Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-09
TO HAVE A COMMISSION
Mayor To Appoint NOn-Paid
Body OF Nine Citizens To
Investigate Sewerage
Question
BUSY COUNCIL SESSION HELD
City Fathers Get A Lot OF Work Done In
A Short DISQUALIFICATION Question
Taken Up

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Taken Up
With plans for starting the new
steamer connection between the East
ern and Western Shore with Annapo-
lis as the terminal on this side of the
bay. and the adoption of a tentative
plan for the betterment of the city
sewerage system, the City Fathers
put in busy session last night.
The final disposition of the plans
for landing the passengers and freight
of the Chesapeake Bay Navigation
Company. was carried over until to-
day, when the matter was further in
vestigated by the committee to which
it was referred. The result of this
conference will be found elsewhere in
this issue of The Capital.
To Mr.. Robert Moss, former City
Counsellor and ex-State Senator, goes
the credit for actively starting the
plan for better sewerage for Annap-
oils. After asking and receiving
permission to address the Board, Mr..
Moss called attention to the dread
fully polluted condition of the waters
of Spa Creek, Old Woman's Cove,
College creek and other waters about
the city and urged an investigation
of the question by commission to be
appointed by the Mayor and to-serve
without pay.
He said that while not an engi-
neer, he thought there should be
some means of bettering conditions
and suggested tentatively that it
might be possible to locate a sewer
age pumping station somewhere
along the water front that could
generate power enough to force the
sewerage through pipe line to a
point far out in the harbor. In
advocacy of his plan for the appoint
ment of a sewerage commission,
Mr.. Moss thought that after the
matter had been looked into and
the. remedy agreed upon it might
be possible to submit the .matter to
the voters, and if the commissioners
recommendations, what they might
be, were adopted at an election called
for the purpose, it would be neces-
sary to submit bond issue but that
the Legislature might then pass bill
authorizing q sewerage loan if one
were desired. n
The full text of Mr.. Moss resolut
tion on the subject, (which was adopt
ed without single dissenting vote,
follows:
Whereas, the waters of Spa and
College Creeks and the immediate
harbor of the City of Annapolis are
now being polluted by the sewerage
of said city emptying INTO the same,
which at times is unsightly and which
may in time become a menace to
the health of the citizens of Annapo-
lis and vicinity.
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis that the Mayor
be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to appoint commission of
nine citizens of the City of Annapo-
| lis. to serve without compensation, of
which the Mayor and City Engineer
shall be ex-officio members to be
known as the Annapolis City Sewer
age Commission, whose duty it shall
be to organize by the election of a
chairman and secretary and at once
proceed to investigate the matter
of the disposal of the sewerage of
the City of Annpolis, without empty
ing the same into Spa and College
Creeks and the portion of the city
harbor in close proximity to the
wharves, dwellings and business
places along the same.
"Said commission to meet in the
City Council Chamber, and it shall be
the dnty of said commission to make
out full and detailed report to the
Mayor. Counselor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis of plan or
plans for so disposing of the sewer
age of the said city, with the esti-
mated cost of the same, not later
than the first day of November of the
present year.
"And said commission is hereby
authorized to communicate with the
authorities of the United States Ma
val Academy looking to a joint ar
rangement for the disposal of the
sewerage of Annapolis City and the
United States Naval Academy.
"The sum of one hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated to pay the actual
expenses of said commission.
The reports of the various city
officials on their routine expenditures
and the conduct of their offices
were received and referred TO the
proper committees.
Through its chairman, Alderman
Parkinson, the street committee
made a report recommending that
the bed of Thompson street be first
graded before any sewerage system
was laid thereon. 1t was estimated
that the cost would be about 5000.
and during a general discussion of
the matter former City Counsellor
Hugh r. Riley addressed the Board
and expressed the opinion that il
would be unwise to empty a sewer
into "Old Woman's" Cove at the foot
of Thompson street. He called atten-
tion to the fact that it had been fear
ed that sickness in that locality was
due to the amount of sewerage al
ready poured into Spa creek and its
arms. The matter was finally refer