Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-15
STREET DRAINAGE.

1t seems as II few moro words about
the drainage of Second street would
not be out of place.
The drainage ofthe west half OF the
street is already provided for by the
sewer on Third. Any property owner
on Second, west OF the avenue and east
of Pine, who paid for tho building of
the sewer, has the right to connect
with it and can thus drain any mud
hole that may lay in front OF his prop
erty. Walnut street could easily be
made a dry and clean street by putting
tile In on each side aud connecting,
under ground, with the sewer. The up
ground culverts, which are necessary
in the open ditch system of drainage,
could then be entirely dispensed with.
The east side OF the Avenue is not so
well provided for. 1t has only partial
drainage. From avenue to east side OF
Elm, there are on Third six inch drain
pipe which have no outlet. Notwith-
standing this disadvantage, these tile
keep the corners of Second and Elm dry
so that no water stands in front of Mr..
Simmons or in front of the church,
both OF which are tiled on both sides.
the tile on the west side of the church
being five feet in the ground. Below
Elm there is supposed to be an open
ditch. 1t is, however, only partially
so. In the first place it was not dug ac
cording the to survey and consequently
1t tailed to carry water only in a freshet.
Then the sides were breeding places
for the blood suckers, which the cat
fish men wanted for bait. and they soon
filled up the bottom and impeded the
How of water. AS a consequence the
culverts were soon filled aud those who
had drained into it found their drain
pipes insufficient for carrying the water
which was in them. These difficulties
were aggravated by the formation of a
dam below Boundary street, which
was formed by the rush of water from
the south side, which crossing our
feebler stream at right angles, stopped
the flow OF water from the west, and
cutting away the north bank of the
ditch, deposited the removed earth
squarly in the ditch and thus formed II
dam that remained when the waters
subsidized, to impede the flow of water
from Third street ditch.
These difficulties could all be re-
moved by the abandonment of the open
ditch and putting in tile. Twelve inch
tile would easily carry all the water
from Front street to Third, provided
all side connections be made so that the
flow of the water shall all be in one
direction. This can easily be done by
having the side drains striking the
main drain at au accute instead of
right angle.
The daming up at Boundary can be
remedied and that large body of water
which comes from the Craine farm be
made useful by changing the pipes so
as to cause them to empty in the
direction of the flow instead OF cutting
square across as it now does and form.
ing water dam, while cutting away
the opposite bank to leave an earth
dam.
From what have learned by actual
observation n drainage have nohesita-
tion in saying that all efforts to drain
east Second street which do not con-
template the opening of Third, and the
removal of present Instructions, will
prove failures; and that thorough
drainage of Third, by larger tile, will
afford an outlet for all the water that
falls between Front and Third.
C. A. ADAMS.