The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-21
FILE PROTEST
AGAINST
SEWER
Develops that Outlet Pro-
posed is Mnrry Creek
Council Will Give De-
cisiOn Tuesday Night

Four formal protests and one let
ter protesting informally against the
building of sewerage system after
the plan proposed under present
specifications were placed before
the city council at their special ses
sion last night No action was taken,
the protests being laid upon the tar
BILE until the regular meeting of the
council Tuesday evening.
! The meeting was called to order
with all members of the council pres
ent Mayor Clark stated the occa-
sion OF the meeting and called on the
/ clerk for such communications as
/ he had, following which Clerk Haight
read protest from the Ely Securi-
| ties Co., owning 700 feet on Ault-
man street and 250 feet fronting on
Lyons avenue, in district /. The pro-
| test stated that the estimated cost of
the Improvement would be $4,000
for their portion of ground; that the
plans were impracticable and would
not be beneficial to the property and
finally that there is no outlet pro-
vided for the system when construct
/ ed. Protest of the same company for
district was read, showing owner
ship of 125 feet. The same grounds
of protest were entered.
The Ely Light & Power Co., Ely
Water Co. and Ely Townsite Co. pro-
| tested in both districts one and two,
| giving the same reasons in sum and
/ Cd hu hn
Securities company.
II. NJ. Fulmer and Mrs. Bertha l..
Ives entered protest because of the
exit chosen for the system, which
was stated to be Murry creek, at
point a short distance from the Ely
City addition owned by the protest
ants They stated that the ground
owned by them was subdivided into
city lots and was now on sale, being
valuable for home building purposes;
that the discharge of sewage so close
to their property would pollute the
air because of filth lodging on the
banks of the creek, and render the
vicinity unfit for habitation, and that
they would be damaged to the extent
of thousands of dollars in event the
present plan is carried out.
On motion of Carbon the communi-
cations were received and placed on
file, being referred to the city attor-
ney for advice and to be taken up at
Tuesdays meeting.
Carbon made lengthy speech in
support of the sewerage plan, claim
ing that the allegations that the air
and water would be polluted were
not founded on fact. The sewer will
not discharge more than four inches
of water, he claimed, while the flow
of the creek is about 400 inches at
great velocity. He entered into
/ lengthy discussion of merits of vari-
Gus systems over the country.
Attorney BelforG replied for the
protestants. He declared that 1t was
with no desire to stop any movement
which would be of benefit to the city
of Ely that he appeared. but rather
I because he believed damage would
result to Ely City residence property.
| 1t was this which was considered
rather than escaping of taxation. He
pointed out the fact that the health
of the people living near the outlet
would be endangered and stated that
he believed the sewer would be a
public nuisance. He stated that the
sewage would be largely deposited
upon the Georgetown ranch property.
which is under lease, and due to the
fact that cows on that ranch are fur
nishing milk to the greater part of
the population of the district he be-
lieyed that the health of the commun-
ity would be further endangered
through this source. He asked Car
don why. if the outlet was so inof-
fensive, it was not placed in the
limits of Ely.
Carbon made short reply, de-
claring that the reason for the line
being extended was that the system
is planned for the future Engineer
Millard was called on and stated that
the system would take care of pop
ulation of 1000 people and, in his
opinion, there would be no nuisance
created by the flow into Murry creek.
Root cited an Oregon town where
sewage is emptied into stream in
the center of the town.
letter was read from Arthur
Smith, vice president and general
manager of the Ely Townsite Co..
stating that after due deliberation he
had decided to enter protest to the
proposed system. as he believed Muir
ry creek too small TO carry off the
sewage placed in il without bringing
evil health conditions to the district.
He called attention to the fact that
in irrigating seasons the Georgetown
ranch would be made the receiving
place of all the sewage and protested
on this ground as well, The meet
ing then ad iourned