The record-union., 1894-04-02
VIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE.

They Favor the Plan Outlined by En-
gineer Newbury.
Yesterday the Sewerage Committee
held an informal meeting and further
considered the matter of the plan pro-
posed by Engineer Newbury. AS a re-
suit thereof they prepared the following
address on the subject:
SAY THE COMMITTEE.
When the present Sewerage Committee
assumed office in this city it did not take
them long to discover that something
was necessary to be done Immediately
with reference to the sewers of the city.
This subject had been thought over by
Intelligent and patient men for the past
twenty years, but Notwithstanding all
their thoughtlulness for this city's well
fare and the expenditure OF several hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars, the present
committee hnds that the condition OF
sewerage matters is one to be greatly de-
plOred. We find that the most important
sewer on Seventeenth street, in the center
OF the city, part OF 1t thirty and forty
inches in diameter, although full of water
and otherwise in good condition, does not
to-day discharge more than can be easily
carried in a four-inch pipe. We find that
the most Important sewer in the city,
thirty inches diameter, carrying the
drainage OF Second, Third, Fifth, Sew
enth, Ninth, Eleventh and Thirteenth
streets, although full Of water and also III
good condition, does not carry to-day
more water than can be passed through
! an eight-inch pipe.
We DO not expect to destroy any of
these sewers and build others in their
stead, but simply help them TO do their
duty. We find that the duty performed
is not one-tenth part OF the duty we have
a right 10 expect, from the money we have
spent on this plant. If these sewers were
performing their proper duty, and the
citizens had the full use of them, which
everybody knows they have not, what
should we do with the discharge? 1t
simply goes now from one part of the
city to the other, irrespective of acres of
valuable property damaged and sub
merged. We have no proper outlet.
We wish to inform our fellow citizens
that we are determined to find an outlet
speedily and we expect them to sustain
Us in our efforts, as we do not intend to
pose as figureheadS in this business
Our programme is to obtain this outlet
and proceed to make the sewers which
we now possess-cOsting 5000, 900 more or
less-perform the duties they were de-
signed for. Then, If the means are Suf}i-
cient which are placed within our reach.
we wish to build a sewer i'll Eleventh
street north TO 4 street, also IN Fifteenth,
Nineteenth. Twenty first. Twenty third
and TWenty-hfth streets, from S street to
G street, none of these sewers to exceed
eighteen inches in diameter.
We have no fault to find with our citi-
zens discussing in the meantime what is
known as the separate system of sew
erage, and as soon as they can show us
how we are to get the money to lay addi-
tional pipes-four, six or eight inches in
diameter-along the same streets where
our sewers are already built and ready to
meet all demands, we will be very glad
to give them patient hearing.
AS supplement- to the above pro-
gramme we wish to introduce, with the
means you will furnish, flushing sys-
tenn so that large stream of clean water
Will be forced to wash out our sewers
every day. We think that when these re-
suits shall have been obtained it will be
worth while living in Sacramento; and
further, if you will kindly second our
efforts, these benefits may all be secured
this year.
I. j. PENNISH, Chairman,
CHARLES l.. LEONARD,
Ii. w. BRAGG,
Sewerage Committee.
W. d. LAwTON, President of the Board
of Trustees.