'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎215v] (100/150)

Chapter IV.
production
and
distribution.
Arboriculture.
Water supply.
Sewerage.
Light-houses.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
The work on the last abutment and on the fourth and fifth piers of th
In nropress and concrete blocks for the arch rings were manuf
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brideewasT progress"and 1 concrete blocks for the arch rings were manufactured W (' llln . g . (io "
ffLT ans P w?re put up, and before the close of the year all the arches had bee^
and the road embankment on both sides completed. 1 he bridge was opened for 1 1 ? 1
His Excellency the Governor on 28th June 1915. c by
Nurseries were maintained at various places, and the planting, watering and proteo'
roadside trees continued to receive careful attention. About 62,500 trees were pCt
durino- the year along provincial and local fund roads in charge of this department. 1 ed
C. Miscellaneous Public Improvements.
{Note —For full details of the water-supply and drainage works, see the Annual Report of the Sanitarv
V Commissioner for the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. for the year 1914.) y
Under this head the expenditure during the year was
New works _ ... . . •••
Additions and alterations to existing woiks
Repairs
Total
Rs.
9 , 39 ,°lf
7 8 > 595 t
10,17,668
The following important works were in progress :—
The extension of the Ahmedabad municipal water works.
The Visapur tank in the Ahmednagar district.
The Lon a via water supply.
The Poona City water supply.
The Hubli and Karad water warks.
Improvements to the Hyderabad water supply.
The work carried out in connection with the masonry dam of the Lonavla water supply
amounted to 45,050 cubic feet of face masonry and 218,120 cubic feet of rubble heartingina
heioht of 24' of the dam over and above that completed in the previous year. The excavation
of the waste weir was completed and a considerable portion of the outlet tower was built.
The 6" gravitation main of about 9,800' in length was completed and about 13,73 ^ and 2,233'
lenoths of piping out of the Lonavla and Khandala distribution system, respectively, were
lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees The service cistern of Nagargaon was completed and the Lonavla lower service
reservoir almost finished.
In connection with the Poona City water supply the work of taking up and relaying
the old water mains made considerable progress. The oil engines were installed and the
elevated reservoir was completed.
The provision of a partition wall in and the roofing to the Shah Kadam tank in con
nection with the Hyderabad water supply was in progress. The work of laying further
distributing mains and branches and of erecting hydrants, etc., in connection with the high
service main was also in progress.
During the year steam and hand power drills were at work at Broach, Nadiad, Dholera.
Viramgam, Sabarmati and Ghoga. 1 he bores made at Viramgam and Sabarmati proved
successful. At Viramgam the bore was carried to a depth of 385 feet, where an artesian
supply was tapped which rose to 35 f ee t above the ground surface and yielded 1 i^gallonsot
water per minute. At Sabarmati a 7" bore was made in the Jail yard where a sub-artesian
water-supply was struck at a depth of 191 feet. It rose to within 32 from the groun
surface and yielded about 12 gallons per minute. Borings in connection with trial pits vere
taken at Godhra and Mahableshwar for water supply projects, lest borings were a so
carried out at Bombay along the portion of the proposed site of the sea wall in connecion
with the Back Bay Reclamation Scheme.
A Paterson filter plant was installed at the Poona Cantonment water supply P um P in s
station for experimental purposes. It proved eminently successful.
The work in connection with the Poona City sewerage was in progress.
One hundred
and twenty running feet of main sewers, 24,268 r. ft. of branch sewers and 6,886 r
effluent main with all the necessary accessories were constructed during the year,
hundred and seventy-one sewer manholes at varying depths from 4 to 25 feet, 4 j ^
tanks of 1,000 and 500 gallon capacity and 13 ventilating shafts were comp ete ^
engine-house and chimney in the central pumping station, water feed reservoir for 01 ^
the low level pumping station and the septic tanks with detritus pits were also com P tuS
About 2,874 house connections were made and the revolving distributors and t e a PP^ ^
for dosing tanks were in course of construction. The work of laying a , n ? an ) 1 n |.j on ol
connect the drainage of the New Central Offices, Poona, with the septic tank ms a
the Sassoon Hospital was completed.
Ihe work of constructing a light-house at Cape Monze was completed.
* In addition Rs. 6,189 anr I R- s - 4,64,022 wen
f In addition Rs. 1,609 an( t R s - 37i044 were spent
re spent from ordinary and local fund cont ”' 3 h t * 0nS ’,.Icnpctively.
: spent from ordinary and local fund contribu 10ns,
pectivel)'.