The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-25
FIFTEEN FEET OF SEWER WATER,
j. Under the Eyes and Noses Of Resi-
dents of Jacksou ward.

An awful stencil has been coming from
lake Of sewag. in the rayine IN the
block bounded by Jackson, Duval. Fifth
and Sixth streets for ten DAYS Iast ana
Tie people for several blocks IN ever!
direction are agprehensNe OF lhe S--.
of the cess pool. AT the rate 10 l- now
being pumped ont TWO weeks more must
Nm before the raFiue IS cleared.
Fffcen feet OF sewer water now STANDS
iu the basin 100 cr thc fierce rays OF 10
August SUD. The darkness of dungeon
at midnight is ,sh.te. compared Win lH'
color of the wafer
The pumping is being done with au oII
quarry pump. with steam flTnlsned
from the citys steam roller through I'M
proviscd arrangements
Application was made % the Fire Dc
partment for an engine TO DO the work
but it was refused. DO is explained mat
The department had an old engine which
was used f0r pumping out these places,
but that 10 was worn out I'm street work
All the steamers now in use are new ana
elch work ass 30 Us desired for them % do
on Fifth street is very injurious to the
engines cutting out valves, and DOING
other damage which might incapacliale
them for use at "a critical time.
An old sewer was constructed many
years ago. running from IhId street,
between jackson and puval, across
1-ourfh. Fifth. Sixth Seventh. and Eighth
street where it dumped into the raNlne
beyond the mouth oi the old tunnel
This sewer was. n conformity with the
old custom. buried very deep. 10 ran into
the rlNuc at Fifth street. When flitn
street "UlI" was made Cd "stark was put
into .hs sewer on the west of The "All
About seven years ago d new sewer
WA. BUILT from Fifth street between
jackson and Duyal 20 Fifth ana Mar
shall Streets Co relieve the ola stone
sewer which ram down Mar bali street
auI under lne Second Market
The sewer from Third t0 Eighth street
hr.Aa down at the place where the trou-
Dbl. is so serious and washed out deep
rarinc one result was that about
wear ago tle Flfth-strcet sewer gave way
because Of is own unsupported weight
and The sewage was run through the ra-
vine fu fume and discharged through
tile "stacl." It caused n0 serious DANE
axe. although SO die agreeable that the
people n the vicinity protested % tna
council About ten days ago the 'staeh
at the Sixth street "nu' sank out of sisht
and enecualy Choked the ODD sewer RUM
rlre from Third 20 Eighth street. also
damminr up the sewage in the rafne
AS stated above 1t reached the height of
tueuty-one feet. and is being slowly
pumped out.
ln The meantime the work on the trunk
sewer from the Locomotive Works 20 the
I.r..r Was nearing completion The old
Third and Eighth streets sewer was
closed and The new branch sewers rum
ming from Fourth street between puvai
and jackson streets 20 Ifth and DuVal
streets. and from Third and Baker streets
TO Flfth and Baker streets We're connect
ea with the main sewer When The break /
was reached. after working night and
dav for several days a fiume was run
from The south end of the break TO the
north end OF the new sewer and thus the |
Increase of the depth OF The water .n the !
rav.ne was stopped.
The work ON the new main Firth street /
sewer and The two branches referred 20 /
above was begun last November but was /
greatly delayed Roy the weather during /
he winter DO IS expected that IL Will /
he completed by Sunday evening OF Mon /
day.