The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-02-23

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as a candidate for assessor Of Mccracken
county, subject to the action of the Demo
era e primary election to he held saturday,
April 3 1897.
number OF people who would at once
he tributary to the sewers, and the
method Of payment for the proposed
work.
Paducah is very level. In the dis
trict bounded on the South by Nor
ton street, Ninth street on the West,
Trimble street on the North and
Third street on the East, the diff
ference in elevation is not over ten
feet.
Island creek, whose bid lies forty
feet below the surface, flows cast
through the Southern portion OF the
city; the district south Of the creek
is known as Mechanicsburg. Cross
creek, q branch OF Island creek flows
south through the Western portion
and the Ohio river flows north. Start
ing on Broad street, at the bridge
crossing Island creek to Mechanics
burg. follows broad street to Thhd,
along Third to Norton street, thence
in a northwcsterly direction to Sixth
and Seventh streets to Madison
street, thence little north Of west,
reaching lis limits at the cemetery.
From this slight ridge the ground
slopes gently to the river on the East
and Cross creek on the West The
city is extending west, following the
high ground along ard north OF
Broadway.
During tue high water OF 1894
only about ten acres Of the city were
not covered.
In estimating the number OF pco-
pie who would at once be tributary TO
the sewers, find that 1900 is q
maximum figure.
Referring TO Article 90, Section I,
OF your city's charter, the right is
therein granted to build sewers either
by general taxation or at the COS
Of the property owners" To con-
struct the entire system by general
taxation is unfair, as parts Of the city
would be paying tax benciitting
more fortunate sections, for which
tax it might be years before they re-
ceived any returns.
The plan as advocated by Mr..
Farley is just and equitable; that is
to build the main sewer, in which the
entire city is interested, by general
lax, and for the literal or service
sewers, tax the properly directly ben
Gifted, the amount of cost chargea-
BILE to each lot to be determined 10y
its superficial area.
Carrying ont the above idea, the
main sewer should be located so as to
benefit the largest possible territory
and at the same time be as short as
possible, thus reducing the amount
OF the genera! tax TO minimum.
This you will find agrees with the en-
cheering side of the problem.
In designing a system OF sewers,
wherever possible, the household
wastes should be separated from the
surface drainage. The large sizes
necessary in a combined system Of
sewers, causes the small and sluggish
flow OF household waste to become
very offensive during long ami hot
summers and dry falls. The topo-
graphy of your city is such that
very cheap aud also satisfactory sys-
TEN of surface drainage is possible.
The plan submitted by the city epgi-
neer, Mr.. Wilcox, is the cheapest
that can be devised aud will prove
entirely satisfactory. A line of pipe
laid below frost line 10 the cutters of
each east and west street, starting at
the summit and flowing east to the
river and west to Cross creek. Into
these pipes will be entered the sur
face water from the roofs and lots for
half block north and south. Inlets
will be placed at all intersections.
In planning separate system OF
sewers, while providing for the pres.
ent, the needs of the future should
not be forgotten. Water being the
carrier, the main sewer should be OF
such size that while giving a present
satisfactory service, it would allow OF
the greatest possible extension when
needed. This applies to the SUBJ
mains and laterals also. Surprising
that the maiu sewer has been proper
ly located, the larger the pipe, limit
cd in size by present good service, the
larger the territory that can be ac-
commodated. In order to obtain this
result, the more the present water
carrier or sewerage can be concen-
trated, both as to the lateral sewers
and the main sewer, the larger the
pipe which can be used.
Easy access to the sewers by
means Of manholes is necessity, as
all sewers, sooner or later, unless at
tended TO become foul and liable to
stoppages.
Automatic flush tanks should be
placed at the head of all lateral sew
ers, as they not only flush, but ma
terially assist in the ventilation Of
the sewers.
In regard to the rise in the Ohio
river affecting the sewers and the adj
vantage which would follow, il the
river water could be kept out by
closing the outlet or main sewer and
the sewage during the high
water, will say that while this in
theory seems plausible, in practice it
would so limit the use OF the sewers,
by curtailing the number of house
and fixtures, as to Sc
riously affect its service and sadly