2000, ISBN: 9781130192049

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 264 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… Altro …

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 264 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: . . . leading streets; these four-inch pipes change to three-inch and finally to two-inch pipes. At points chosen by the townspeople are eighteen stone reservoirs, each holding one thousand gallons, fitted with self-acting ballcocks to keep the water in the reservoirs above level and prevent overflow. The reservoirs are from two and a half to four feet deep, built of dressed blocks of trap brought from the Kolaba fort, and lined inside with cement. The level of the bottom of each reservoir is above the level of the nearest roadside drains, and an opening is left filled with a plug, so that each reservoir can at any time be thoroughly cleaned. Round each reservoir is a stone pavement three feet wide. The cost of the works was 3400 (Rs. 34, 000), of which 2000 (Rs. 20, 000) were contributed by the Bhau Saheb of Alibag. 1 In 1850 there were 140 tiled and 1087 thatched houses with an averageliousehold of three members. Most of the houses facing the roads were well built and tiled. In 1881 there were 966 tiled and 180 thatched houses. The houses of the rich are usually tiled, with walls at least six feet high and not very pointed roofs. There is frequently an upper storey and inside, on both stories, rooms are partitioned off and sometimes matted. The houses of the poor have low walls of kdrvi or bamboo, high pointed thatched roofs and floors of hardened mud They have usually but one room. In 1850 there were 4329 people, 3764 of whom were Hindus, 385 Musalmans, 158 Beni-Israels, and twenty-two Christians. In 1872 the number had increased to 5473, of whom 4903 were Hindus, 416 Musalmans, nine Christians, and 145 others. In 1881 the population was returned at 6376, of whom 5674 were Hindus, 407 Musalmans, 172 Beni-Israels, and 123 others. Alibag, that is . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<