The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
SANITARY SEWER
WORK PROGRESSING
Commission Hears Reports and
Transacts Routine Bsuiness
BILLS ORDERED TO BE PAID
Secretary Reports That He and Chief
Engineer Visited Pumping Station
and Reservoir and Found the
Sanitary Conditions Good.
BILLS ORDERED TO BE PAID

|
sion at its first meeting of the year on
yesterday afternoon adopted a resolu-
ton instructing the finance committee
to dispose of sufficient bonds to secure
funds with which to complete both trunk
sanitary sewers in Jefferson county.
The meeting was held in the office of
Commissioner e. J. Smyer in the Title
Guarantee building. President Frank Y.
Anderson presided and eight commission
ers, the chief engineer the secretary and
one two citizens were present.
The minutes of the regular meeting
held In December were approved as read
/ by Secretary Smyer.
Chief Engineer Julian Kendrick re-
ported that the construction work on the
! trunk sanitary sewer was progressing
well. He. said the receiver for C. M.
Burkhalter & Co., one of the contractors,
had completed 1000 lineal feet of construc-
ton. The Birmingham Construction
company the other contracting firm, has
| finished up 1000 lineal feet of the sewer,
making a total of 1900 lineal feet of con-
struction on the sewer completed up to
this time.
Bills Ordered Paid.
| Upon the recommendation of the audit
ing committee of which Commissioner ].
j. Smith is the chairman, the monthly
bills and accounts were approved and
ordered paid. The accounts so order in
cluded the following items:
Salary and expenses of secretary for
month of December, s117 40; Birmingham
| ~ onc
December, $1769 so; F. H. Allison. re-
ceiver of C. M. Burkhalter & Co. esti-
mated for November. $14s1 .o3, estimated
for December, 1910 SO; pay roll chief en-
gineer and assistants for December
$357. OF. All of the other accounts were
for small amounts
A decree from Judge Jones of the
United States court instructing the COM
mission to pay over to the receiver of C.
M. Burkhalter & Co. estimates for work
completed by the firm was read
Sanitary Condition Good.
Secretary smyer submitted his report
for the month of December as follows:
AS directed at the last meeting of the
| commission. l have since that time, ac-
companied by Chief Engineer Kendrick
visited the pumping station of the Br-
mingham Water Works company on Ca
haba river and also the reservoir of the
company on Shades mountain. We found
| the sanitary conditions at these places
| good. The sewage from the pumping
station is pumped every few days into
the sewer that empties into hollow a
mile below the pump house, and the
sewage that does go into the river, goes
in below the dam.
THE only change that has been made
In this system, since 1 was there before.
is that the sewer has been heightened
several hundred yards on account of a
complaint from the residents near the
discharge of the sewer.
THE filtration plant on Shades noun
| tain Is nearing completion and the en-
gineer says the company will furnish Al
tered water from this plant some time in
March. This is quite a large plant and
the engineer says the water works COM
pany has already spent 100000 on 1t.
| Waterworks Conduit.
II have visited Dolclto and Boyles, and
I find that the water works COMPANY has
| finished putting in its conduit at the first
named place for the water, as required
| by the commission. This conduit is of
two rings of brick set on edge and laid
in cement and covered over with DIRT.
think this eliminates any possible polIu-
ton at this point. / find at Boyles that
the Louisville and Nashville railroad has
finished putting in the iron pipe about
1000 feeD as. a conduit for the water. The
conduit is also covered with dirt which
has been leveled off as the yards of the
railroad company are over the canal at
this point. l think there is no danger
/ from pollution there.
| LAS directed, l went with Mr. Hail. en-
gineer to Montgomery, and appeared for
| the commission before the bankrupt
court. The commission knows the result
of the visit; that a receiver was appoint
! ed, and ordered by the court to finish
the contract of C. NJ. Burkhalter & Co.
Rights of Way Cases.
The cases of Jefferson county VS.. the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany. and Jefferson county VS.. the Ems
ley Land company for right of ways. have
been set for hearing on January 26. The
chief engineer informs me that the survey
below Ensey will have to be changed
to different location. so I suggest the
commission authorize me to try and Sc
cure a continuance of these cases until
the change is made II It Is to be made at
all, as it would be useless expense to
condemn this right of way and then not
use 1t.
THE case against the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company for 100 acres
below Bessemer for publication fields, is
set for March %. think this case should
be tried unless the commission Is inclined
to entertain Mr.. Percy's proposition,
which l remember to be to accept the
amount named by the commissioners of
| the lower court and leave open the ques-
ton Of damages to contiguous lands until
after the publication plant is established,
as the facts as to damages can then be
more clearly ascertained."
| Secretary Smyer also made reference
in his report to the claim of ID. NJ. Dren-
men against the Donelson Construction
company for $4,000 as given in another
| column.
The following resolution introduced BY