PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY

ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.

VOLUME IX.-1882-83.

EDITED BY

THOMAS COLE,

ASSOC. M.I.C.E.

(Secretary of the Association).

The Association is not as a body responsible for the facts and opinions
advanced herein.

LONDON:

E. & F. N. SPON, 16, CHARING CROSS.

NEW YORK:

35, MURRAY STREET.

1883.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

The operation of the Canal Boats Act. E. C. B. Tudor, C.E.

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The Manchester, Bury, and Rochdale Tramways. R. Vawser,

The Ventilation of Sewers and House Drains. R. Read, Assoc.

The Manure-drying Apparatus in use at Birmingham. A. M. Fowler,

M. Inst. C.E.

Visits.-1. Gas Works

2. Manure Works

Wilkinson's Tramway Locomotive

300507

The Separate System of Sewerage as carried out at Reading. A. W.

ANNUAL MEETING IN OXFORD-

Sections and Schedule in the Reading Corporation Act, 1881,

empowering the Corporation to enforce the separation of Surface

Water from Sewage in carrying out the Sewerage and Drainage of

the Borough..

The Abingdon Waterworks. G. Winship, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.

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Warwick Water Supply. E. Pritchard, C.E., F.G.S.

ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.

LIST OF OFFICERS, 1883-4.

COUNCIL.

President.

W. H. WHITE, M. INST. C.E., OXFORD.

Past Presidents.

LEWIS ANGELL, M. INST. C.E., LONDON.
JAMES LEMON, M. INST. C.E., SOUTHAMPTON.

F. ASHMEAD, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, BRISTOL.
G. F. DEACON, M. INST. C.E., WATER ENGINEER, LIVERPOOL.
E. PRITCHARD, C.E., BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON.

W. S. TILL, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, BIRMINGHAM,
C. JONES, ASSOC. INST. C.E., EALING, W.

Vice-Presidents.

J. LOBLEY, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, HANLEY.
A. W. PARRY, Assoc. M. INST. Č.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, READING.
R. VAWSER, M. INST. C.E., 17, COOPER STREET, MANCHESTER.

Ordinary Members of Council.

H. P. BOULNOIS, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH SURVEYOR, PORTSMOUTH.
E. BUCKHAM, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH SURVEYOR, IPSWICH.
R. DAVIDSON, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, SHEFFIELD.
JOSEPH GORDON, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH SURVEYOR, LEICESTER.

S. HARPUR, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., SURVEYOR TO LOCAL BOARD, MERTHYR TYDFIL.
T. HEWSON, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, LEEDS.

W. G. LAWS, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH SURVEYOR, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,

H. U. MCKIE, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., CITY ENGINEER, CARLISLE.

J. PROCTOR, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, BOLTON.

G. E. THOMS, M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, WOLVERHAMPTON.

T. C. THORBURN, C.E., BOROUGH ENGINEER, BIRKENHEAD.

T. WALKER, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., BOROUGH SURVEYOR, CROYDON.

District Honorary Secretaries.

HOME COUNTIES DISTRICT.-E. B. ELLICE-CLARK, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., 4, WESTMINSTER CHAMBERS, S.W.

MIDLAND COUNTIES DISTRICT.-E. PRITCHARD, C.E., BIRMINGHAM.

YORKSHIRE DISTRICT.-B. C. CROSS, C.E., DEWSBURY.

LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE DISTRICT.-R. VAWSER, M. INST. C.E., 17, COOPER STREET, MANCHESTER.

WESTERN DISTRICT.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.-P. W.THOMSON, C.E., WILLINGTON QUAY, NORTHUMBERLAND.

General Honorary Secretary.

C. JONES, ASSOC. INST. C.E., EALING, W.

Treasurer.

LEWIS ANGELL, M. INST. C.E., LONDON.

Secretary.

THOMAS COLE, Assoc. M. INST. C.E., 6, WESTMINSTER CHAMBERS, LONDON, S.W.