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1874 : Mr Pluck's Tender to build a Sewer is accepted

 

Title:  The Irish Builder, xvi 90
Date:  15 March 1874
Place:  Dublin

 

BLACKROCK. — At a meeting of the Commissioners some matters of local importance were transacted. A letter was received from Mr. Brindley Hone, again calling attention to the cost which he had incurred in constructing a sewer at Belgrave-square, and requesting to be recouped same. It was stated that the work had been done without the consent of the Board, who, therefore, held themselves not responsible in the matter. A letter was received from Mr. John Walker, of Seaford-lodge, Williamstown, stating that he was interested in property in George’s-Avenue, Blackrock, and that the condition of it was rendered most unhealthy and dangerous to life by the existence in the vicinity of slaughterhouses and a dairy. The smell from the dairy was such as to require immediate attention. Mr. Walker suggested that a public abattoir, with asphalt floor, should be constructed on a proper site, and that all cattle should be slaughtered there. The chairman said that Mr. Walker’s suggestion was deserving of the serious consideration of the Sanitary Committee. A report of that committee was read upon the subject, and the surveyor was directed to report as to the most eligible site for, and the probable cost of, a public slaughter-house. Captain Betham submitted an estimate from Mr. Booth for the supply of a clock for the town-hall, at a charge of £25. Tenders for the construction of sewerage at Williamstown-avenue were received, and that of Mr. Pluck at £64 was accepted.

 

 

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