The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-09
The speclaI viIIage meetIng.

The special village meeting Monday
afternoon, was called for three important
purposes:
LIST. To see if the village would author
ize the Trustees to make a contract for
lighting the streets of the village of Ben
nington.
I'd. To see if the village would au-
thorize the Trustees to borrow not to
exceed $500 for highway purposes.
Sd. To hear the report of the Commit
tee on Sewerage and to see what action
the village would take in regard to put
ting in sewerage system.
Under the first article in the warning,
it should be recalled that the electric
light contract expired September 9th |;
that it had run for five years, or since
August 1887. The company's policy has
been a liberal one from the start. 1t
lighted a month free to begin with.
The contract called for lights until mid
night, etc. This was extended until 2
o'clock, a. M, and a number of extra
lights were furnished free. Under these
circumstances we predict that liberal
contract will now be made in renewal.
The following was adopted
ResOlued, That the village Trustees are
hereby authorized in their discretion to
contract for the electric lighting of the
village, for a term not exceeding five
years, and on such terms as they think
is for the best interest of the village.
We understand that the company will
submit terms, etc., in few days for the
Trustees to consider.
The second article was adopted.
Under the third proposition the ccm-
mittee reported through its secretary, DR..
Shurtleff. The committee was appointed
at the annual meeting and consist of
John S. Holden, chairman; j. L. Shurt-
left, secretary; Maj, A. B. Valentine, E.
H. Putnam and Jos. Watson. This COM
mittee has collected large amount of
information, has been deligent in the
matter of their appointment; and, after
hearing portion of the voluminons re-
port read, it was moved, that the subject
of sewerage be recommitted with power
to obtain such legislation as is deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions OF
the sewerage system as set forth in the
report. And, also, to advertise for bids
for construction and to report at futher
meeting with recommendations. One
thousand copies of the report to be
printed in pamphlet form for distribution.
When the report is printed our readers
can study it at their leisure. 1t is &C
companied by maps and tables giving the
streets, dimensions and cost in detail
the whole being drawn by W. E. Nc
Clintock, civil engineer, Of Boston, Mass.
The estimates are based upon popu-
lation of 80 people to the acre; the out
let providing for 335 acres and 10, $50 per-
sons. The capacity of discharge will be
2,010,0OO0 gallons per day. The grade is
such that sufficient velocity can be
obtained, and the system provides for
flush gates, complete. 1--WE have planned
for eight inch pipes on all mains haying
a grade less than one foot to the hun
dred, and flush manhole at all dead
ends where the grade is less than two
feet to the hundred"
The report is valuable as concerns the
directions given for the construction of
the sewers and the manner of connection
Herewith. During the past three years
the BANNER has printed articles on sew
erage that gave these details largely and
so we will not repeat here, leaving the
local reader to read them when printed.
The report continues: THE amount
Of sewage per day, as referred to above
is about 100000 gallons, the balance
being ground or roof water. The Wal
loomsac river at point short distance
below Holden's mill, discharges about
1000 cubic feet per day, or ten times
the amount of sewage from the estimate
of population" This is interesting be-
cause 1t shows that there is likely TO be
no harmful pollution from sewer out