The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
AID that Which Is Yet to Be Accom-
pIIshed
SQUARE NILES OF TERRITORY
VIII ne Drained II Need BE By the
Present system--Ths P1nn of
Sewer Laying.

GH1B feature or tnc Work mss Rlrttuy iAla
s2oo feet OF 1s-iach pipe Oh Louisiana.
Congress and Milan streets; 1000 feet OF
24-inoh pipe on Washington street: 1900
feet OF 42-inch brick sewer on Girard and
Third streets. and 900 feet OF 3o-inch
brick sewer on Commerce street
He has yet to lay two and one-hAlf miles
Of 24-inch iron force mains, commencing
O. Bonners Point and running in the d.
rection OF Magnolia park to reach the dis
posal beds 200 feet OF A-inch pipe yet
or Washington street. and 1900 feet OF
So-inch brick sewer on Commerce street.
The eyphons undsr Buffalo and White
Oak bayous have likewise not yet been
placed.
The work OF digging the trenches and
laying the pipe has been very materially
tnterfered with during the pas. month on
account Of the weather.
49,
The plan provides for the utilizasion OF
all existing sewers and to embrace an
area OF tvetty-one square miles.
Under the new plan the city is divided
into twelve districts. the size Of pipe
used in the different districts varying
from ten 70 thirty inches in diameter
The division Of the districts is as fol-
lows:
Washington Avenue Distriot.-AN the
Territory between Buffalo and White Oak
bayous. Size Of pipe. twenty-four inches.
Montgomery Avenue ,District-Territory
east OF White Oak bayou, south OF Boun-
Gary street. west OF Gano street and
north Of Providence street Size OF pipe,
ewenty inches.
Harry Street Distriot---All east OF
Montgomery avenue district, north Of
Texas transportation railway, west OF
the cart city hne and south Of an irreg-
ulAr line shown on map north OF city line.
Size OF Pipe, thirty inches
East Pumping District-All territory
south Of Texas Transportation railway,
within city limits north OF Buffalo bayou
and all territory south OF New Orleans
railway 20 the bayou for about one mile
east Of the east city line. Size OF pipe,
twelve and fifteen Inches,
North Pumping Dtstrict-DThRt terri
tory northeast OF Hardy street district
and north OF east pumping district. Size
OF pipe, ten and fifteen inches
San Felipe Dfstrict-That territory
sc-rth Of bayou, northeast OF an extension
Of McGowen avenue and northeast of tho
La Branch street district Size Of pipe,
eighteen inches.
La Branch Street District-Same a.
that previously adopted BY council. Size
Of pipe, twenty-four inches.
Commerce Street District.--Ali terri
tory on south side OF bayou, east OF La
Branch street district, north OF Irregular
line about 1000 feet west OF the south line
Of the city and west Of east city line.
Size OF pipe, twenty-four inches.
Southeast Pumping District.-South and
east OF Commerce avenue district and east
OF an irregslar line abost 1000 feet west
OF the Santa Fe railwRv and north OF a
line about one-half mile south Of the
south city limits. Size OF pipe ten TO
twelve inches.
South Pumping District-All south OF
La Branch and Commerce street districts
east OF Chartres street and west OF line
1000 feet west of the Santa Fe. Size OF
pipe twelve and fifteen inches.
Southwest Pumping District-AM ter
rttory southwest OF the San Felipe district
and La Branch street, west OF Charities
street, north OF line one mile south OF
city line and east OF line 1000 feet west
OF Preston west city line Size OF nine
twelve and fifteen inches.
Northwest or White Oak District.--All
mat territory north OF Washington ave-
nue district Size of pipe. thirty inches
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Il h the intention 20 intercept al
sewage that may now drain into the bayo,
BY various intercepting sewers conveying
the same to a central pumping station ant
then forcing the sewage there collected Il
the disposal delds below the city In gen
,ral nothing but the sewage will be col,
looted by the system, but as many OF tbt
sewers now running into the bayou are
used both for sewage and storm water, (.
* the intention to so intercept these sew
ers that their entire now is carried e
the pumping station, except In time O
heavy storms. when tho ranwater vii
pass direct into the bayou. The Commere,
street and La Branch street trunk sewer.
will come together at the corner OF Milan
street, where It joins with the eighteen.
inch trunk sewer OF the Sap Felipe dis
srist. Thence the main sewer will eros,
Buffalo bayou IN an inverted syphon com.
posed of two eighteen-inch cast iroi
pipes.
At Washington and Third streets tn,
twenty-four-in main from the Wash
tugton street district viii enter and from
here the sewerage will be conveyed I
the pumping station In a forty-two-incl
circular brick sewer. except that IN cross
Ing White OAK bayou 4 sypbon composed
Of three eighteen-inch cast iron pipes will
be used.
The Montgomery avenue distric. vii
5oin with the Hardy street district at tn
corner OF Wood and Vine streets and tn
sewage Will be conveyed from there u
the pumping station IN a thirty-six Incl
circular brick sewer.
The sewage Of the east pumping dlstric
will be collected at the corner OF Gag
and Washington streets and from thor
will be pumped directly into the force lin
10 the disposal beds, which will pass with
In few hundred feet OF the station
The sewage Of the northeast distrir
will be collected at a pumping station nea
the center OF the district and forced t
the nearest trunk sewer IN the Hard
street district, where It will flow
gravity to the main pumping station, tn
sewage being used to flush the main trun
sewer OF the Hardy street district
The sewage OF the southwest pumpin
district will be collected at the corner q
Louisiana and Berry streets ami fierce
through an eight-;nch cast iron main {
the terminus OF the main trunk sewer Z
the San Felipe district; temporarily TIL
pipe can be led into the main sewer OF tn
La Branch street district.
The sewage OF the southern pumpln
district VIII be conveyed 10 a pumpin
we'll near the Columbia Tap railway abou
: half mile south OF the south city Hue
snd can be conveyed eithsr to separat