The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-14
COUNCIL TACKLES
SEWERAGE QUESTION
MET WITH BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS
AND LEGAL STEPS TAKEN.
BUILD TO TRACK THIS FALL
viii Meet Again on October 30th to
Take Final Action knotty Problem
is to Determine Ratio Of Payment.

Crystal Falls city has sewerage in
sight The preliminary steps. taken
several months ago to get this question
mp in an intelligent manner has borne
fruit and tho council has taken the
initial step towards the actual install
lation.
The adjourned meeting held last
Monday night was for the purpose of
discussing the engineer report in
conjunction with the board of public
works. Every member OF the boards
was present and the members of the
public works board showed that they
are fully as eonyersant with this
sewerage problem as are the members
of the council.
The report Of Engineer Bradley with
specifications and estimates were laid
before the board and gone into AT
length Every member OF the both
boards want sewerage. That point
decided the question was as TO the ex
act territory 70 be embraced in District
No. 2. which IL 10 include the bust ness
portion and is the district of the
city in which sewerage is 10 be first
installed The engineer included
Crystal Avenue. Superior Avenue.
Marquette Avenue and Michigan
Aenue in District No. ?. The east
boundary was to be- the river and the
west as follows On Crystal Avenue
High Street on Superior Avenue the
street back Of the court house. On
Marquette and Michigan Avenue the
same street. The estimate of the
engineer for that territory is S92. 900
ia round numbers but he advised the
cutting out Of certain portions Of the
work hsre there s. rock work and
heavy expense. One OF these is from
Fifth street TO the back of court house
square. BY cutting out these samll
places the estimate was reduced from
that figure to $40, 600.
10 may be said by way of explanation
that in these spots cut out, sewerage
can be had from another quarter at a
much reduced expense, as for instance,
at the court house where the sewer on
Crystal Avenue can be made to drain
that and adjoining property.
The recommendation were adopted
and the boundary established sub.
stantially as stated above. The exact
lines can be determined from the
Official resolution herewith.
The most knotty problem is the
question Of defraying the expense.
Some of the council were in favor OF
putting i'm these sewers by general
tax but such procedure would be an
injustice TO the mining properties
who pay one-half Of the tax. The
mining companies are willing and
anxious 10 pay proportion of this
tax as they will be- benefited by hay
ing desirable place 10 bring workmer
10 but they do not wish 10 be- imposed
upon and when the matter was put IN
it's proper light the councilmen saw
10 80. The city at large must stanC
a one sixth of the tax and is willing +,
stand "A little more.
The next proposition is 10 determine
how the balance Of the expense will be
borne after the portion payed by th,
city at large is taken ont. IL is pro
bable that the expense will be born'
by the property in the district in pro
portion 10 the benefit which eacl
parcel derives from sewerage Tn,
benefit" will be determined by th,
board OF special assessors who viii
take up each piece Of property an,
make their determination. rh'
members Of this board are Ere,
Roberts, j. g. Wilkinson and Johi
Hasselstrom
The total sewerage in district No
amounts 10 "a. 900 feet in round numb
era In this district there are over 30'
lots 40 that the burden will not fall 81
heavy on any one particular lot
BY benefit derived Is meant th'
benefit ACQUIRING 70 the owner Of
piece Of property according 20 IN
use he makes OF the sewerage. Fo
example. A piece Of property oi
which there Is building with on
tenant will not derive quite as mucl
beeniit M one where two tenants us
the sewer. A vacant lot may not b
benefited the coming year, but th'
owner may. the following year erect
building for dozen tenants and ge
more benefit out Of the sewer than on
who already has a building for two d