The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-27
THE STORM SEWERS
PART OF THE STREET
Solicitor Puryear so, Decided
Last Night.
The Cost Must Be Divided Between
Property Owners and the
City.
BOARD OF WORKS MEETING

II my Solicitor III. Puryear yesterday
afternoon reported TO the board Of public
works at it, regular meeting at o'clccl,
that he deemed the storm water sewer.
age a part Of the street reconstruction.
and not sewers" ~ contemplated by the
statutes. which require abutting proper.
ty owners TO pay the entire cost Of
sewers"
This opinion coincide- in part with the
contention Of the board OF works and
In part with the idea advanced by the
mayor.
The board Of works idea was that the
city had 10 pay the entire cost OF storm
water sewerage, ond the mayors theory
was that the property owner, had toopay
for it an. just as they would sanitary
sewerage.
Solicitor pmyear holds that the storm
water sewerage j. merely part OF the
tueet reconstruction. just % the curling
j.. the concrete foundation or the layer
Of brick or asphalt ON top. No street
can la reconstructed without these
storm water sewers to drain the water
oil. As strrct reconstruction has 10 be-
paid for. half by the city aud hall by
the property owners, the cost will now
have to be divided between the property
owncr. and the city and in pro
yiding for the storm water sewerage
hereafter. the contract must be- bet for il
a. part Of the street. and not as some
thing separate and apart.
On broadway and other streets the
storm water sewerage was built scpa
rate from the other. by the city, ON the
cru-, street., under the Terrell contract.
and iiy separate contract At the eApenss
OF the city. on broadway.
Hereafter when street j. reconstruct
Ell a part Of the specifications must call
Tor storm water sewerage. which viii
thu. become a part Of the street and be
paid for ~ the street reconstruction i
paid fcr,
The question nov arises. what stcp-
viii be- taken 10 collect the property
Owners half Of the storm water sever
built recently on Broadway The city
paid aboud S5Q0o Tor the work out Of
tie bond money, and the mayor and
gity officials were empowered to pay on.
" S2SO0, az hall Of IT, the remainder TO
BE- paid by the property owners. Al
over hiatt the cost ha. been illegally ex
pended. and must h. replaced IN the city
treasury by thSsc who illegally paid it
out
The decision OF the solicitor. which
was verbal. but which will be- submitted
IN writing an few days, means that the
contract Tor storm water sewerage ON
Kentucky avenue. which was under con
,idcration when the mayor sprung IA,
question just decided. cannot be- let units
the contract for rcon-tmcting the street
is bet, as it will be part Of the street
This will considerably interfere with th'
plans of the board OF works. a. II j. ad.
,i,ablc To construct the storm waters
several months before the street Is rc.
constructed In order that II may settle
The board now cannot well let the storm
water sewer contract for Kentucky ave
nue.. bids for which have been submitted
but will get new plans and let il when
the contract for rcconstructing the
street is let.
Supt. kecbler of the city light plant,
was ordered by the board of works TO
have removed all the citys poles and
lights ON Broadway from Fifth TO Ninth.
a. the various companies are having TO
do
About the only poles the city has
along there are those that act as sup
ports Of the are lights ON the corners,
and these win be moved back onto the
cross streets.
Street Inspector Alonzo Elliott was or
dcrcd to have built fence along the
South Fourth street IN. and 10 have
fba Gl,h, ,n,tt.r. elaauad fhornuUhlv