The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
City BUSHES Estimates
to Be Included in
the Budget.
ANNEXATIONS TO
BENEFIT FIRST
Improvement w Oul d
Greatly Facilitate
1917 Building.

Plans are in tho making 20 equip
a. least one half Of the territory -.
Gently annexed by Detroit With
sever facilities III The present year.
ACCORDING 70 Clarence " HuboeL
city engineer whose department IS
now rushing the estimates o. cost
for such work TO be included in ils
budget.
This means that the principal On.
siacle in the development Of the
new district may De removed soon
and that a great stimulus vii he
given 1917 operations In home AID
factory construction work. II r. s.
recognized fact that the buildins of
thousands OF homes has been de-
Iayed thru the inadeqnacy OF sewer
facilities and with the solution Of
this important problem. greater
strides can be made toward relief
in the housing congestion.
MIR. Hubbel states that operations
will be conducted so that the sec
stions which are more in need OF the
sewers al this time viii be served
Arst and that in effect this Will
mean that the requirements atten.
dant 10 1917 development in The
new territory will be met with
Mr.. Hubbels sewer plan for De
troii Il practically complete reyo-
luton OF the present sewer system
II calls for the elimination of the
insanitary practice OF dumping the
sewerage into the Detroit river and
provides for "interceptor systems
which win carry the refuse 20 re-
duction plants where IL viii become
eliminated This plan will cost 10
the nelehborhood OF $4,000 600,
and when completed viii care for a
population OF 100000 Il is pro
poscd 10 complete the system with
In five years.
As a result OF treaty between
the United States and Great Britain.
IN 1909 which prohibited the pol
luton OF such boundary waters -
tie Detroit river. special inveaI-
cation was Instituted BY Public
Works Commissioner George II
Feniell IN 1914 10 devise plan for
preventing the evil. Mr. Hubbei
was given charge OF the inyestiga-
ton and his present plan for treat
fng sewerage was the outgrowth OF
bis work
The plan calls for several lines
20 be laid in different parts OF the
city in a generally east and west
direction 10 intercept the flow OF
the present sewer system which IS
north and south. These intercept.
ing lines will carry the refuse 70
great reduction or treatment plants.
II IA proposed 10 have one OF these
located az Fort WAYNE and another
in the vicinity OF Gladwin park on
the enst side. and one at a point
on connor's creek.
Whatever work on sewers Is done
In the present year will be merely
part OF the ultimate system. II IL
planned Mr.. Hubbel intends 70
conflne his work 10 1917 TO the new
distrlcts While II IL figured that
some four or i've years will BE- nee.
essary to complete the entire sewer
program, II Is thought that the A
miles OF sewers planned for this
year win adequately care for the
immediate needs OF the outlying sec
tions. Many sewer lines now laid
will act as interceptors in the ~
turc when the reduction system Il
in operation.
MIR. Hubbel states that the prob
lem now before his department Il
greater In proportion than all th'
sewer work the city has 40 far com
pleted. He says that practically 3
miles OF now territory must b
served.