Prevents London Overflows POWERFUL and palatial pumping stations have just been constructed by the London (Eng.) County Council to prevent the disastrous flooding of lands in the low-lying districts of the city. There are nine of the Auto-Boats for Sports men HUNTING and fishing bid fair to at tain a prominence never before enjoyed, as a result of the invention of an automobile boat especially adapted to these sports. Unlike any other autoboats yet built, these little craft are ex in ceedingly hardy and seaworthy; they can plow their way through nearly any sea, bump into obstructions, and be beached almost anywhere. They have been called the "Seabright sea-skiffs" honor of the New Jersey town in which they are made; but "huntsman's launch" or "rough-weather auto-boat" would be names equally appropriate. The boat built by Mr. Fleming of New York, shown in the illustration, is of cedar and oak, copper-fastened ONE OF THE GREAT PUMPING STATIONS. stations, which are able to pump 632,424 gallons of storm water per minute. None of the various kinds of London sewers is capable of carrying off a very excessive rainfall. On this account, storm overflows have been provided, so that, when the sewers become surcharged, the storm water overflows into these channels and is carried by them into the river. The storm overflows are in many cases on the lines of the old sewers, which, before the construction of the intersecting sewers, led the sewage directly into the Thames. Should there be a heavy rainfall at the same time as high tide in the river, the outlets of these storm overflows would naturally be closed by the water in the river. This has caused the flooding which has often played havoc in the low-lying districts. 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