Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-20
gc|TY REPORTS
Statements Of Engineer
IA and Milk Inspector,
f. B. Lee Road Contract to Be
Completed in July.
Tuberculin Test Treated in Milk
Inspectors Report.

! u" annual report OF Street En.iu"rI
| William Il. Gctchcll has been sub
mittcd 20 the Mayor, 1t contains mucn
| of interest to the property owners ana
| taxpayers.
Daring the N"3r .hrrr ',are been
constructed 2.l1i feet o. pipe sewers.
There is at the prescl5 tim. abcut
l. 2-5 miles Of sewers AMI drain; in Tia.
city divided as follows: Western dis
trict. 1890 miles: Eastern district.
A. S22 miles; total. IL. 62c miles
'FHllowin% is Il list of the sewers;
construed this season giving iu"i,tion
and length, Arsenal and Cedar street
sewer fro3l near tn. corn". of East .l!I
avenue northrrly on Arsenal sterrt to
Cedar street. thence easterly On Cedar.
street, Az feet. Kennedy Brook trunk
sewer from near State street westerly
to Sewall street near the Children'S
Home: Grcenleaf street sewer from
Gannett street to Pearl street: Cony
street sewer from Pearl street easterly
l43i. feet: all by contract.
"That portion of the Canal street
sewer built in conjunction with the
Edwards Manufacturing Company
from Washington street ravine south
crly lrbJ1l the w'St "n': Of i-.Hnel &c
dam lC; oEs the Edwards Company
canal and through the canal wall to
the river. was disc Cntnd5d ana new
is inch our L was made into the rive.
directly IN Inc WITH tie Washington
street ravinc The Town Landing
sewer which emptcd onto the flats
above low wat": mark vas heightened
with six lengths of 20 inch iron pip"
with an outlet m..:;h"i2. The same
work vas dor" with the 'cWcr al the
Purintun wharf
Concerning the improvements to
country roads commenced last fall Mr..
Getcnell says: In August. 1906. an
agreement was entered into between
tho city and the Frank 3. Lee Co. to
grad. drain and cover with crushed
rock and' gravel about ~ miles Of
country roads. The work to he COM
plctrd within 80 days for the sum Of
$3.50 Something less than one-half
the work was completed last fall. The
time for completion has been extended
and we have assurances and believe
that the work will be completed in Il
satisfactory manner sometime in July.
1907
CONCERNING Sllt'N ';lhS- -Nn valid
ordinary amount Of new sidewalk has
been built this Year as follows: Over a
mil" Of concrete walk on Capitol. Gage.
Page bradbury. State. Water. Wash
ington, oxford. Franklin. Commercial.
Willow. Cony. Patterson and Bridge
streets ANA for cross walks: ] SOB
square yards 81 granulithic walk on
Water and adjacent streets; l.fI0
linear feet of plank walk on Canal
Fiarg. Hospital and Willow streets ana
Crosby pIac": ;,6l feet of two rail iron
fence has been placed for safety on
Northern avenue. Bradbury and Bridge
street,. and at the Town Landing: $50
feet Of granite curbing has been placed
for tile protection of the sidewalks on
streets where there was extensive
travel"
Water Supply-"Carlct"n Pond has
furnished IL continuous supply since me
water was first turned into the system
on Feb II, 1906. Analysis taken during
the wear showed the water to be 0i an
excellent quality. a brick and cement
masonry gate house has been built at
the edge of the pond and the shores
have been cleared to quite an extent
The distribution system on The east
side of the river has been reinforced
and improved by the construction o.
additional 10 and Is inch pipe lines. 1t
requires about 1150,0OO gallons 81
water each u hours to supply the
District There are about Ala miles Of
street mains with IA hydrdntS ana
ISL services connected herewith.
The following pianS have been
made during the year ana have been
delivered to the respective committees
at whose orders they we're made:
Sewer construction plans showing lines
of streets. lots. sewers. branches ana
houses These plans We're made to
show tho location and manner Of con-
S;ruction Of the sewers, and as an aid
to the committee in making assess
nlentS. ana embrace the territory adj
iacpnt to Arsenal street near Cedar.
Cedar street from Arsenal easteriy'
Grepnlvaf street from Gdnnctt To
Pearl: Cony street near Pearl: state
and ScwalI street near Kennedy Brook
and land between said streets; Grove
Street Extension near Kennedy Brook:
road construction plans showing drain
ing. grading. matchmaking or gray
ciing, new plan Of the lots in Ben
Venue t'nmctCrE.