The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-30
PORTSMOUTH NEWS

estimates aud plans for sewering tho
city involved total expenditure of
SlO0,000, but these estimates did not
include any house connections. How
over. when proposals were asked for
sewering, $4,000 feet of four.inch
house connections, at u cost of SO, 900,
were added to original estimates, 30
that had the 80, 600 feet of house con
nectlons been included in first esti-
mates tho total cost of sewering should
have been Sl09. 600. Still it is hoped
and believed by your 'committes" that
| from the following figures subm tilted
the total cost of sewering need not e1.
| ceed the original estimate of 500, 600.
| ANTICIPATED COST OF SEwERING.
l. Our contract with Sanford, Brooks
Bonsal will cost 500, 1920.
2. Cost of electors and all necessary
machinery for working the sewerage,
as per bid for same in 1892, SIS, 900.
3. Cost OF power house (estimste),
$4,000.
4. Cost of lot for power house (esti-
mste), 81, 800.
5. Salsry of Mir. W. T. Brooke, con-
sulting engineer, 50, 500.
q, All other expenses except for in.
forest on bonds from beginning of work
I. All other expenses, except for
interest on bonds from July LIST, 1895,
to January LIST, 1896, estimated by Mr.
Sykes, $500
| s. Net interest on $50, worth OF
beverage bonds" for past fiscal year,
estimated, Sl,375.
| .. Net interest on $780, worth of
Sewerage bonds" TO January 1st, 1896,
to run from October lst next, esti-
mated at S12j.
10. Total cost of sewerage from all
sources about S97,275. 10.
| There may he few extras to pny
for III the cloeing up, but from pr esent
| appearances they will not amount to
much.
1t should be borne in mind, too,
that we have an expected asset of
$40. 900, to be received from the bonds.
men of Messrs. Wardroper u 90. -,
| which the City Attorney has assured
you there is no reasonable doubt of
getting less the expense OF collecting.
BY our contract with Messre. San.
ford. Brooks Il Bonsal their work must
| be done January /. 1896. Up to the
present time they have done about one.
fifth OF the work. as shown by the es-
innate of the Executive Engineer, and
by their several bills, amounting to
SO, 975.0S. However, as they did not
| begin work till tho middle of March.
and rs they have had good deal OF bad
| weather to contend with, 1t is hoped
| that with better season and the EN-
ployment of a larger force the other
four tifths of the work may be finished
on time.
In the beginning of this work your
honorable body and your committee
also had many difficulties to contend
with. Some of these diiiicnltes we're,
| perhaps, unavoidable, but many OF
them sprung from the imaginations of
| DIRECTORS and cavilers. and we're Of a
| character to discourage us and prev ent
| the sewering altogether. Happily,
by the work itself. and at this time the
sewering OF the city may be said to be
an assured fact.
When more than fifteen miles OF this
excellent system of sewering siall
have been in operation and the people
shnll have discovered what great
public and private convep fence IT IS.
now the health of the community is to
be improved thereby aud even the
value OF real estate to be increased,
honest criticism must cease to object
as there can be no longer eason for
| Directing.
Your committee" feel that they
ought not to close this lengthy report,
without mentioning in approval our
consulting Engineer, MIR. W. 4.
Brooke, who suggested this economical
and admirable system OF sewerage and
whose intelligent advice has always
been ready and forthcoming at the call
of the committee or tho executive
engineer.
Our Executive Engineer, Mr.. Ba.
come ykes. is known throughout the
community as faithful, steady. and
always mindful Of the city's interest.
and his worthy assistant, Mr.. John L,
Eastwood, has ever been found at the
post of duty.
Finally. your COMMITTEE, are now
ready to turn over to their successors.
tho completion of sswerlng, trusting
and believing that they will not allow
the work to languIsh for lack OF proper
support.
And still the WORK of IscmOdeIing
Goes On.
We are actually sacrificing the bal
ance of our stock of clothing. The
trouble is. the sizes are all broken; no