Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-09
bA THING BEACH IN SIGHT
Aldermen Look Favorably upon
Foot of Lakeside Avenue.
Only Thing Needed to Bring the stu
dent Military Camp to Burlington
Every Year In Opinion of
Captain Reeves.

The board of aldermen discussed
various and sundry items of business
at the regular meeting for July Monday
evening. including the consideration
OF proposition to erect IL building for
| pathing purposes on the lake shore
Tor the accommodation of the stu
dents military camp. On this subject
| capt Ira j.. Reeves. w H. Wilson OF
the filtration plant and Mayor Burke
mad something to say Captain Reeves
! stated that one of the things the bows
of the camp expected was to be able
to take swim in the lake at the CON
clusion of the forenoon's routine each
| day. On the map the lake looked ms
| If IT would be right next to the camr
out as a matter OF fact it was about
| n mile away. Some Of the students
| captain Reeves said, had already made
| thelr hrst trip to the lake and he was
| informed there were some "Septem
Der Morns" on the breakwatcr in the
| afternoon but he could not state that
! they were students. The camp Is one
of the most sanitary ever established
and the location cannot be surpassed
The only little detail lacking is n
bathing beach. With this provided
1t is not improbable that the annual
student encampment will be held nj
burlington every year.
Alderman Grafton said that he was
the chairman Of the committee on a
local bathing beach and that the avail
aple sites had been looked over. There
were two, one at the foot of Lakeside
avenue and the other at the Arthur
property on the north beach. There
mas been some question about whether
or not the beach in the southern mart
or the city was or was not polluted
by sewage, and samples of the water
there have been taken for ANALYSIS.
,'cP"rt Is expected soon from the State
laboratory. The Arthur property is
seherally considered to be an excel
lent location but it will cost about
S25, 900.
W. H. Wilson of the filtration plant
was then asked to give some idea
about the possibility of purifying the
sewage. Mr. Wilson stated that svs-
TEN of sterilzinE sewage was in
vogue in many cities and that tho
plan had worked out successfullv II
was possible to destroy 90 per cent
OF the germs. The process is to trent
the sewage with a chemical which is
commonly known as bleaching now
DER Ihere are about 100000 aa1
IONS OF water used in our sewage
u'sposai daily and this could be
sterI2ed ar cost of from 81 to sl5O per
uay' III could be treated in about n
quarter mile of pipe before the outlet of
the sewer is reached The cost of estab
Iishlng the tanks, etc, for the nlant
would be about $500 Mr. Wilson en-
phasizod the fact that the harbor is moro
polluted than people think, and he thought
'Hat the pollution would be found at any
punt on the lake shore. He said he had
'hade analysis of the water in the sewer
ana had found what would CORRESPOND to
TOUR billion bacteria to the quart The
principal thing to fear was the tvphoid
germ and 1t was fact that the only
cases of n typhoid We have had latelv
nave come from the lake water and sew
eral cases We're those of boys who had
been In swimming 1t would not be n
good thing to start any typhoid among
the students of the summer camp. Tho
treatment of the sewage would reduce
the chances of typhoid by at least 90 per
cent
Mayor Burke said that he had examined
the beach at the foot of Lakeside avo-
nue. and had ascertained that it was suit
able for the purpose of bathing and that
the only sewer near by was from the
cotton mill. The beach would be pro-
tected from pollution by a long pier
which ran out long distance from the
SHORE at the north. He suggested that
the city erect a small shack to accom-
modate number of people at the foot
or Lakeside avenue. the arrangement to
be temporary one Alderman Keislich
said that such a structure would cost
about 800.
resolution was adopted that an ap-
preparation not to exceed $3.50 he made
Tor the purpose of erecting a temporary
hathing structure as proposed, If condi-
tons at the beach foot of Lakeside ave-
nue. are favorable according to the result
of the analysis of the water.
STREET WORK.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the street commissioners to lay out
'Sh'oS VIC pace lltU IL DlDllC street less
than three rods wide. petition from
property holders was received previous
to this asking for this. The residents
Of the street had previously asked to
have the street improved, but it was
shown that Lafayette place had never
been dedicated and that It was less than
the regulation three rods wide. Action
or the board was therefore necessary to
have the street laid out
Resolutions We're adopted to build n
concrete sidewalk on the east side of
Murray street between North and Allen
streets to build sewer In Walnut
street between Oak and North Bend
Streets to curb the gutter the east side
OF East avenue between Colchester ave-
nue. and the south line of the property of
John French.
city Attorney Sherman brought 70 tho