Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-24
WEBSTER SEWER RS.
Legislative Committee Inspects
the Proposed System.
They Seemed Favoraby Impressed and
There is Little Doubt That Legislature
VIII Favor Petition.

practically sure of the proposed sewer
age system, which will, when completed
drain the entire greater Webster, and
for which at the late town meeting
100000 was appropriated.
Representative Andrew R. Snow, ac-
companied by the committee on drain
age, which had been authorized by the
legislature to visit Webster and to min
utely inspect the ground, specifications
plans, etc, arrived by the way Of Wor-
cester on the 10. 05 o'clock train this
forenoon.
The visiting officials were met at the
railroad station by the members of the
local board, and all were introduced to
each other by Representative Snow AS
soon as the formalities had been per-
formed the party was escorted to hacks
which had been ordered for the party,
and they were driven to the prominent
points Of interest along the sewer route
In the party were House Chairman
j. A. Powers of Maiden, George Balcom
OF Marlboro, William H. Severance of
Lynn Robert NJ Allen of Nantucket
Jerome Bottomly Of Leicester, e. J.
rooney of Boston and Senator Henry
Parsons Of Marlboro, comprising the
legislature delegates on drainage: Chair
VI,
n. BiSeloW Louis e. Pattison and
Charles Gerber of the local sewerage
committee; p. D. Clemans, John Cort
II. X. Surles and the Spy representa-
tive. Thomas Pedrick Of Lynn was the
messenger in charge of the visiting Off
cials
The party was driven from the depot
down Chase avenue and up Hill street,
where, at the railroad crossing, they
of ,rtg4 l..
OF the French river, where the pipes Will
start, just below Goddard's sash and
bind factory, and run along on the east
bank Of the river adjacent TO the rail
road tracks, they continued down the
tracks of the Southbridge branch of the
New England Railroad until they
reached the culvert. where the pipes will
leave the banks Of the river and cross.
Ihehee they will continue to the filter
beds
At this point the entire party stopped
and viewed the surroundings, all being
pleased by the plans unfolded to them
by the local board. Senator Parsons ex-
pressed himself as greatly in favor of
the scheme, and said that they could
not find better place to run their
pipes than alongside of the tracks, as
the incline was just sufficient to suit
their purpose
REMARKED
that the local board wanted everything
agreeable, and under the supervision of
the state board, when the visiting COM
mittee informed him that everything
they had as yet inspected was above par
and better situated than they had an
ticipated
During the, conversation the question
arose IL there were any land abutters.
Mr.. Bigelow replied to the inquiry, and
co hot 4 Ill Il i
already arose relative to that fact. He
said that the late F. T. Chase had been
their heaviest one. Mr.. Chase had
wanted $4,000 for the land in question,
but that was almost as much as the
town had appropriated to successfully
carry the undertaking through. Sena-
tor Parsons then gave the board a few
hints, and advised them how to handle
sucn abutterS.
The visitors were shown where 1t was
intended to have receiving well sunk,
and as they continued a few hundred
yards further down, the filter beds were
reached.
Chairman Flint explained to the Wis
itors that engineers employed by the
state board had been at work there
and that shafts had been sunk into the
soil in many different places, and that
they report the condition Of the gravel
- tGACG4IGAl lOI Lue puIpOSt.
Senator Parsons again broke in and
remarked how well Webster was adapt
ed to have an efficient sewerage system.
He said that it was a grand location,
and that nature could not have made a
better one.
Although there is plenty of area for
the filter beds, in all probability they
will not be utilized for several years,
as the idea is now to run the sewerage
Il
under drainage, 1t is intended to flow
the water back into the river just above
the Chaseville bridge. Mr.. Flint re-
marked that if the state board of health
did not object the filter beds would not
be put to service for several years to
come.
The advisability for erecting a pump
ing station at this point, as contemplat-
ed by the local sewerage commissioners,
did not meet with much approval by the
visitors. 1t has been estimated that
it will cost to erect and fully equip this
proposed pumping station in the negh-'
borhood of $4,000.
The visitors thought this amount too
high, and that the expense of running
the station would total up to about 500
a week. 1t would prove more remunera-
tive to abandon that idea for the pres
ent at least In connection with this sub
in the river to the filter beds below is
surely twenty feet. and they consider
that descent powerful enough to keep
the water from getting stagnant with
out the aid of set of pumps
When everything Of interest had been
inspected in the neighborhood of the
filter beds, the party walked slowly back
to Hill street, where the hacks We're
waiting them The party was then driv-
ON na1r a tn
street, where the starting point Of the
output sewer was inspected. This Is the
point where the pipes enter the river,
and they follow the banks until they
emerge in Chaseville.
The party was then driven to Church
court, which called out the admiration
of the visitors as the situation Of the
output and pipes presented itself. Their
next destination was Peter street, where
the sewer pipe which drains South Viii
lage, East Village, and will in time
part of North Village, empties into the
river under the wooden bridge.
The last place of inspection was at the
Hub" at the corner of Lake and Pros
pect streets, where good view Of Fifth
avenue was also secured, as pipes Will
be laid on that street At the Hub is
the second outfall sewer. although it
connects with the other farther down.
In anticipation Of this sewerage, 1S-inch
pipes have already been laid in this sec
ton. which terminate in the brook that
flows in under these streets. This brook
the board viii utilize.
The party was then driven to the JOS
lin House. where a bountiful dinner was
served by Landlord Sinclair. The re-
porters were given a private table.
There is no doubt that the legislature
will favor the petition and grant the To-
cal Sewer men" all the rights and priv
ileges to go ahead and construct the
system. The reporter was informed that
when the body returns to Boston, they
will make out q bill: and. while present