Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-18
HEALTH BOARD ACTS.
Official Notice Given to Owners
of Buildings.
Must Connect With Public Sewers
Within Thirty Days.
There Are Now 1888 Houses in AUGUSTA
Unconnected.

Inc Board of Health will Immediately
notify all owners of buildings in Au-
guSta which are not connected with
sewers that they must comply with the
law within 80 days, or suffer the penal
ties. The city ordinances provides that
all buildings. whether occupied as
dwelling houses or places of business,
shall be connected with the public
sewer. whenever these shall be one
within 100 feet
AT the March meeting Of the city
council an order was passed directing
the city engineer to report the names
Iof all persons, the streets and number
where such persons reside or do bust
ness who have facilities to connect with
the sewers of the city, and who have
not as yet made such connection.
Subsequently the city engineer made
his report, and it was accepted and i'm
mediately referred to the Board of
Health for action. The location of
these houses are given by streets. as
follows:
Arsenal, 4; Bangor, 8; Bridge, 4;
Capitol, 3; Cedar, /; Child, 1; Columbia
?; Cony, 4; Court, 5; Dayton, 1: Dick
man, l; East Chestnut, 5; East Cres-
cent. l; Eastern avenue, s; Flagg, /;
Franklin. Il; Gannett, 5; Glendon, s;
Grove, =; Gage 10; Greenleaf, 4 Jeffer-
son. s; Maple, 5; Middle, L. Murray, 3;
Northern avenue. g.; North, s; Oxford,
L; Patterson, 5; Perham, l; Powhattan,
3; School, L. Scott, 4; South Chestnut,
3; Spring, /; Spruce, 2; State, 6: Stone,
3: Swan, 2; Valley. 3; Washington, 10:
West C'rpcpant NViIIoU, A. NV;ntl,ro,o
4; York, l. The total number of build
ing that must be connected with the
sewer is 1SS.
Engineer Getchell, in his report thus
refers to Water street.
Those buildings on the east side of
Water street, along the line of the pub
lie sewer, between the upper Railroad
crossing and Bridge street. except the
building of John Coughlin, druggist,
drain into the river or onto the shore
through private drains. The owners or
occupants of these buildings have made
repeated efforts to maintain drains
that would empty into the quick water
of the river at all seasons of the year.
The spring freshets have destroyed
these drains or the lower portions of
them so that in the seasons of low wa
ter much filthy matter is deposited on
the shore above the water. The Cough
lin building, Nos. 115 and III. drains in
to the public sewer on Water street.
The ice freshetS have destroyed the
lower end of the Water street sewer at
Bridge street, so that at times of low
water this outlet is no better than that
of the private drains above. The COM
mttee on highways and sewers propose
to remedy this defect this season, by
the construction of a permanent sani-
tary outfall, that will empty into quick
water at all times.
Those buildings on the east side of
Water street along the line of the pub
lie sewer. between Bridge and Winthrop
streets have private drains into the
river. except the building of George G.
Libby. Nos. 227 and 229 which drains
into the sewer. These private drains
have outlets through the Wharves into
the water ana are mostly sanitary, but
that portion lying between high and
low water needs frequent attention.
The upper portion of Water street
has brick drain from Bond to Laurel
streets. constructed in 1885, probably
mostly for surface drainage, being only
about three feet deep, and useless for
the drainage of the buildings abutting."
The city sewers on Arsenal. Court,
GlcndOn. and West Crescent street, are
not in good condition or sanitary, ac-
cording to Mr. Getchells report