Putnam patriot., 1910-06-03
Unsatisfactory Vote on Sewers.

The vote al the city meeting held on Thursday, 10 make an appropriation of 0,0o0 to build sewers, was very dis nppoinilng--not onethitd of the voters thinking II worth while 10 70 to the meeting and cast ballot to express Their desire. The PATRIOT did what it could to arouse interest and call out vote that would prove decisive in in- dieating the will of the majority, but the vote showed almost a total indif. ference. There were 3sA ballots "Ycs 7 and 90 "No9 east out of about ,4no so- ters on the list. The 10 to l in favor ef the sewers proves nothing conelusiNely as to the real Will of the voters It is unfortunate as regards SD momentons question, both as to affecting the wei fare of the people and the reputation of the city. IL would have been To many . ajoyous announcement that more than half the voting population favored the sewers. Now they will be in doubt what to think when such indifference was manifested. Those who will mol vote when so vital n question Is sub mitted to them can have no right to complain about anything wrong in our city affairs.
 The vote east Is legal and decisive enough 10 warrant building the sew. CTS, Here Is the plan how they are to be constructed.
 Voted. That the Common Council k hereby directed to lay out, build, eon. stfuet, maintain, and repair systems of sewers and drains through and along streets and highways, and through pub lie and private grounds, to assess the expenses of said sewer system, or such pat thereof as said Common Council shall deem just and reasonable, upon the property ahutting the streets and highways through which said sewers arc laid, or which may he in any way beneiitted or improved thereby, subject to the same notice, manner of assess ment and appeal therefrom, as k bro sided in section A af the Charter ot the city of Putnam concerning highways the said system of sewers and drains ta be substantially in accordance with the plan made by Charles l.. Chandler, civil engineer, and approved hy the No Iefs of Putnam, and on tie in the office of the City Clerk of the city of Put. nam; and the sum of Ssu,uro Is hereby appropriated to hc used for the purpose of providing for said system of sewers and drains as above set forth and the Common Council Is hereby authorized to provide for the borrowing ef said sum and the execution of note or notes of said city for said sum or any parts thereof mol exceeding said sum in Inc aggteeniel from time to time as the same shall bc needed for the purposes above set forth, until the same or such part thereof as the Common Council may direct shall be paid back into the city treasury upon assessments as pro vided by the charter"
 We suppose the work Of building the sewers will be commenced ss soon ss the preliminary arrangements are coul- pleted. After sewers have been in use . year or 50, the voters would mol con sent 10 be deprived of them even if the city were to get back twice it's share of the expense.
 Engineer Chandler, who iaid out the plan for the proposed sewers, estimated the cost of building them al e linear foot--the share of each lot owner, ag that rate, as Df. LaRae declared al the recent French meeting held to discuss the sewer question, would be 0a cents a linear foot--a sun less than building cesspools and keeping them in order.