Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-21
The sewer Assessment.


The citizens COMMITTEES voted unanimously to
submit to the mayor and aldermen two plans of
| assessment, either of which seemed more just
and equitable than that which has been at
tempted. These plans are as follows:
| FIRST PLAN
| The committee of citizens respectfully submit TO
| his honor, the mayor and aldermen of the city OF
Worcester, the following basis OF plan, which in
their opinion would be a more just and equitable
method ofassessment for sewer tax, than the plaI
| already adopted.
The cost Of sewer per lineal foot for the purpos
| Of estimating and making assessments and tixin,
the amount of entrance fee, shall not be taken Il
| exceed four dollars per lineal foot.
All land abutting on sewer shall be assessed eaci
side thereof fifty cents per lineal foot
The mayor and aldermen shall assess, in addition
such sum as they may determine is equitable for
an entrance fee, provided no person shall be re-
quired to pay for such entrance fee and assessment
of fifty cents per lineal foot more than half the
cost lat four dollars per ineal foot of each
All persons who shall hereafter enter a a sewer
from their estate, shall be assessed such sum for
an entrance fee as the mayor and aldermen NAV de
terInine is equitable, provided no person shall be
required to pay more than one half the cost tat
four dollars per lineal FOOT of a sewer each side
thereof
Estates entering sewers (which do not abut there.
on) through any court, land or way, where sewer
has been laid by the city, shall be assessed such
sum for an entrance fee as the mayor and aldermen
may determine is equitable
Corner lots on public streets or private WAYS shall
only be assessed such sum will not exceed one
half the amount OF both sides of tue linea feet
thereof
~ MR.. CRoMPToN's PLAN.
To the Honorable, the MAYOR and Aldermen
l am instructed by the citizens committee of
thrty-iye on sewerage assessments to state to you
one OF the two plans for sewerage assessments
which they have approved.
] will present it as reported to them from their
subcommittee to devise plans My preference is
for method which shall lay no arbitrary tax upon
any person or estate but collect rental upon the
sewer from each abuttOr, based upon the same gem
eral rules as those levied for water.
In my Judgment no standard of measurement can
be found superior to that Of water. Taking the fig
urss from MIR. Ball, city engineer: On the first of
January, 1872 the water debt 1852 900. and the
sewer debt S1,07l 900.
To bring my plan to point would place s471,-
600 of the sewer debt into the general debt of the
city, leaving 100000 to be sustained by those abut-
ting on the sewers The water debt of last year
being S152OO0, tax of S56,686 was levied on wa
ter consumers from April l. 1871 to April l, 1872 at
about the rate of fifteen cents per 1000 gallons
this is iabOut equivalent to seven and half per
cent OF the expenditure.
Annexed is a detailed statement showing the
amounts levied upon the consumers of each street
IN which the sewers run This list has been taken
from the city engineers books. showing the water
ing revenue of $40 l6 l6 from said severed streets
This amount, together with the value of the water
used y city hydrants and for public buildings
taken from the whole receipts previously mentioned
| tS56,BS6 leaves balance of s7,67l.94 being the
sum realized from streets having water serYic'
| pipes and no sewers.
This moue OF assessment is shown by PLACING
| S5OO,OOO to be sustained by sewer AUDITORS 1t Il
however, the opinion of the committee that S40O O
| would be preferable amount for that purpose
| The subjOined statement shows that a reVenu
| of SS595.SO could be raised from 100000 O
l2z cents per 1000 gallons and that from S4O 900
10 cents per 1000 gallons the revenue would be s28
SIT. A. The rate for 1000 GALLONS and the sum AZ
por Toned TO the sewer abuttorl being Ia the thre
eases pro rata. II the AUDITORS on the sewers wer
taxed for them according to their water tax bill
viz IL cents per 1000 gallons, tine revenue would b
S3l, S6s4o, In addition 10 this business block,
shops manufacturers using engines &C. Weld
revenue amounting to S., 44776; making afowauc
| TO manufacturers Tor evaporation Of steam Ia,
| may be imposed on this class Of say $780, tn
sewerage pipes unaeeompanied by water seryic
pipes are estimated by the city engineer at abou
oOJO feet and have cost about IS per foot the cit
4 assuming same portion OF this, the AUDITORS migt
. - charged say five per cent. on the cost annual,
mheh, would make revenue of 5000 The add
uVn OF these three items amount 10 S39 se9 d
. Hhlch can De derived from the use of the se,ye
u under this rule, and II enforced from Anril la
n to April, lS13, will pay interest Of ssv st n
cent upon S6OO0y0 10 be sustained by the abnttpp
Il on the sewers. The consumption Of water 4 co
stantly increasing Will be seen from the eitv
. gineers report, as follows
l. Assessments received in cash for Rater.