Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
Sewer District No. I.

As will be seen by the Council proceed
ings of the last meeting, published in this
paper. an ordinance. has been passed es-
tablishing a sewer district to be known as
Station Street Sewer District No. l. and
to define the boundaries Of the same. This
is the initiatory movement of dividing. as
the town grows and such action becomes
necessary, of the entire corporation into
sewer districts. The boundaries Of dis
trict No. 1, as submitted by David Sloan,
C. E, recommended by the Sewer and
Drain Committee and adopted by the
Council, are as follows:
Beginning at a point where the west
line Of the Franklin Division L. s. & NJ.
S. Railway intersects the south line of
Prospect street, running thence norlherly
along the west line Of said Franklin Di-
vision to the north line of lands of the L.
S. s NJ. S. Ry. Co., thence easterly 10
borough line; thence east TO Main street;
thence along the west side Of Main street
to northeast corner of lands Of Seth Wells;
along the south line of said Wells lands
across Lake street to the east line Of Pros
pect street; thence along the south line
of said Prospect street to place of begin
ming.
The streets through which it is now pro-
posed to lay sewers are Station and Depot
streets, commencing at Franklin street
and running through Station street to De-
pot street, and from Station street to river
hank through Depot street. Both of these
sewers are to be main sewers, and Will be
built oval shape, the first named being
2x3 feet in size and about 1850 feet long,
and the other Axe feet and 1, 100 feet long.
The average depth of Station street sewer
will be about 70 feet, about eight feet of
which will be through shale rock. The
Sewer & Drain Committee and Engineer
haye carefully estimated the cost of the
proposed sewer, and their estimate Of the
cost is as follows:
Excavation, per foot, GO
Add 50 per cent. for contingencies ,..-.-. 50
Brick, material and labor, ,.--..... -----. 80
Total per Iineal foot, 10
OF this amount the abutting property
will be assessed $1.25 per foot, and the
balance, 45 cents, will be charged to the
sewer district. The east to the abutting
property will be divided between the pro-
perty on each side Of the sewer, which will
be 6217E cents to each foot.
1t is proposed to run a smaller sewer
from franklin street to Prospect. 400 feet,
built of sewer pipe of about 10 inches di-
ameter. The cost of this is estimated at
$1.2O per lineal foot, so cents per foot 10
be charged to property abutting, which
will be 40 cents per foot for each side TO
pay, and leaving the balance to sewer dis
trict.
The Depot street sewer, which will be
Axe feet in size, as estimated will cost $4.-
SO per lineal foot. 1t will average 10 feet
in depth, and will be through shale rock
the entire distance.
In making the estimate of the expense
the committee has figured on first class
only, the work to be carried out
according to the most approved plans, and
have given outside figures in all cases.
The estimates do not however include the
engineers salary.
The residents on Station street have
long felt the need of sewer through that
street, as nearly all of their cellars from
Franklin street down, contain water
great part of the time and the health of
those Lying thereon have suffered. We
have heard of no opposition to this plan,
aud the indications now are that it will be
undertaken at an early day. The L. S. &
N. S. -Ry. Co., has /, 100 feet frontage on
.he proposed Depot street sewer, and the
company is, it is said, are willing to bear
is portion of the expense.