The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-08
WORK ON THE SEWERS
Construction Will Be Begun This
Morning.
TWO MILES TO BE BUILT
Contracts Have All Been Signed and the
Bonds Filed-The East Side
Sewer Will b an Iucal-
culable Benefit.

The construction Of more than two
miles of sewers will be begun this
morning by contractors under the super
vision of the engineering department Of
the city of Butte. 1t is a greater extent
of sewer than has ever been laid in
Butte at one time before and one of
the four sewers, usually styled the east
side sewer. is the longest yet constructed
at one time and has the largest pipe yet
used in sewers of Butte for any dis
lance.
The contracts between the city and
the contractors hav all been signed. the
bonds have been filed and it is an
nounced that the contractors will all
start In this morning and will doubtless
employ a good many score of men. The
specifications required that the work
should be started by Wednesday of this
week, under penalty of forfeiture Of con-
tract, but everything is ready to begin.
The east side sewer will be Of meal
culable benefit to the east side. Never
was a sewer needed worse. This sewer
will be more than a mile ard a halc in
length, or Sill feet. II will start at the
corner of Park and Covert streets, run
east on Park to Gaylord. on Gaylord
from Park to Mercury, OF Mercury from
Gaylord TO Warren avenue. on Warren
aVenu and its extension from Mercury
To Second street in the Farrell addition,
on Second street from Warren avenue
to Gaylord, ON Gaylord from Second
street to Farrell, on Farrell from GAYLORD
to George. on George from Farrell to
First, on First from George to Atlantic,
on Atlantic and its extension from First
street to Michigan avenue on Michigan
avenue from Atlantic street to Oregon
avenue, on Oregon avenue from Michi-
gan avenue to Front street. and ON
Front street from oregon avenue to
Arizona street. Winters. Parsons &
Boomer have his contract and Case,
Gravelle & Erwin are their bondsmen.
Besides the work 20 manholes are
TO be constructed at parious points. The
contract price is so. 954.S0, and il is pro-
vided that the entire work shall be COM
pleted by Oct. 10.
Another important sewer is TO be con
structed on Holland street from Dakota
street to Silver Bow creek. running by
the Butte Reduction works. The length
of This sewer will be 1854 feet and there
will be n manhole. The contract price
is 81, POP, the work To be completed by
Sept. 10. Hartman * Jennings have the
" ract and Charles Il. Hallon is bonds
man.
Another sewer is to he constructed on
Nevada avenue from Gold to Platinum
streets. The length Of this is 469 feet
and there will be three manholes. The
contract price is $575.76 n the work is
to be completed by Sept. 1. Winters,
Parsons * Boomer are the contractors,
and Case, Gravelle q Erwin the bonds
men.
The fourth of the sewers to start to-
day Is in the new settlement i'm the
northwestern part of the city, across
NJ f--aY.1 .r,,1,H NIT 80 I'm -
on California street from a point $50
feet west Of the west line of Emmett ave-
u TO Excelsior avenue and on Excel
sior avenue from Caledonia to Quartz
streets. The length of the sewer will
be 1,643 feet and there will be four man.
holes. The work is to be completed by
Oct. l, and Winters, Parsons & Boomer
ave the contract.
The total length of sewer to be con
structed is 11.SO7 feet and the total cost
will be SIS, 329.52.
Last year city Improvement ran
mostly to street grading, while this year
Ii is running mainly to sewers and no
grading has as yet been done his year.
n first grading will begin to-day on
Caledonia street, at a point $50 feet west
of the west line of Emmett avenue to
Henry avenue. Winters, Parsons e
Boone have this contract and the work
is to be completed by Sept. Is.
All the sewer work contracted for
earlier in the season has now been COM
pleted with the exception of the sewer
in the Stevens addition. where very hard
rock has been encountered. Dugan a
have the contract the work is
approaching completion.
More public work will be started after
the next council meeting, as bids have
been called for for grading on Lower
Main and other streets In the southern
of the city n for the storm cul-
vert on Missoula gulch.