The Surveyor and municipal engineer . fcorporation tramway engineer. During his term of office thefollowing works, among others, have been carried out: 1, Themain outlet sowers in the suburbs of the city, which wereformerly open burns or foul streams, have all been placed inculverts. The ordinary sowers of the city, many of them oldand rudely formed, have been reconstructed, re-silled and re-paired. The house drainage of the city has also been takenup, and reconstruction and repairs have been carried out formany years, at a cost to the owners of at least £10,000 perannum. At the present time t
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . fcorporation tramway engineer. During his term of office thefollowing works, among others, have been carried out: 1, Themain outlet sowers in the suburbs of the city, which wereformerly open burns or foul streams, have all been placed inculverts. The ordinary sowers of the city, many of them oldand rudely formed, have been reconstructed, re-silled and re-paired. The house drainage of the city has also been takenup, and reconstruction and repairs have been carried out formany years, at a cost to the owners of at least £10,000 perannum. At the present time there are few houses in Edin-burgh which have not had their drainage and sanitaryarrangements overhauled and certified. To these effortsEdinburgh no doubt owes its high place as a healthy placeof residence. Tlie slums of the city were also vigorously taken up by department, and a system of house-to-house inspec-tion has been carried on for many years. The city improve-ment scheme of Sir James Russell was ultimately carried. Mr. R. Morham. City Architect. through, with enormous benefit to the city. lu 1884 thePowburn system of outlet sewerage was carried out, costing£40,000. In 1889 and following years a great scheme for thepurification of the Water of Leith wa^ conceived and carriedout, a stretch of work, 7 miles in length, extending fromUalcrno to the sea, costing in all about £350,000. Edinburghhas also been forward in considering the question of thecremation of house refuse, and a destructor of ten cells hasbeen in use for five yeajs. During recent years Mr. Cooper has been associated withProf. Kennedy and the resident electrical engineer in theerection of electric lighting power stations. Their cost was£26,000. The conversion of nearly the whole of the horsetramway system to cable traction, which has been arrangedby the corporation, has been entrusted to Mr. Uolam, ,and Mr. Cooper jointly. This work will cost £756,300. Hisoffice staff (draughtsmen, inspec
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