Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-03
omnibus" Sewer
MEASURE PROVIDES
FOR 40 ODD DRAINS
Ordinance introduced by Mr..
Lynch Carries Appropria-
ton Of $88,500

Forty or more storm and sanitary
sewers, ranging from the small S-inch
pipes to 4-foot circular drains, are
provided for in the big omnibus"
sewer ordinance introduced in City
Council this afternoon by Commission
er w. III. Lynch, superintendent OF
streets and public improvements.
An appropriation Of $SS,500 is au-
thorized for the purpose.
The measure is the first to be sub
mitted under the 1913 100000 sewer
loan item General commentator for
Council generally and for Mr.. Lynch
in particular in offering this legisla-
tion so early, was voiced in municipal
circles to-day.
sewers that will be an important ad-
junct to the city's system including the
following big circular drains:
Sewers Provided
A 24-inch, Asylum run. from Pax
ton creek interceptor to Sixteenth
street; in Sixteenth from Asylum run
to Calder street, and in Calder from
Sixteenth to Seventeenth; a 4S-inch
circular, in Rudy from Eighteenth to
Delaney in Delaney from Rudy to
Spencer, and in Spencer. from Delan-
Brookwood from 1872 feet west of Boil
ton to Bolton; in Bolton from Brook
wood to ESQ feet north of Brookwood,
thence eastwardly across private prop
erty to eenth-and-a-half and
Angle, in Nineteenth-and-a -a-half to
Derry, in Derry to Twentieth, and in
Twentieth to Beaver.
While these sewers will be included
in the Thirteenth ward system, the
other big one that will complete the
drainage of the east end and of the
nif1r will ha ha in Ninptpanf h
street from Spring creek to 400 feet
north of Canada. From Spring creek
to Cyoverly Terrace this drain will be
Is inches in diameter from Cloverly
Terrace to Hanover, 10 inches; from
Hanover to Pemberton, twelve inches;
from Pemberton to Manada ten inches
and from Manada to 400 feet north,
eight inches.
Other Sewers
Other sewers are as follows:
Fourth, Seneca to Emerald. storm,
fifteen inches; Front, Woodbine to
Emerald, sanitary, inches; Second,
Seneca to Emerald, storm, fifteen
inches; Green, Emerald to 95 feet
south, sanitary, twelve inches; Green,
Seneca to Emerald, Storm fifteen
inches; Ross, Jefferson to Sixth, sanI-
tary, ten inches; oxford, Jefferson to
Sixth, sanitarv, ten inches; Ross,
seventh to Jefferson, sanitary,s ten
inches; Oxford, Seventh to Jefferson,
sanitary, ten inches; River alley, Sene-
ca to Schuylkill, sanitary, eight inches;
Prospect Market to Whitehall, sani-
tary, twelve inches; Second, Chestnut
to Blackberry, sanitary, twelve inches;
East side Market Square, Blackberry
to Strawberry. sanitary, twelve
inches; West side Market Square,
Blackberry to Strawberry, sanitary,
twelve inches; Market street from
Market Square, to point 100 feet east
OF Front, sanitary, ten inches; Penn
berton, Nineteenth to Ralston, sani-
tary, twelve inches; Cumberland, Pax
ton creek to Twelfth sanitary, thirty
inches; Paxton creek to Monroe, twen-
ty-four inches and Monroe to Twelfth
twenty-four inches; Monroe, Cumber-
land to Verbeke, sanitary, twelve
inches; Cameron, Cumberland to Ver-
beke, sanitary, twelve inches; Monroe,
Verbeke to Reilly, sanitary, ten inches
Cameron, Verbeke to Reilly, sanitary,
ten inches; Nineteenth, Spencer to
Mildrup, storm, fifteen inches; Spen-
Ger to Mulberry, twelve inches and
twelve inches from Mulberry to Hid
rup; Hildrup, Nelson to Twentieth,
sanitary, eight inches; Mulberry, Nell
son to Yale, sanitary, eight inches;
Nineteenth, Mulberry to twenty feet
south of Hildrup, sanitary, eight
inches; Twentieth, Mulberry to twenty
feet south of Hildrup, sanitary, eight
inches; Woodbine, Green to Third, re-
lief sewer, twenty-four inches.