Newark post., 1913-05-14
SEWER COMMISSION AND
COUNCIL IN JOINT MEETING
SPECIAL ELECTION SATURDAY MAY 81

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last week it was decided to hold the
special election when the sewer
proposition will be voted on Satur-
day May 81. Both bodies have now
approved the plans and specihca-
tions prepared by Engineer T.
Chalkley Hatton of Wilmington.
Mr.. Hatton at the recent joint
meeting read a report which sum-
marizes the plans for the system
of sewers and disposal plant. This
report set out where the sewers
were to be laid and all details in
connection with the work. The re-
port also recommended McKee's
Lane as the site for the disposal
plant. The engineer estimates the
cost Of the sewers $37, 900, and dis
posal plant, $4,000, making a total
cost Of $51, 900, which estimate he
thinks is probably a little high. He
also estimates that the assessment
on property owners will be about
$124 per IincaI foot Of rontage.
While there is some opposition to
The proposition it is the general
opinion that it viii be carried at
the special election by a large ma
jority.
Mr.. Hatton, in his report says
that the logical location Of a sew
age disposal plant is along the
banks Of White Clay Creek, so far
removed from the town as to avoid
any arising during the operation Of
the plant, and to have the effiuent
dicharged with a sufficient volume
OF water as to avoid any nuisance
through subsequent decomposition
which is always possible with the
best regulated disposal plant. A
modern disposal plant to be sue
cessfHlly operated must be located
where fall Of rom Is to IS feet is
available. All of these conditions
can be obtained by locating the dis
pOSal plant near the lower end Of
Mckee s Lane, where an ideal site
at s}tall cost can be secured. For
these reasons | have picked out this
location and recommend it for
your approval,
After describing the three water
sheds upon which Newark is locat-
. ed, in connection with locating the
main collecting sewer the engineer
in his report says: "As the topo-
graphy of the town exists it is far
cheaper to build the main sewer in
Main street from McKee's s Lane to
Chapel street, thence in Chapel
street, west to Delaware Avenue
thence in Delaware Avenue to Elk
ton Road, thence in EIkton Road
back to Main street. This will col
lect all the sewage generated in
this district by building branch
sewers 8 inches in diameter in
Main street from Chapel street to
the North Town line, each Of which
would be carried down the inter-
secting streets to the West to the
Delaware Avenue main sewer. A
main sewer would also be built in
Cleveland Avenue from its north
ern summit to Chapel street and
thence in Chapel street to Main
street"
"All Of this sewage could thus
be collected by gravity at the dis
| pOsal plant. 1t leaves out two small
districts in the northeastern linn
its OF the town, and about 800 feet
Of west Chapel street"
Mr.. Hatton states that the first
district can be provided for by
building sewers in Corbitt street,
and new London Road, leading
them to small pump well at the
intersection Of these two streets at
the foot Of the hill, and installing
in this pump we'll four inch sew
age pump operated by an electric
motor, and pumping the sewage up
the hill to the summit in New Lon
don road, where it would discharge
into the manhole connected with the
main sewerage system through
which it would flow by gravity to
the disposal plant. The other sec
ton could be provided for in about
the same way, but the engineer
says that it would be unnecessary
to build the latter collecting well
and pumping station at this time
as there is now but one building
within the town limits below Della
ware Avenue that would be con-
nected with this station. The ar
rangement of these little pumping
stations is entirely automatic. They
need no attention except an occa-
slonal Oiling of motor and the mot
or operates only when the well is
full of sewage. In laying the sew
erS after the plan desipned Mr..