Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-21
AS TO FILLING UP
THE OLD CANAL

is a grievOus instance all will admit.
When the d. H. u W. Railroad Com
pany proposed to cooperate with the
Borough in piping and filling up 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 GOun-
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 Coun-
Gil is divided as to the justice or the
practicability of the d. l.. q VS.
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
er too short, as the engineer s estimate
of the number of cubic yards of filling
required is not less than 60, 900. The
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 consti.
tutes considerably more than half of
the burden.
1t is held that the pipe specifieu-12
inch and IS iuch--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 be.
Iieved that the ID. L. q w. Company
can be induced to modify its terms
somewhat AS to filling up, it is held,
that the manufacturing concerns all
along the canal have indicated their
willingness to dump ashes and cinder
into the old waterway. which III the
course of few years would assist
materially in obliterating the old
ditch.
In order that our readers may know W
just what the ID. l.. q W. Company
proposes to do in the premises a syn
opsis of their agreement presented to
Council is herewith given.
1t starts out with the declaration
that the Delaware. Laokawanna and
Western Railroad Company is the own
or of the right of way and the bed of
the Pennsy ylvania canal that the Bor-
ough of Danville for the purpose of
improving sanitary conditions desires
that sewer be constructed in that
portion of the canal between Wall
street and the aqueduct and that the
canal be filled up.
The agreement proposes that the
Railroad Company shall at its own ex-
pense furnish all the materials for
constructing the said sewer from n
point beneath the center of Wall street
to and connecting with tho present
flow-line sewer crossing under said
canal bed near the aqneduct together
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sewer east of Railroad street to bn con
structed 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 a manner to be approved
by the Borough. the expense of all in
spection to be borne by the Borough
Before the commencement o. the con-
struotion of the sewer 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
be maintained by the Borough as a
part of the sewer system and all neces-
sary repairs and 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.
| sideration 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 canal,
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 " ith
Wall street, Sechler street and Rail
road street, the Railroad Company
shall remove the present highway
bridges across the bed of the canal and
the Borough shall fill the bed OF said
canal at said points to tho established
shall at its own expense perform and
provide all necessary street work in
connection Herewith. The Borough
shall complete all the work provided
in this section within two years from
the date of completion of said sewer.
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