Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-22
so1unaI arta Ga1riier.
Tuesday Morning, Feb. s2. 1881.
Conannittee on Sewers

Committee on Sewers. Several Petitions Considered-Tyv0 Rec-
 commended and Others Laid on the
 Table. s@4sA s-rs-if
 The Committee on Sewers held their first meeting last evening, Alderman Chase pre- siding. The committee organized by electing Charles E. Fowler clerk, he receiving five votes to two given for John J. Carmichael.
 The petition for sewer on Clark street, signed by Albert B. Bean and others, was read. A remonstrance against the same was also read.
 Fred. A. Farms worth appeared before the committee and advocated the sewer. He said the street had frequently been flooded and sewer was evidently needed The street was compactly built, there being only one lot on which house had not been built. He said that although the soil was porous, yet the water often stood there until it evap- orated. He represented Mrs. Shepard be- side himself Albert B. Bean also favored the sewer. He said he represented fifty feet on Clark street and there was great need for g sewer. James P Pigott said he represented prop. erty in the street and was in favor of the sew. CT as a matter of economy. He represented about forty feet.
 Benjamin Haight, who represented fifty one feet, also favored the sewer from the fact that the health of the people required it. He thought that those who demonstrated would, after connecting with the sewer mol do away with it under any circumstances. ! Nehemiah Bristol said he had been greatly | annoyed from his cesspool. It had caused \ cia ho ok c sewer should be built so that he might con meet with it.
 Mr. Farnsworth said that he understood l that William Franklin owning property, and | others living on the street were in favor o1 | the sewer.
 | utive session.
 | Petition of S. M. Wier for 8 sewer in Elm street, from Dwight street to University Place and from University Place to WhalIeJ | avenue, was next considered. | Charles E. Fowler said he had been re- | quested by Mr. Wier to favor this sewer | whenever it came up. He said that there l were number on Elm street and also or University Place who wanted the sewer built Charles A. Baldwin said that he had called | on Mir. Wier and that gentleman said if there | were parties on the street who could not af | ford to pay for building the sewer he would | not urge the matter before the Court of Com | mon COuuCll balQW1n Sa1Q ne OWQ6( about one hundred feet on Elm street and h. preferred that there should be delay in build | ing the sewer unless the necessities of the peo | pie on the street seemed to positively demand \ MT. Fowler said that from what he ha6 learned there was an urgent need of a sewe in some of those streets.
 D. A. Futile appeared in opposition to tn proposed sewer. He said that nearly ever, one on the west side of University Place wer ! opposed to the sewer. He had connection \ with the Whalley avenue sewer. | The petition of F. A. Curtiss ct. al. for | sewer on Elm street, from Garden to Ken | sington street, was next considered. MT. Curtiss appeared in favor of the peti tion. He said the lot where he lived wa low and he could not connect with cesspool \ on this account. If he did so they wer
 speedily filled.
 The heirs of Gaius F. Warner objected t
 the proposed sewer. They own large bloc
 on the street where the sewer is proposed.
 No one appeared in favor of the propose
 sewer on Norton or Gill streets, and the
 were laid on the table.
 In executive session the petition for tn
 Elm street and University Place sewer wa
 laid on the table,
 In the petition for the Clark street sewe | 1t was voted to recommend the same.
 In the matter of sewer on Elm street, be
 tween Garden and K ensington street. it wa | voted to recommend the same.
 The petitions for sewer on Gill street an
 Norton street were laid on the table unti
 next meeting. Adjourned.