Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-25

4 Kew SEWER sYsrEx
Edissrs Of tie Kemnesee Journal

heartily cnaezr Nth TIE Joarnsl IL iss
opinion thss the time has come rkea some
'hiEg should Be 1cue 70 improve me condi-
ton Of ths eity'ssessr system The Crave
ssrses sever i n0s the Only oae that Is in
neet Of rasizzi Improvements. though The
large rGvlbsr ~ bo7ses .h1. drain into il
makes Z, perhaps, proper posEs xt- which
10 start she good wsrk Of re-
ssrs. There /. NJ city in Maln.
which hiss tetter nasarsl facilities for good
sewage thsn has the city Of Augusta Be
ea1se this il 40 Nature has BEEN permitted
ap 10 date 10 90 sil the wofk.
The city arafnsvs has found rs way
through various zailias 10 the river, while
The gases that have emsna.Sd from i. have
been permitted 10 poliase tha atmosphere
II Is noseri gas fact that much Of the
tsrtsoa CT tie gay 70 tine river
the sewer that Yaas through the Grove street
zaiIy ls sH excellent exzmp'e Upon this
question Of sewage. there 10 little differences
OF opisioa among Aazus.a e!tlzsEs AL are
szreet tha, the pytssa; facilities are dis
grace - the 81 y, ard any movement, to Obtain
proper dEsioags ri.i-.leet With very general
and hearty sppsevsi. Although ,his thing
has been fot seFerai years past matter Of
common remark among the etiizsas Of
Augusta, they have fe,t that the great i'm
proyeTsatf lsaazuratssl and successfully
carried oas By the city government we're
sIssi as 70 pfeelade ZOE the time the posi-
biiity Of seeaTisg the complete and FIRST
class sewerage sYstem Of which Augusta il
go iadiy 10 nsed and which would contribute
so materially 20 the health Of the c,mma
nty. We have our beautiful Eev bridge
across the keDusbee, and Water street j.
we'll paved. Both OF these improvements.
rere much neetled and thick the citizens
generally comment ths progressive sprit
OF oar City Government in carrying them
forward U successful completion. IL was
my opinion however, ant kcoE
II 10 have been that Of many
others, tina, Il thorough system Of sewage
was OF more importance TO the city than
either OF these works and should have TAX
ca precedence Of bo:h. However il Is
never too late To me9d. We have our
bridge AM our paving ani nobody believe.
bsgra5ges them. Now le, the city turn lis
energies with the saine progressive enter
prise 20 the building Of h.s-cies system
Of sewage ami we shall be second 20 no
city In Maine Ia our public Improvements.
In tbi, connection I would urge the i'm
p0rtanee Of having whatever sewer may be
built, Quilt IN first eltss shape. There will
be no ecsn3my TO the city in cheap work
We have altogether too mneh Of tha. al
fesdy- Indeed, ! have heard the opinion
expressed and l am Inclined to believe IL |
is Just 80 thst outside of the tight brick
sever "a Water street, there u IrsCti
cally NJ frst-ciass sewage in the city |
bsheye in ths policy of doing
in first class shaPe whatever IS done in TIE
wsV Of buidiag new sewers te L ever so
LITTLE. In no other say viii we ever get a
sewer system OF permanent value and util-
i,g. know from my avn conversation
With fellow ci liens that Augusta people are
alive to the Bpoftafce Of this que siion and
! ana sanguine enough to believe that the
next great public impr5scnent in this city
viii Ice 4 thorough system of drainage
widch VIII b. begun by taking oIt the
SIKH class work that is nov made to an
swer that purpose. SPEED the good work.
IL