Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-03-08
SFWFR CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT AFFECT
LAWRENCE ST., CLAIMS CITY ENGINEER
Larsen Points Out School
Board is Under Wrong I'm
preston as to School No.9

Sewer repairs and reconstruction in
the northwestern section of the city.
now under way, do not affect Law
renee street as that street has a
sewer, which so far as 1t known, is
capable of taking care of the sewage
from 1t, is the claim of Morgan +.
Larson, city engineer.
The feeling In the Board of Ed
ucation that the city was doing the
work in Grove street as a means to
help conditions at the school is un-
founded Mr.. Larson says, as the alder
men acted on the Grove street matter
without any idea in view Of aiding
the school but only because that sew
er had not been properly constructed.
1t is his belief that the Lawrence
street sewer can be tapped from the
school and be used instead OF the
present septic tank system.
Mr.. Larson said he believed the
school board was laboring under a
misunderstanding. He explained to-
day how the sewers in that section
existed and what the conditions were.
The Grove street and Lawrence
street sewers are part of the Alpine
sewer system, laid ABOUT two and one
half years ago by Meagher & Smith,
under the supervision of another city
engineer.
The Grove street sewer was found
to be four feet too high and not in ac-
cordance with specifications. he
claims, and the numerous complaints
received about it led the city to call
the contractors to task for the work
They promised TO repair the Grove
street sewer but delay in doing the
work led the city to the decision tc
advertise for bids for the-reconstruc-
ton of the sewer, with the intent Of
sning the old contractors for the con-
tract price.
Meagher G. Smith. agreed to repair II
-and have already begun work to lower
the sewer so that 1t can be used by
residents and property owners along
that street, without cost to the city.
That work, the city engineer says
would and can in no wise affect School
No. o, which would have to tap into
the Lawrence street sewer. Today he
is making soundings In Lawrence
street to determine whether or not the
school can be tapped with the sewer
It is his impression he says, that the
Lawrence street sewer Is low enough
and ready for O tap from the scho oil.
If, he says, the city found that the
Lawrence street sewer was In the
same position as the Grove street ar
fair, the city would proceed in the
same way as was done win the TAT
ter and have it reconstructed at once.
If the sewer is all right. Mr.. Lar
son says, the school board can tap
right into It and relieve the conditions
there and do away with the use OF the
septic tanks. He id that he believed
the school board knew that there was
something wrong with the sewer situ-
alton in that section and hearing that
the Grove street sewer was to be re-
constructed, believed, that the work
was being done to benefit the school
which was not in the minds OF the
aldermen or the engineer.
The Lawrence street system Is q
trunk sewer leading into a main trunk
sewer, which so far as Is known, Is
railroad tracks. The Grove street
sewer is only a branch sewer. The
streets included in the Alpine sewer
system are Alpine. Lawrence. Grove
Keene, Myrtle and Francis streets.