Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-22
S65,OOO FOR SEWERS
AND WATER EXTENSIONS
Will Complete the Sanitary
Sewerage of City.
Council Calls For Elec-
ton TO Pass on Issues
of Bonds to Cover the
Expense.

In compliance with your request for
estimate of amount of money that
would be required for the extension OF
sewers and water mains through tine
unseWered districts of the city, would
say that l have gone over the matter
carefully in a preliminary way, and
lave approximated the cost of such
extensions ait $4,000 for sewerage
and $4,000 for water.
Yours truly,
J. B. ANsLEY,
City Engineer.
The above estimate was presented
to city council for it's consideration
at the special meeting called for
last night to discuss the advisability
of placing before citizens the matter
Of bond issues for the extension OF
the sanitary sewerage and improve
ment of the water works.
City Engineer Ansleys statemcst, it
was explained to council, provided for
the building of about six miles Of
main sewer arteries, taking care Of
the whole unseWered section of the
city. Laterals would then be run as
needed, the cost of laterals being COM
paratively small, 40 to 60 cents a foot,
a block of three hundred feet III
length being provided for with a lat
eral costing $3.50, or less.
Three outlets would be provided for
IN the rough plans prepared by City
Engineer Ansley. One would be into
Muckalee creek, providing sewerage
fer the Lee street extended section of
the city.
The second outlet, paralleling Town
creek and running through the natural
rayine back of the cemetery, would
take care of the Northeastern section
of the city.
The third outlet, also into Town
creek, would be an Independent ous-
let down McGarrah street. providing
for the Brooklyn Heights district
In order to provide for the sanitary
sewering of the sections now unpro-
vided for it will be necessary, OF
course, to lay water mains in the sec-
tions not now supplied with city Wa
ter and also bull dthe additional res
ervoir for which an estimate was
made by the city engineer at the last
meeting of council.
To carry through the plan in its Ell
tirety will require a total bond issue
Of $65,000. Inasmuch as the city can
still issue 100000 or more of bonds
and be within the constitutional pro,
vision, it would seem that there svolId
promises so much for the health ard
development of the city in all dircc-
tons.
AS soon as Engineer Ansley's brief
communication was read last night
council entered into a discussion of
the proposed improvements.
City Attorney Lane explained t.
council the state laws regulating
bond elections and the preliminar ,es
necessary for council to carry oh
N the way of a resolution calling
for an election and the necessary adj
vertislng.
Mayor Fielder stated that it was
clearly possible to issue the bonds ana
Feep within the legal limitations. TIE
city's assessed values last year were
S3, $50 coo. Under the constitutional
seven per cent. limitation, the city
could issue bonds to a total of $276 sos.
The present bonded indebtedness is
S149,500. A $40 900 street paving bond
issue has been voted, making $189,500,
leaving it possible to issue $4,000
of bonds. In addition the sinking
fund has $4,000 for the Withdrawal
Of outstanding bonds, increasing tie
city's liberty in the way of new bonds
to $4,000.
alderman Allen thought that it
might be we'll to wait for the new as
assessment. Clerk Hawkins stated that
evidences indicated that the total
would be little If any greater than
asst year Alderman Allen insisted
that while HE favored the bond issue
for sewerage and believed citizens
generally did, it might be wise to wait
until spring, when the bond market is
more active.
Alderman Allen, though. objected to
issuing bonds to the limit of the city's
capacity and insisted that the city
should seek to reduce it's tax rate.
Alderman Poole mode that the CITY
attorney prepare the necessary reso-
intjon providing for the election At
derman Allen insisted that before any,
thing was done care must be taken to
provide bonds later for a municipal
lighting plant. He insisted that light
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