The Monmouth inquirer., 1894-05-03
d. 60. IS, ,OOO OO


THE HARTsHORNE's POND PURCHASE.
In the matter of the purchase of the
Hartshorne's Pond property, referred to
at,length in our last annual report, the
Board is still entirely satisfied that the
purchase was wise one. Since that re-
port it became necessary for the protec-
ton Of the property to provide new flood
gates, and the Board of Water Commits
sioners were authorized to do so. Also,
at a recent meeting the Water Board was
authorized to employ an Hydraulic Engi-
neer to make plans and specifications for
turbine wheel and power-pump to be
placed in the mill building on the prop
erty, for the purpose of utilizing the water
power for pumping purposes, and thus
save the expense of coal. 1t is believed
that this plan will result in the saving OF
$500 per year, which will soon pay for the
outlay, and at the same time provide the
water works with duplicate power by
holding the steam pump in reserve, in
case of emergencies or accidents.
Relative to the payment for the pur-
chase of the pond property two bonds
for 50, 900 each were sold to the Trustees
of the State School Fund. These bonds
are numbered 90 and 80 and the principal
is payable in 1921 and 1922. respectively.
They bear interest at the rate of four per
cent. payable semi-annually, January 1
and July ], the same as the water loan
bonds previously issued.
On the 22d Of August last special
meeting of the Board was held at the re-
quest of certain citizens for the purpose of
consider ing a petition of taxpayers of the
town for the extension of the pond, by
the construction of tumble-dam at the
road nearthe mill, which would add largely
to the capacity Of the pond for the storage
of water in case it became necessary to
use it for power purposes. Other reasons
were urged, and it was admitted that the
proposed improvement would be very
desirable one in many respects, and one
that would probably have to be made
sooner or later; but after considering the
subject carefully, various reasons present
ed themselves to cause the Board to hes
itate to authorize the expenditure neces-
sary to carry out the wishes of the peti-
tioners at the present time, principal
among which was the stringency of the
times and that the question was not
thoroughly understood by the taxpayers.
THE SEWER SYSTEM.
The very admirable system of House
Sewerage which the town enjoys was
completed so far as it applied to the lay
ing Of the pipes and the fixtures apper-
tanning thereto, at the date of the last an
nual report of this Board The prepa-
ration of the Sewage Farm, or Sewage
Disposal Field, was then still in progress
but was nearing its completion under the
superintendent of Mr.. N. j. Conover and
the direction of Engineer Chapman The
work was shortly afterwards finished and
the sewers were opened to the public use
Very full reports of the work and minute
details of its cost will be found in the re-
ports of the Engineer and the Superin
tendent, which accompany this report
from which it will be found that the
total cost of the preparation of the field
together with the fush-tank and its con
nections, tools, labor, etc., was 81. .452. so
which is little more than one-halt of the
| original estimate for that work. 1t il
proper to state, however, that the origi
nal estimate contemplated the preparation
Of the entire field, but as that was no
required for the present necessities of ths
town, and might not be for some year
to come, it was deemed advisable to i'm
prove only such an area as would b,
ample for present necessities.
The system is regarded as an admir-