The record-union., 1896-04-07
ESTIMATE ON A SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
SURVEYOR riULLENNEY TAKES
ONE TO THE TRUSTEES.
It is Not So Extensive as That Pre-.
sented by Engineer Newberry,
Nor So Expensive.


tees last night, the City Surveyor pre-
sented the following report of estimates
which he had been requested to make of
the cost of a sewerage system:
To the Honorable the Board of Trus-
tees of the City of Sacramento-Gentle
men: Pursuant to your order present
the following approximate estimates of
cost Of main sewers, including pumping
plant, for this city, to wit:
Main intercepting sewer on S street,
Front to Seventeenth, to be constructed
o. brick. S, Front to Fifth, 6 feet in
diameter, LOO lineal feet, at S6 80 per
foot, $11, ,730; S, Fifth to Seventh, 515
feet in diameter, 800 iineal feet, at Sc so
Fer foot, $5,056; S, Seventh to Ninth, 5
feet in diameter, 800 lneal feet, at $5 IS
FER foot, 4600; S, Ninth to Thirteenth,
AZ feet in diameter, 1,6S0 lineal feet, at
So 171h per foot, $S,594; S, Thirteenth
10 Seventeenth, feet in diameter, 1000
lineal feet, at 81 60, $3.50; 16 manholes
on S, Front to Seventeenth, at $40 each,
S640; total, 1880.
Thirteenth-street main sewer to be
constructed from G street to s street
S street north to N, brick, 30 inches in
diameter, 100 lineal feet at So 45 per
foot, $7,245; N street north to j, pipe,
n inches in diameter, LOO Iineal feet,
at 81 30 per foot $3,910; street north
to G, pipe, % inches in diameter, 1,26O
lineal feet, at 81 Oh per foot, $2,532 CO.;
street north to c, pipe, IS inches in
diameter, 1850 lineal feet, at 81 721b
per foot, $2,S9S; 10 manholes on Thir-
teenth street. at $50 each, $525; total,
SIT, ITO 60.
New 24-inch pipe sewer to be con-
structed on Fifteenth street, from c to
;. Six Thousand seven hundred and
forty lineal feet. at 50 80 per foot, S15,-
oO2; TO manholes, at $35 each, $3.50:
total, $16,O62
Cost OF pumping plant placed at Front
and S streets, $4,000; cost Of sump.
$1,000; total, $4,000.
Recapitulation-S street, intercepting
main, Front to Seventeenth. S37 $50.
thirteenth street main sewer. from G. to
D. 9I',llo 6O; Fifteenth-street main
sewer, from c to S, S16.O62; pumping
plant and sump, $4,000; grand total,
$50, ,152 60.
Inc Thirteenth-street sewer is con-
nected with the greatest number of
iaterals or alley sewers, some of them
being two and three blocks in length. IT
VIII therefore require to be reconstruct
eel with large outlet, diminishing
gradually according to the capacitv re-
quired. The present sewer in Thir.
teentn street will not dispose of one
lourth Of the capacity of the lateral
sewers IN the alleys when at some future
time all the alley sewers on each side
VIII De constructed. I recommend. for
TINS reason, that brick sewer 80 inches
III olameter be laid from street to N.
a N4-lnch pipe sewer from N to J: %
men pipe sewer from to G., and an 49,
men pipe sewer from G to G streets
with an increased fall of nearly four
feet this sewer will be of ample caracity
u dispose OF all surface water and
81. ~ aiming into 1t. Very respect
ruiiy, WILLIAM MULLENNEy
City Surveyor.
iiaIo requested the reading of En-
sineer NeWberry's estimate. which was
done. was
Iozer said that the board couJd do
nothing In the matter at present He
hao asked for the report simply to sbo,,,
the members what conditions thew mnst
meet. He thought the time had COVE
70 submit the question to the people q nd
ie. them decide what they wanted.
levine SAID he would move thar whom
Tue BOARD adjourn, 1t do so to meet E,,-
uay hlgnt IN executive session to discuss
.ne matter He wished to submit a
pioposltlon that had been made RI bi,n
.nat would avoid the necessity of bond
ing the city, DoAu-
nls motion was carried, and the boa ~
night oii rioay