superstitions but marterially altered the scheme in scheme. It is often contended that in the most important essentials condemned the concrete nesses a modern main drainage sys: rete Port of Spain, Trinidad, instead recommended Hesses a cast iron sewers; he substituted electem, the death rate from typhoid and trical transmission in place of com: Guiana, and, in fact, greater than it com. enterte is greater than in British pressed air, a single outlet instead of three, and, on the whole, a more was before that system was installed.
res modern, vastly more expensive, am not in possession of sufficient undertaking for the Council. The final data from Port of Spain to justify or revised estimate this scheme has amb explode this beliet. Citizens tuated at 245, 445 more us been calculated at more Georgetown can only hope that the than three times the estinate of Mr. large expenditure will result in improved health for the city. This can Harris scheme. This moreover, is without contractors commission, and by no means be described as bad, weren at the present time, although other contemplated additions Mr.
ta is much Humphreys has, as said above, recommended the use of cast iron The improvement tron pipes.
But their employment will be The scheme as recomended for the pensive, and undoubtedly has contri elty of Georgetown does not include buted to the much increased cost of surfose drainage, which must be atthe scheme. In order to resist the acid tended to separate problem. For action of the subsoil water, and the mysell, regard this matter as even destructive effect of the electrolysis more important and urgent than the by escaped energy fromanily handled if the and certainly it must be the tramway system, it is proposed seama dip each length of iron pipe in new roads, and the sewerage con agus Smith solution, to wrap it instruction are to be protected. piral puttee of Hessian cloth Instal Improvement works costing, ap.
cloth cred in the protective solation, procih proximately, 500, 000, and leave the finally to redly the pipe in the possibility of their gradual destruc ion before it is laid an ex imperfect surface drainage wa ve business. The other important be fatuous. In tropical city of Mr. Humphreys scheme is situated as Georgetown is, ne outfall as against the three conditions will certainly be improved theory. Mr. Humphreys has if the storm waters can be readily ned Mr. Harris three outfall disposed of the they are because from actual float deposited. That any accumulation of made by him, it has been proved water in the subsoil would be deleterdischarge of untreated lous to the stability and efficiency of the Deme. the sewerage system wage at three points in the Demerara River would result in masses of which even a layman can prove. The accumulating sewage under the connection, therefore, of the one matthe com wharves along the entire river front ter with the other must be obvious.
age of the city. Further, this expert It is proposed to start operations considers his proposal the cheaper in a couple of months time, and large and better one. There are scores of quantities of materials have already citizens who are somewhat sceptical been purchased in the United Kingabout the efficiency of the single out dom. Local labour, skilled and unskil fall, running north westerly from the led, is claiming its share of the exwould SOS 1, 000 SENSA House Rent Receipt Books Colon. aud Streets. Gospel meetings at 11 30 30 Suoday School at pm.
Gatun, Canal Zone. Gospel Meetingo at 11. 30a. and 39 m; Sudday School at pm.
Bro. GEORGE GRIFFITH Now Providence. Gospel Meetings at 11 30 am and 30 Sunday School at pm.
Sis. ELLIOTT Red Tank, Canal Zone, Sunday School at p. kod Prayer Meeting at 30 pm on Thursday night.
Sis GRAY Panams, Arosemera Street, House 27, San Miguel Gospel meetings at 11. 30 and 30 pm. Sunday School at pm. Meeting on Tuesdav evening 15 pm Elder BAILEY, Pastor.
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