Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-04
THE PROPOSED SEWER ROUTE.
MIR. Eaton Takes Up the Cudgels
Again for His own Scheme.

EDITORS HERALD: An article which
appears in to-day's issue of the HERALD,
under the head of Comparison of the
Proposed Sewer Routes" plainly init
mates that its author challenges reply
| from me.
This article the author, for reasons
we'll known to himself and a few others,
sees fit to write over an assumed name.
Owing to the position which this gentle
man evidently occupies in the advance
ment of this proposed ten-cent sewer
scheme, he can hardly be blamed for de-
string that l should be silenced by the
weighty arguments set forth in his
highly interesting document.
The writer should not be in two great
a hurry in condemning the Centinela
route before being possessed of sufficient
data on this and other routes upon which
to base an estimate of their comparative
costs. He may have crow to eat when
the estimate for a properly constructed
sewer via the Ballona route shall have
been made. The positien l occupy is
that of citizen favoring the best and
most economical solution of the matter.
Mr.. Cohn requested me two weeks ago
to assist him in obtaining right of way
from the Centinela people. 1 then sug-
gested the Ballona route as a way out,
should the city fail in securing satisfac-
tory terms for right of way over the Cen
|tinela Rancho.
It is NOT the route that propose to at
tacL hr. tie lie retrog,..din0. narrow policy
of abridging our public improvements.
When the city had $1,000 people it was
not considered extravagant to design our
work adequate to the requirements of at
least zoe, 900 people, and now that We
have population Of $4,000 to $4,000,
with prospects of realizing our former
expectations within less than ten years,
if the present rate of increase is fair
guide upon which to base our estimate
there are reasons for US to enlarge our
ideas for the future needs of the city in
stead of contracting them to one
fourth of what they were when
the city had half it's present population.
The proposition to raise $500, 900 for the
construction OF 30-inch outfall sewer to
the ocean will fail to receive the vote
necessary for authorizing the issuance of
the bonds.
There has been no expression of pub
lie sentiment through the press indicat-
ing that the citizens advocate the con-
traction of sewers to the narrow limits of
present demand.
1t has. been said by advocates of this ten
cent sewer scheme that the present %
inch outfall only runs half full in seasons
of dry flow. This is true, but in the
winter it runs full and overhows at the
manholes.
There are at the present time upwards
of 10000 houses in the city, of which
number but about 1000 are connected
with the present outfall sewer. So there
are four-fftbs of the houses in the city
yet to offer their little contribution to the
outfall.
The capacity Of 30-inch pipe is about
double that Of % inch, so that when
all the houses are connected the 80
inch sewer will be taxed for
the full amount that it should be
called upon to deliver, as some allow
ance should he made for such water as
will get in through manholes and other
sources during the rainy season. As to
the question to which Mr.. Fiat Lux il
nnyIefnH In un1r = GllI oeY that no