Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-13
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There seems to be no lack Of interest Ia
lie uver question smang the vosefs end
there are plenty Of valuable opinions thai
haven't been msds public asyet- All how
ever sill agree ia Tie cns chief part Of the
oue,,ioa, viz thss Apgusta should have
more sewers snd have 9 considerable num-
bsr Immediately.
Mr.. C. X. Psrtridse said in reply to the
reporxr's question. I'VE have . fair sys-
TEN In sumo dis.ric:s Ln. some are M
aoubtsa:y iifcien. Ivouidn's favor doing
away with the old sewers for the sake Of
making . tree system. Some Of the Ic-
c.litiss can .te drained directly into the
river. Spssmodic efforts have been made
for the past 20 years to get . system. I'm
der Mayor V.ckefy's administration the
policy vas to build - fast ~ the city
could ,nosd and at public expense. For
the past FIVE years the plan Of putting sew
ers vhere the shutters pay has been ADOPT
ed. As you know there nov Is lsv re-
g,rding assessment Of sbussors. believe
that in putting in the sewers the shutters
should be made to pay proportion - their
property Is bereHtted."
"Shouldn's some considerable advance
be made in the sewer system right away p
Yes for pressing rsquirnenss would
favor even borrowing the money il neces-
..ry to DO go"
Inspector Bean Of the health board knows
well where the unhealthy spots in the city
are located, and he il also we'll avAre Of the
great need Of more sewerage in Augusta.
II don't care particularly sbou. beiog
Interviewed" be said, ''but will say that
while We have got good sewerage in some
places. there are other localities suferipg
for the need Of IT,"
What are some Of these places, Mr..
Beam
"A new sewer Is needed on Bridge street
ss badly sc ia any pisee bot the city g3v-
eminent decided at their last meeting to
build one there. On the farther cod of
Grove street and in the rear Of the Angus
ia House there are al least q half d. m
houses, the owners Of which are anxious 10
have a sewer where they can en.eri,. Now
lheir sewerage remains on top Of the
ground Jefferson street On Cushnoc
Height. should have sewer right away.
Kendall and oxford streets have nsturai
drainage onto jefferson street and short
piece Of sewer would accommodate them.
In that locality the soil 10 peculiar, the sand
beiogs 80 foe that after about sir months it
will become clogged and refuse to drain OF
the filth Mr.. Bean also mentioned some
other localities as the Stspleton gullsy ard
the stone terminus Of the Court street sewer
that nee dad immediate attention, .Pd
rather have, he said, "a stream OF sever
age RAINING on top thu ground past my
house than to hsye the damp Of sewer
near IL. /. i, the gas that is generated
which does the mischief
"Dols you think Mr.. Bean that the de-
fectiye sewerage in this city is mensce to
the health OF the whole city,"
M at certainly,I do. There is another
point that should be m sniioned in this cen
Eec.ion. There are quite number OF
wells in this city which are polluted by
surface sewerage"
Don't you think that the health Of the
people d. mands that a considerable smoua.
of money be Immediately expended"
"Yes do"
What amount ought to be expended ibis
year or Immediately ?"
That is a Difficult. question to answer
A good many thousand dollars are needed
to complete the system as it ought to be "
well, for instance. should not S25 eco
or more be expended immediately
II should say there ought to be as much
S that. We are constantly getting com
plants, and 80 per cent. of them are on
account Of poor sewers. or, rather, 10
sewers. But, Of course. our hands sre
htpt"bti fnfNits bafs no SbtHtt w ger
rid OF their sewerage Every sewer that is
put in this year should be so arranged that
tosn be continued, and be laid low enough
to drain celisrs, as has not always been the
case. Speaking Of the instsnc'
Of lack of drainage, you will
notice that on Court street The sewer
age from some houses runs out into the
street gutter. The board OF health will not
recommend any more cesspools in the city.
They, in mary instances. have been con-
uectsd Win sinks ard no traps bsjtg used
the result can better be imagined than
described, Other locslities back of State
street were mentioned a, greatly ia need Of
b-tt6r sewerage. Neither did he think the
need o. sewerage VAS cortlned to the west
eide IS