The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
Council Committee Will Inspect
and Approve New Sewer To-
morrow Afternoon.
HAS THREE MAIN BRANCHES
Great improvement to Yield CITY
Annual Return On In
vestment.

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the COUNCIL Committee on Streets has
boon called to meet tomorrow ar
'ernooh ut o'clock at Main Street sta
ton. The committee will DO taken by
train TO HaNall Station, on the James
River Division of the Chesapeake and
OHIO Railway, where The great drain
passes under the canui and railway
tracks and cmptIes into James River
Several sections will DC inspected. ur-
ter which tho bulkheads viii bc re-
moved. the three vents closed. and
the great tnhe Will be III use. with
It's lateral branches and connections
~ VIII nave II cost of more than $780,
coV, ana affords drainage TO all OF the
vicinity lying west of Randolph street
ana South OF Main Street includiu,.
William Byrd Park. the section around
the street car barns. and sections
known previous to annexation as sid
neg and Harveytown. Many of the
street sewers have already been laid
with the storm entrances chokcd toI
prevent water from entering until ali
WAS ready. should any iayman doubt
inc accuracy of tho engineers instru-
ment, 1t has been demonstrated that
the sewer does run down Hill. for a
GEAR stream or sparkling water from
'ff''Ab az VIC pdth now GluksS It's
way through the tunnel to the rivpr
Has Three Main branches
The three main branches spreading
l'kS the iingres OF the hand have been
competed and accepted. They were
the work OF 1. j. Smith q Co. conirac-
tors. The tunnel. stretching i,S2O fecti
through solid granite under Virginia
Avenue. was the work OF Stamper,
Ragland & Co. who have also lus,
completed tho difficult construction
under canal and railway tracks into
the river. The tunnel Was cut from
each end. the working parties meeting
with variat ton OF the smallest irac-
uon Of an inch in grades and lines
AS originally planned in the sur
Veys of the annexed territory, the drain
would have followed the raviuc
through Major Dooley's place May
mont Distance OF 2.2O0 foet, with a
further stretch of 100 feet across the
bottom under the canal and railway ,
tracks, emptylng into Inc river about
half a mile above Haxnll Station Att
the earnest protest OF Major DooIey. |
VINO offered TO pay $4,000 for release
from the right OF wa ;ha city owns
down the ravine. now surveys Were
made, and City Ensinser Boiling re-
commended tho tunnell route as tho
shortest and cheapest, and because it
emptied much lower down. at point
the South Richmond water supply.
Careful Estimates Made.
Elaborate estimates of the proposed
sewer with all of its branches were
presented by Mr.. Boiling in 1909. and
4 bona issue for this ami other public (
works was later authorized. the con
tracts not having been awarded until
the latter part of 1910. Leaving the |
river, the main drain leads up through /
the tunnel under Virginia Avenue toi
the intersection OF Colorado Avenue
The first branch extends along Colo |
RADIO Avenue from Meadow TO Sumter;
and in Sumter from Colorado TO Win
der Street. Service sewers are laid in
Sumter. Winder. shiagton, Powha-
tan, Carter. Blair, Nlaihourne Ash
land and a number OF other streets
The total cost of the main tunnel with
this branch, including laterals and |
house connections. was estimated ut
S23S.0l9. 1t provides lc,122 linear f.ei
of street sewers
The second branch Lends from Colo
RADIO Avenue through the Shield Grove
Annex to William Byrd Park. along
the bed OF the new lake TO Ashland
Street. with branches in Meadow.
Dance, Wallace. Beverly. Chaitin, Tay-
ior and Cary Streets. Tho total cost
OF this branch for trunk line, lateral
branches and house connections was
estimated at s96,736. 1t provides 6.055
linear feet OF street sewers.
Drains Large Arcn.
The third branch leads out waht wasi
known Cedar Street. now Davis
Avenue. through old lakewood" to
Main Street, with lateral branches in !
Beverly. Chaftin, Taylor and Cary
Streets. draining the whole section
about the street car barns out TO Main
Street.
1t is estimated to cost, 9Th lateral
branches and house connections, $50
49, and furnishes street drainage Tor
$500 linear feet.
While the final settlements have not
as yet been made with the contractors
it is already assured that the total
cost Will be well within the original
estimates, notwithstanding the fact
that several street sewers not includ-
ed in the original estimate have BEEN
constructed. The whole work viii af-
ford storm and house drainage in
moro than five miles OF streets.
The same bond ISSUE provided for
laying water mains in all OF these
streets, city ordinances requiring
houses to coneot with city water wher-
ever sewers are provided, thus enabl-
ing the Board of Health to close Il
large number of doubtful wells and
clear away other unsanitary condi-
tions
Yields Good Return.
On the basis of the city's sewer tax
% 10 cents per linear FOOT, with the
estimated revenue from water on the
basis OF houses occupied I'm 1909, the
whole work Will yield return to
the city OF S.5 per cent, which VIII
increase as the number OF houses in
creases and the number of watertak-
ers grows.
Other sewers provided for in the
same bond Issue. all of which have now
been completed, provide storm and
house drainage for S3,976 lineal feet,
or little less than sixteen miles.
House connections have boen laid to
every lot. 30 that these streets will
not again have to be cut to piecer.
and may now be permanently i'm
proved.