Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-02

men Scully and Morey, Of the sewer
sewer:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council:
In reference to the report of the
sewer contractors Of the Normal Hill
sewer to the city council that the sewer
was then completed. and the matter
being referred by the council to the
sewer committee for examination and
report.
We, the said committee. respectfully
submit the following:
We went over the entire system
twice and part of il the third time.
First by letting down a lantern or cam
die in the light wells or man holes, as
the case might be. and then getting
down in the manholes and looking
through the pipes towards the light, we
were able to see the light in nearly
all cases but few Of the sections were
entirely dark. We made a memoran-
dunn of these as We went along. We
next tested the entire system with
WdNcI ny NOIlucCtlliS OI the ITc HOSc "
the fire hydrants and turning the water
into the heads Of all the lines and
branches. one Of us following the water
down the main lines to the trunk line.
taking off the covers Of light wells
an manhOles on our way to observe the
current the other remaining behind to
see il the water disappeared as fast
as it ought to when the water was shut
off. The results Of this investigation
were satisfactory with one exception
which was on the 6-inch branch run
ming north and emptylng into the man.
holes on the Goldman lot between
Third and Fourth streets and north of
Third avenue. This they have since
dug up and fixed and we have again
tested it with water and now it APP
pears to work satisfactorily. Since
flushing the sewers in the manner re-
ferred to we again tested the dark sec
tons and only two remained in the
TX" line and we turned it over to the
experts for investigation. which proved
to be all right after all. The other
AMI only dark section in any of the
large pipes is on the &C. line between
the Goldman manholes and the alley
west OF Third street. The city engi-
neer says that there Is side crook
In that line under Mrs. Schubert's
woodshed. Some of the 6-inch branch
es Of the D. G. and H lines are dark.
but most Of these are accounted for by
being higher and curve downward as
they enter the manholes on the 8-inch
line. Only two of those 6-inch branch
es which are supposed to be straight and
where we can have access to look
through. are dark-one Of those is on
the ID" line and the other on the "G'
line. but as they are both quite long
and the pipe so small it is nothing very
strange that we should not be able to
see through them. We have tested the
flush tanks and they all worked well.
We called the attention of the expert
engineers to section OF the trunk
line adjoining and south Of the G line,
as the water appeared to be less swift
than elsewhere in the trunk line They
surveyed it with their Instruments and
will report on it. Also a section Of the
H line east and at the junction with
the line.
At our request the contractors dug
up a dozen or more places on the G
and H lines where the poorest cement
ing was supposed to have been done.
for the inspection of our experts The
cementing seemed to have been better
done than some Of the former investi-
cations showed. There are several de-
tails that the experts have taken up for
up preliminary to the final settlement
and will report their findings to the
council. Everything appertaining to
the sewer seems complete with the ex-
ception OF one lightwell top in the
Baird block on the H line: it is crooked
and should be reset and two other
or covers to them, one on the G line
on Fourth street and the location of
the other Mr.. Naylor has made mem
orandum in his book of it and agrees
to put them on. AS far as we are able
to see everything appertaining to the
sewer is all right: nevertheless, there
could be such thing as says in the
center of some of the sections Of the
minimum grades that might prove det-
rimental in clearing itself or there
might develop some serious leaks on
the trunk line where the sewer would
be in use long enough to find their way
out to the surface on the hillside. And
as we nave no means of knowing
whether or not all the laterals reach
the property line we do recommend
that the contractors be required to
give bond in the sum of one thou
sand ($l,000.0O) dollars for a period of
six CD months to protect the city
against anything that might be found
where the contractors had failed to
comply with their part Of the contract
such as laterals not running to the
proper line, leaks showing at the sur
face or the sewer stopping up through
the fault Of the construction. The con-
tractors had presented various claims
against the district for extras, such as