The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-07
THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
THE STATE AND LOCAL BOARDS OF
HEALTH HAVE ACTED.
The Plans Approved and Recommend
ed To h Board of Aldermen-vyhen
They Act q Click OF the Wires VIII
Bring the Contractors Here TO Com
mence the Work.

DIR. George Gillett Thomas. of the
State Board OF Health, Mr.. Joseph II.
McRee, city engineer and member Of
the local board of health. and Major
Chauncey Ives. chief engineer Of the
Sanitary Sewer Company. Of Philadel-
phia, returned to the city yesterday
morning from Raleigh. where they at
tended a meeting OF the state board OF
health on Thursday. The state board
met to examine the plans of the SAM
tary Sewer Company for the system OF
sanitary sewers which hat company
proposes to construct in Wilmington
under the charter of the Wilmington
Sewerage Company.
AS stated in The Messenger yester-
examined and approved the plans of
the Sanitary Sewer Company in gem
eral and approved of the disposal sys-
tenn for the eastern part of the city
with a view to prevent the contamina-
ton Of the waters of Smiths Creek
which empties bow the water supply
Of the Clarendon W~aterworks Company
Yesterday at noon there was a meet
ing OIL the local DOaTU Oh nedlln 10 near
and act upon the report from the state
board of health. The members OF the
board in attendance were Mayor Wad-
dell, DR.. George Gillett Thomas, Cap
tain w. R. Kenan n City Engineer
Joseph H. McRee. There were present
representing the Philadelphia Sewer
Company, it's president, Colonel j.
E.. Lewis, and Major Chauncey Ives.
the chief engineer.
DR.. Thomas read to the board the re-
port of the state sanitary engineer,
Colonel A. w. Shaffer, who came here
to look W. the grounds and examine
the plans for the sewerage system, and
also made the report from the state
board of health with regard to the
matter. DR.. Thomas then offered a res
olution hat the state board having
considered and endorse dthe plans for
the proposed sewerage system, that the
city board approve the plans and rec
ommend their adoption by the board
of aldermen. The motion was adopted.
Mayor Waddell called a special meet
ing of the board of aldermen last night
to take action on the matter but alder
man Bailey, chairman of the sewerage
l committee was not able to get his COM
mittee together SO they could
formulate a report to the board,
therefore the meeting of the
aldermen was declared off. 1t
| VII DS IcIIlcIlDSIS GU lIdl ullucI liz IL
dinance recently adopted by the board
the plans for sewerage to be put in by
any person or corporation must first
be submitted to the sewerage commit
tee and ave the approval of the board
of aldermen. It is probable that a
special meeting of the aldermen will
be held this afternoon at 3 O'Clock to
act upon the matter.
Colonel Ives said last night that the
Sanitary Sewer Company now only
awaits the approval of the plans by
the aldermen, the state and local
boards of health having acted, and at
the moment the board of aldermen acts,
his company is ready to move forward.
The capital is already UP for the pro-
ject and a click of the wires will bring
the contractors here in forty-eight
ours to begin work on the sewerage
system. A large force of hands will be
put on and the work pushed for all it
is worth.