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Bathurst Guide Embracing Particulars Descriptive Of The Rise And Progress Of The City And Its Public Institutions Author:Various BATHURST GUIDE, EMBRACING PARTICULARS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CITY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND SCENERY OF THE DISTRICT. THIS Borough comprises the town of Bathurst, on the Macquarie 1 river, and at date of incorporation contained a population of about 4,000 inhabitants t... more »his number has since increased to 10,000. Approximate area of Borough, 2 square miles. Estimated number of dwellings, 1,780. Estimated value of lands and buildings ... ... ... 904,639 7 6 Assessed value of rateable property ... ... 63,705 o o Capital value of unimproved lands ... ... 66,980 o o Amount of general rate at i- in the - 3,185 5 o WATER SUPPLY. Cost of construction of waterworks ... ... ... 48,319 8 i Cost of extensions and additions ... ... 6,434 19 9 Length of mains, 23 miles. Amount of water rate at i- in the ... ... 3,75 2 Amount of ... ... ... sundry supply 200 o o Working expenses per annum ... ... ... ... JjSoo o o A new reservoir, to hold 750,000 gallons of water, is now being constructed at an estimated cost of 5,000. GASWORKS. Cost of construction and extensions ... ... ... ,21,018 9 o cubic feet. Quantity of gas made per annum, 30,000,000 Price of gas to general public, 34 per 1000 cubic feet, nett. Average cost of working expenses and interest, per annum ... 4,595 Amount of lighting rate at 6d. in the ... ... ... I 595 An additional gasholder is now being constructed at an estimated cost of ,4.000. , Machattie Park ... area, 8 acres. Princes Park ... . 10 PARKS AND RESERVES. Carrington Park ... area, 10 acres. Victoria Park ... 10 , Centennial Park ... 10 These are all fenced, planted, and otherwise improved. Botanical Gardens j Market OTHER RESERVES. Square. SALEYARDS. Haymarket Reserve. Extensive saleyards have been erected by the Council at a cost of .2,850, and for the convenience of patrons, trucking yards are now being erected in connection with the saleyards. Stadc Annex a ATHURST being situated upon an undulating plain, 2,300 feet above the sea, from which it is separated by the sand- stone range, 100 miles wide, of the Blue Mountains, one would naturally expect it to possess a climate suitable to most pulmonary complaints. That this is the case has been abundantly proved by the recovery of many patients who arrived here in apparently an advanced stage of phthisis, having found the climate of the coast and higher mountain elevations unfavourable to the complaint. The subsoil of Bathurst is granitic the summer temperature seldom rises above 100 Fahr., and in the pure, dry atmosphere the coast breeze having been deprived of its moisture the mountains this heat is borne better than 10 less would be on by the coast. In winter the thermometer at night sometimes falls as low as 18 below freezing point, yet the days are bright and sunny as in summer. Snow is seldom seen on the plains, and they bask in the sunshine when the distant hills are white. Should the tourist in search of health be disheartened by not deriving benefit from a sojourn on the more lofty mountains, let him take courage, for a few hours of railway will bear him to this magnificent health-giving plain, the fame of which is now but in its infancy. The day is not far distant when the grassy slopes of the basaltic ridge that overlooks the city will be covered with villas for the accommodation of asthmatic and consumptive patients seeking to renew their health. THE PARKS. Bathurst possesses eight reserves. Of these, five are within the municipality. The three that lie outside its bounds are Macquarie Park skirting the river bank a site reserved for a Botanical Garden and the Bathurst Common, a portion of which has been resumed by the Government for the purposes of a model farm. Princes, Centennial, Victoria, and Carrington Parks consist each of 10 acres...« less
