The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-08
TH|RDED|TI0N
3:I5 O'CLOCK.
OLNEYVILLE.
The Long Standing House
Sewerage Problem.
Clever Scheme of One Prop
erty Holder to Solve It.
The Proposed New Highway---NOtes
and News About the Square.
THE News BuEEAu, oLNEYyi.Lr,

No. 3 Hartford Avenue.
The matter OF the disposal of house
sewerage by, the property owners along
Plainfjeld street has been trou blesome
for long time. IL has grown more and
more go each year as the ground becomes
filled to greater extent with house
drainage. With no public sewer in the
street cesspools offered the only relief
ana with the ground saturated with wa
ter from them the quantity that leaks
away Is so small that the expense OF
emptying so quickly do they ILL., falls
heavily upon the property owncra +. A.
Twitcheil, who is the owner OF several
blocks on Odd Fellows Square, Plainfeld
street, has Just had constructed by con-
tractors A. w. Smith q system OF filtra-
| tion for the sewerage from his house
that Is expected TO lessen the cost OF dispos-
al. The plan Ia somewhat novel, but
the experiment has indications OF prov
ing satisfactory.
The drainage is first conducted into an
ordinary cesspool 10 feet deep and 9 feet
oacross. From this pipe with trap
conveys the water to cemented tank.
water tight, built of brick with two apart
ments six feet deep and three feet square.
The frat of these is filled with pea
gravel two feet deep. Through this the
water 10 filtered; then flowing into the
second tank which contains sand TO COM
plete the tiltering process, which, 1t Is
intended, will leave the water compare
lively clean, and Is then run into we'll 40
feet deep between tour and five feet
across where il wilt at that depth leak
away, since Il Will contain but little tor
eign matter TO retard its flow. The tank
will require occasional cleaning and the
filter beds refilling, but the cost of this
will be nominal compared with the here
tofore heavy cost OF emptying cesspoois.
PROPOSED NEW STREET.
1t is likely that the layout OF new
street from Princeton 70 Johnston street,
midway between Laurel Hill avenue and
Webster avenue will -eonie-before the
Council for their consideration at an early
date. Twice before q street in this locali-
ty mas been petitioned for and in each
instance the matter was discontinued be-
cause of the opposition OF the owners Of
property within the section designated by
the Council TO pay assessments for the
layout of the street under the betterment
act. Ii is now thoug M that the position
that was raised when IL was up for con-
sderation before would be modified con-
sidersbly IL Il should come up again.
AS u would be specially teneficial in
providing a public street for the school
children 10 reach the new Concord school
from the Waterman plat, IL Is thought
that on this ground alone it might be
favored by many who were its opponents
W
probably not come before the Council
before their meeting in December.
NOTES AND NEWS.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Whist Club were
entertained last evening by Mrs. Willis
w. Fisk aud Mrs. Martin Waterman, at
the residence OF Mrs. Fisk on Plainfield
street.
II has been suggested that the COM
mittee on ordinances should present one
In, t.,t, q ho nf cfE
walks. At the present time they can be
found in all conditions and at various
grades along Plainfeld street.
The funeral OF Miss MAY Golden of
Howard street was solemnized this morn
ing from st. Mary's Chur, h. The SER
vice was conducted by Rev. John Sulli-
van. The bearers were William Corcoran,
Patrick Lyons, John Hewitt, and Owen
O'Conneli. Burial occurred at st. Fran
els cemetery.