Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-04-17
SEWER REPORT
BY COMMISSIONER
Details Provided for a City
Sewer System.
An IMPORTANT PROJECT
Various Commissioners and the City
Engineer Prepare Reports and
Present to City Council.

The complete report of the Commits
sioner of Public Works to City Council
last night is as follows:
ITO the City Council of the City of
Bridgeton, N. ].
"Gentlemen:-
As directed by the City Council at
its last meeting, the City Engineer
and myself are preparing a map of
the City of Bridgeton showing the
presen; savers and the extensions
that will be required to composer
sewer TIE city. The desigG Of the
Third ward sewers had been COM
pleted, the lines mapped, and an es-
innate CT cost has been prepared,
showing the cost of laying the sewer
in each street and the number of
houses that will be severed The es-
innate of cost of the sewers in the
rest of the city is not yet complete.
THE sewer for the Third Ward can
be divided into four sections om&ting
West Avenue, the streets south of Bel
mont Avenue and few streets which
have only one or two houses on them.
the results of the estimate may be
summarized as follows:
Lincoln and Hampton Street sec
ton, including those streets and the
side streets connecting to them as fal
west as Lawrence.
No. of feet to complete, 1910.
Cost to complete, $17S4.
Revenue from taps, $1S75.
zine Street~Section, including that
street and connecting streets as far
west as Lawrence.
No. of feet to complete, 1885.
Cost to complete, $1,433.
Revenue from taps, $1,445.
Broad Street Section, including
Rorad as far vest as Lawrence, Oak
street, Academy street, Commerce
Street between Giles and Sherman,
and the trunk from the corner of
Broad and Fayette to the present high
level line.
No. Of feet to complete, 1880.
Cost to complete, $3415.
Revenue from taps, $4025.
Lake Street Section, including lat
erals for all property north of West
Commerce street and the trunk linz
to Broad street.
No. Of feet to complete, 1859.
Cost tc eemp' etc, $12,412.
Revenue from taps, $3.50.
These fis ures do not include any
sewer on West Avenue, but the 1s;i-
mate is figured for a sewer on Lake
street deep enough to drain West Ave-
nue., which makes the cost some
$500 more than would be necessary
to drain the present houses.
''The item, revenue for taps, is the
amount that would be collected if all
the houses along the Line connected
to the sewer.
Zone of the most important pieces
of sewer to be laid in the Third ward
is the line from the corner of Water
and Vine to the corner of Fayetto and
Broad. At present the sewage from
Broad street, Academy street, Oak
street and part of Commerce SCI eet is
passing through. the storm sewer line
back of the Court House and into the
Cohansey River. These lines carr:
considerable sewage and it is not
advisable to connect them to the low
level sewer on account of the cost
of pumping Also the line in the rear
of the Court House carries storm wa
ter and all the sanitary, sewers should
be disconnected, which means that an
additional line would be required to
connect them to the low level sewer
in proper manner. The State Board
of Health Inspectors have called my
attention several times to the fact
that this sewage is still going into the
river, and unless some action is taken
soon, the City will undoubtedly receive
official notice to take care of the mat
ter. The ccst oi this is included "a
the above estimate for the Broad
Street section.
cat the New Water Plant the emer-
gency sterilization apparatus has been
completed and arranged so it is pos