Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-02-17

cally the entire city of Morris and
we unitedly and unanimously recon-
mend that you formally adopt the
same. proceed to get bids for the con-
struction thereof, and enter forthwith
upon the construction of so much
thereof as in your Judgment may seem
advisable to undertake to construct
during the ensuing spring time and
summer following.
! This plan has been prepared under
our. direction by Civil Engineer /. P.
Wolff, Of St Paul, Minnesota, for the
most part, using the Sublette survey
as the basis thereof, and as you will
readily observe on making an exam
ination thereof, this plan contem-
plates q division of the city, and its
several additions embraced in the
plan, into twenty three district sew
er districts, besides which there will
be a general sewer from South street
to septic tank as located, and an
intercepting or crossing sewer laid IN
Fourth street thru which to bring the
sewage Of the west side over into the
joint district sewer to be laid in the
lower end OF Atlantic avenue between
South street and Fourth street.
One of the most important things
to which we desire to pointedly call
your attention, is the fact that this
plan provides that the properties
abutting Atlantic avenue north Of
Fourth street sustain and pay the en-
tire cost of the Atlantic avenue sew
er north Of Fourth street; also to
the additional fact that the plan. as
herewith presented, entirely does away
with the matter Of frontages, with the
matter Of the determination of
,, benefits, with the matter of property
valuations, and rests the whole divi-
sion and distribution of the cost Of
construction upon the area basis pro
yided for in the law which by the
way we may as well here say, is
Chapter 312 of the Laws of 1903.
On looking over the plan which We
herewith present and ask you TO
adopt, you Will or should readily dis
cover that its outline of construction
and district divisions are as follows.
1t begins with the location of a sep
tic tank in the bank of the ravine
or dry run approximately twelve hun
dred feet, more or less, southwardly
from the south end of Atlantic ay-
enue, or from South street which is
the south extremity of the townsite.
the outflow from the septic tank thus
located to be, for at any rate the
present, into the rayine referred to-
At some time in the future. and
/ it is expected that it will be in the
distant future too, it may be found
necessary to close the outflow of this
septic tank into an underground tile
drain laid in the rayine referred to,
to considerable distance southeast
Wardly of the location of the septic
tank referred to; but passing by that
point for the present, as something
not now necessary to be given at
tention, the next step in construction
after the septic tank referred to. is
a tile sewer between the septic tank
referred to, and South street at
the south extremity of Atlantic av-
enue-a tile sewer fifteen inches in
diameter
Tie whole length Of this sewer,
twelve hundred feet more or less, will
need to be laid in lacrosse the farm
ing land of Mr. Peck and the loca-
ton of the septic tank is also on his
land and this renders it necessary to
negotiate with Mr. Peck for. the right
to lay this sewer across his land and
locate the septic tank on his land:
but in this connection it is proper to
say that if such right is not salts
factorily gained by negotiation, it may
be obtained thru recourse to con
demnation proceedings under section
5 of chapter 312 aforesaid, which pro-
yides:
Section 5. All general, district
and joint district sewers shall be laid,
when practicable, in public grounds.
streets or alleys. Whenever it shall
be necessary, in the judgment Of the
city council, to lay and maintain any
general, district, joint district, or lat
eral sewer in and thru other than
public lands, the city may acquire
the right thereto by purchase, or by
condemnation under the right of |
Eminent Domain
It will be right here to say that |
this septic tank and the fifteen inch /
sewer laid therefrom northwardly to |
South street, fifteen inches in diane
ter as stated, and all that appertains /
thereto, will, under the law, be pro-
perly classed or denominated as the
cavuo,s fn,. ba ri NTor.;o