Connecticut western news., 1907-06-20
ALL READY FOR
 SEWER BUILDING
PRELIMINARY WORK IS FINISHED
Only two Persons Voted Against any of the Propositions at Saturdays Meeting-The Work of Excavating will Soon Commence.

Meeting-The Work of Excavating
 will Soon Commence.
 All is now ready for the construction of the Canaan sewer system as the legal prsliminaries have been completed to the last detail.
 The fire district meeting at Town Hall Saturday afternoon, was called to order by warden N. Watson Hardenburgh. About fifty people were present, some of whom were ladies whose sympathies are with the sewer proposition.
 J. Henry Rorabaok gave synopsis of the resolution passed by the General Assembly, authorizing the Canaan fire district to construct sewers. He again explained about the issue of bonds Stated in THE NEWS several weeks ago) and said that the provision that they bear interest at five per cent is made be- cause of the present difficulty in financ- ing such propositions because of the ex- cessive and unusual demand for money. It was also re-stated that the district has the power to call in the bonds and issue them at lower rate if such lower rate can be obtained. The five per cent stipulation does not, however, prevent the district from getting lower rate of interest at the outset if possible.
 George s. Fuller moved that the fire district accept the resolution as passed by the General Assembly. The motion was seconded by Horace Holt and was adopted. There was but one negative vote, that of Salmon Barlow.
 The resolution follows:
 Voted, that the. Canaan Fire District accept the provisions of @ resolution passed by the General Assembly of this state at the January Session A. D., 1907 and approved May 29, A. D. 1907 being entitled "A Resolution Authorizing The Canaan Fire District to Construct Sewers"
 MT. Fuller then offered the following resolution:
 Voted, that the district hereby author izes it's executive committee to proceed under the provisions of said resolution for the purpose of constructing sewer age system and take the proper steps and means to expeditiously accomplish the same. This resolution was adopted without dissenting vote.
 MT. Roraback then suggested that in- asmuch as civil engineer Burghardt was present and as he had given the matter careful thought and investigation, it would be we'll to hear from h1m and MT. Burghardt remarked as follows:
 "At the meeting of the executive con- mittee I tried to give careful estimate of what it would cost, outside of strik- ing stone, and the estimate given was ap- proximate but not far from what the actual construction will cost, i. e., $8598 for what it is proposed to do at the pres ent time. I cannot see any specially difficult points in it except, perhaps, the laterals it is proposed to run through Main street to Camps brook. They will require deep excavation, something more than six feet, which will be little more expensive than four feet which is usual but it. will not cause any trouble.
 In front of MT. Barlow's house the depth will be nine feet for 8 short dis tance. When passing under the railroad tracks we will, of course have to call on the railroad company for their approval of what snoring shall be used while the work is progressing. We have made an estimate of $500 each for the temporary snoring during the construction of these parts. The approximt e estimate as we have made it is for. .350G inear feet of TO- inch pipe, $500 feet of Ainch pipe. Is man holes, 22 lantern holes and we have provided for 90 connections. The termi- ,,e,l ic ,rx, Ivy 1r septic tank, impervious to air, the exits from which will be under water, this being to confine the gases and odors where they should be and to prevent their liberation into the atmosphere The cost of this would be $6998, the four railroad crossings at $500 each would be $1200, making total of $8198 to which we have added for incidentals, loose rock excavation that would count as rock, $400, making the entire cost for the work $8598. I can see no reason unless we should strike large amount of solid rock, why this should not cover it. To this would have to be added $1400 for engineering. I have made no account of land damages"
 N. l.. Jackson offered a resolution authorizing the issue of twelve bonds in the sum of 5000 each for the purpose of constructing the sewer. In the resolu- tion was also embodied the form of the bond. MT. Jackson moved the adoption of the resolution and a rising vote was called for resulting in vote of 29 for and one against, Abram Coon being the only one to vote in the negative. George s. Fuller then offered the following res- olution and explained that it does not provide for raising money in addition to the S12, ,000 but provides for the obtain