Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-09-22
AS TO FILLING UP
THE OLD CANAL

That the old canal which has as.
sumed the character of an open sewer,
is q grievous nuisance all will admit
When the ID. l.. & W. Railroad Com
pany proposed to cooperate with the
Borough in piniug and filling mp the
old waterway most people thought "A
solution had at last been reached and
in view Of the unsanitary conditions
prevailing were very much disappoint-
ed when at the last meeting of Coun
Gil the sewer committee merely report.
ed progress instead of indicating that
the agreement submitted by the own
ers of the canal in August had been
signed and that the work of abating
the nuisance would soon begin.
The truth of the matter is that Ouun-
Gil is divided as to the justice or the
practicability of the ID. L. & W.'s
proposition and there are little pros
poets of their getting together so as
to even begin the work this fall.
The time limit allowed for the fill.
ing up of the great ditch in the man
ner specified is oonsidered as altogeth-
er too short. as the engineers estimate
of the number of cubic yards Ct Hing
required is not less than 10000. Tie
agreement also requires the Borough
to prepare bed for the pipe aud this
together with the filling up in the
mind of some of the members oonst
tutes considerably more than half of
the burden.
1t is held that the pipe specifed-12
inch and lS inch-is inadequate also
that the sewer proposed being san
itary sewer makes it impossible to
provide drainage for the surface wat
er, which from time immemorial has
found an outlet through the old canal
or in the depression which before its
day existed there.
These objections others OF the mem
bers think can be overcome. 1t is b; :
| lieved that the D. L. & W. Company
can be induced to modify its terms
somewhat. AS to filing up, it is held !,
that the manufacturing concerns all
along the canal have indicated their
willingness to dump ashes and cinder
into the cid waterway. which in the
course of few years would assist
materially in obliterating the old
ditch.
In order that our readers may kno W
just what the d. l.. & W. Company
proposes to do in the premises syn.
opsis of their agreement presented tc
Council is herewith given.
1t starts cut with the declaration
that the Delaware. Laokawanna and
Western Railroad Company is the own
er of the right of way and the bed of
the Pennsylvania canal that the Bor-
ough of Danville for the purpose of
improving sanitary conditions desires
that a sewer be constructed in that
portion of the canal between Wall
street and the aqueduct and that the
canal be filled up.
L iS "RiNoh''hp PioIosco ihdp INV
Railroad Company shall at its own ex.
psEse furnish all the materials tor
constructing the said sewer from q
point beneath the center of Wall street
to and connecting with tho present
tlowliu sewer crossing under said
canal bed near the aqueduct together
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sewer east of Railroad street to be con
struct3d OF terra Gotta pipe twelve
inches in diameter and that portion
west of Railroad street of terra Gotta
pipe eighteen inches in diameter. 1t
is agreed that SAID sewer shall be con.
structed in manner to be approved
by the Borough, the expense of all in
sreotion to be borne by the Borough
Before the commencement o. the con-
struction of the sIwer by the Railroad
Company the Borough shall fill the
bed of the canal up to the grade line
of said sewer. Upon the completion
of the sewer the same shall thereafter
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part of the sewer system and all nc ces.
sa,y repairs aud reconstruction shall
be provided by and at the expense of
the Borough.
Upon the completion of said sewer
by the Railroad Company and in con.
siderstion thereof. the Borough shall
at its own expense fill the bed of said
canal from and including Wall street to
the aqueduct west of Mill street, to the
level of the land adjoining said anal,
on both sides thereof, with such ma.
terial and in such manner as shall be
approved by the Railroad Company,
subject to inspection at all times.
At the intersection of said canal with
Wall street. Sechler street and Rail
road street, the Railroad Company
shall remove the present highway
! bridges across the bed of the canal and
th3 Borough shall fill the bed OF said
canal at said points to tho established
or adopted grade of said streets and
/ shall at its own expense perform and
I provide all nece ssary street work in
connect ion Herewith. The Borough
shall complete all the work provided
| i'm this sertIon within tUn wars from