Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-08


 Maria Brown. No IT. J. w. Gafney, vacant lot. Thomas F. Shuth, vacant lot. T. W. Green
 F. D. Mallory, corner North Main and Brewster. . EastOn Avenue, Law Day December
 1, 1900. N. T. Leather. corner Brewster. H. Makepeace. F. A. Scott, corner Aetna street. Johnson Street, Law Day September
 l, 1900. R. E. Colby.
 +. Lownds.
 Fanny and Helen Warden, Bridgeport, Conn.
 Chatfield Street, Law Day October 1.
 1900. John W. Gaffney, corner Meadow. Mary Hanley, No H. Lena Dressel, No 15. J. J. McCauley.
 A. A. Norton.
 Hopkins Street, Law Day October 1,
 1900. NJ. S. Com. Waterbury Savings bank. kingsbury and Carter. Ed Sheehy. No fl.
 Jpliuuo " alSli, NO ol. kingsbury and Carter. Julia Rowland.
 John O'Neill No 90. James Russell estate. No 44. F. J. kingSbury. vacant lot. Thomas +. Butler, vacant lot. May E. Butler. No 20. A. and NJ. Cury, No 12. Leroy White, No s.
 Florence Butler, corner Bishop. Woodlawn Terrace. Law Day October
 l, 1900. George F. Tracy, Cooke street, vacant
 lot. Tracy Bros, vacant lot. c. NJ. Platt, vacant lot. Frederick Street, Law Day October l,
 1900. Henry c. Griggs's heirs. F. E. Rice, vacant lot.
 Respectfully submitted,
 F. E. KELLEY,
 Superintendent of Streets.
 The communication was received and ordered printed in the Journal.
 The following communication Ewas received from the state sewage com mission. which was read by Clerk Ryan, and ordered on file: The Board of Aldermen of the City of Waterbury: Gentlemen: Under date of Febru- ary 7 1900, q communication was re ceived by this commission from your honorable board. asking for advice as to the best method of sewage disposal to be adopted by the city of Water bury.
 After some consideration of the mat ter, and a thorough review of the con- dltions prevailing in the city and in | the Naugatuck river and valley below | the city, it became evident to, the con- mission that the problem presented was very serious one. It was there | fore decided to postpone definite ac- | ton until the return of the sub-com- mittee of the commission sent to Eng l land to examine certain recently de 1 yeIopsd methods of sewage disposal. | which gave promise of reducing the 1 cost of treatment to communities Situ- l ated geographically and geological1y 1 somewhat as Waterbury is. Under date of March 2f, 1900. your honora- gble board was informed of this inten- | ton of the commission.
 Since the return of the sub-commit- i> tee tile whole subject has been gone I over ap.1rfi. and at q meeting of the commission hei,f December F, 1900. it I was decided to rep6rsr,t to your honora- l ble board as follows: There appear to the commissfcf1. Ia l be two methods of sewage disposal. 1 possible to the city of Waterbury either of which would with careful and l competent management result in sat | factory purification One method is to collect the sewage at some point immediately below the 1 city. subject it to a preliminary treat ment by means of thorough machani- cal screening. followed by sedimenta- l ton and septic action in large covered tanks. and then pass if through coke, cinder or gravel filtration beds.
 The commissions studies warrant l tie conclusion that after sedimenta- ton and septic action. as now prac- l tised largely in England, sewage can l be filtered at much higher rate per acre than is practicable with crude sewage. In this way 1t Is possible to 1 ge. along with smaller tracts of land; but even so the fact remains that there are very limited areas available near l the city. 1 Other difficulties with this method are the necessity for raising the sewn ge to these areas by means of pumping, I the large. amount of labor required for 1 operation. and the probability that with the rapid growth of the city the l plant would become of insufficient size 1 to do the work, while at the same time the location might become serious hindrance, to, the development of the city in that direction. We note that in the recent report on this scheme 1t Is considered that it l will be necessary to make consider able use of the Naugatuck rlvef for ] the dlllution of crude sewage. This is 1 recommended In oryler to enable: the nlo f~,ol :, n t1Se %fxs.. fk 1a y. mn letenf ra1t n ke.pp them n cbHai-