The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-03
NEW XH,K OCT. 90. 1891.

NEW YM,K OCT. 90, 1891.
Nj! j. j. Sheehan, Chairman Sewer Com
'mittee, Roanoke. Va.
'a3EAR SIR: In replw to your favor lust
rsceived | beg to answer.as follows
First. am somewhat surprised. ct the
estimated cost of lnnd:damages on the
Line of the intelcepsor. Mr.. Dunlap To-
Gated tho Same Oh what he considered
the best and least expensive line. He
Isl ted that from the corner of HOLIDAY
and Mountain aveEAebthe sewer. might
as'well be run diagonally to the river,
rather than placiGg ct on proposed street
tines' as mad laid down on Il plan sent
Rim. The line of the sewer would be
slightly heightened thereby, butnot in
proportion to the damages that the prl-
Tste owners evidencly.n,aim for enter
arg" their property. Mr.. Dunlop like
wEe suggested placing the sewer on
certain other private properties. where
had endeavored TO keep the same on
sweets, as also shown on my first profile
Sens,him for eXamiaa ton, as his levels
dlthnot always agree among each. other.
lao only place where J had shown the
se~eron private properly was between
ErHeSts and Center avenues, and even
there it was thought, owing to the long
block. that an alley or a street between
might eventually be placed.
Second. You state that the,nain OBJ
jechiNn ITO the interct p.or is the, pollu-
ton OF the river at and below its
outfsll, owing to certain manu- fac turing
concacnsidesirlng to lCcase there. ,You
should remember that il % large amount
of sewage is discharged into Lick
run Or Tinker crock il will ,fonl the
same to IA very objec ti0nabe des rec
down DO the mouth of the crock, AID
that tue. expense for remedHing, that ob.
jectioGahle feature would be great,
which should be Offset by whatever
damage might be done to manufacture
ing plants,near the outfaN of the inter
ceptor. Ut would be cheaper to lay
pipe carrying only the sewage of the
/ ntercept0r.do@ along the shore of the
river to below the place WAere these
manufactures will take the water and
attow the stDnac water alone to enter the
riser directly from the intereeptor
Third. f'ou ask me whether / could
the, expenditure of 81 ga. 900
for extending Your present water ways
and to accomplish what is intended hy
the interceptor. Ny answer would only
be repetition of what stated in my
last.setter. But az you state, "if you
say il is not practicable. that will sat
asty tEem 1.-THE committee)," must an {
swer Haat it is prac ticable to give you
sewerage and drainage in the valley in
stead of by the inteFeeptor, but it will |
ibe more. costly in the end.
aourtE. If y0tl prefer for other
reasons, to pay a,greGter amount OF
money in che end, and not to build the |
inteneptor, then the plan would have |
to be remOdeled in the following way: |
A drain of aae combined capacity of tho !
one doWn Moorman road and Railroad |
avenue and of the inteEeeptor would |
have to DO built on the line of the for
mer down to Lick run. and then Lick |
run would have to be made larger than
l suggested, to take the additional guam
tity of water not intercepted in the
present plan. Unless your drains are
made of shape and with the necessary
interior regularity and smoothness so
that the sewage can no carried without
causing oifensiveness ia them, 1t will be
necessary to build intercepting sewers
both north and south Of this drain to
receive the sewage only. 10th Of those
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