The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1920-03-12
COST OF WATER WORKS


Minneapolis, Feb. 25th, 1920.
Harry Miller, Mayor,
Pembina, N. D.
Dear Sir
We submit herewith a plat of
portion of the city of Pembina, on
which proposed water and sewer
system has been projected. You
will find that the sewer system is
outlined in black and the water
system in red dotted lines. The
exact size of the mains and sewer
pipe required for the various parts
of town have not been shown, as,
of course, it will be necessary to
make a survey of conditions on the
ground before final data can be
given.
An estimate has also been pre-
pared covering the approximate cost
of this system, and is as follows:
Total cost of system. il. .$56,300 90
Share to be paid by the city as a
whole ............... 10000 90
Share to be paid by property
Observation-Disclosures. 10000 90
This will mean approximately a
cost of from $3.50 to $3.50 front
foot for lots. A so #. lot, there
fore, would be assessed for both of
these Improvements from $125.0O to
$4,000. Corner lots where there
are mains in front and on the side
will not be assessed any more than
lots on the interior of the block.
It will be seen from the plat that
the cost of making a system that
will serve all the lots in a block
adequately will cost a little more
than it would if the lots were all
facing the streets. It will be noted
that the lots face both the streets
and the alleys, and, consequently,
require the stubs running up as far
as the alleys.
The city's share, $26,300.00, in
cludes s1,OO0.OO for ten (10) hy-
drants and s15,000.0O for the filtra-
tion plant, which was fully dis
cussed in the report recently for
warded to you and the council.
Twenty per cent of the system is
also charged to the city as whole.
This is the usual method of having
the municipality take care of the
intersections. This total cost pos
sibly may seem somewhat high, but
when you take into consideration
that your high school project will
take almost twice this amount and
only directly benefit small part of
the population, this Improvement,
which will not only benefit the
health of the entire community but
also benefit it in so many other
ways, the cost does not seem exces-
|sive.
We are at present making in
quiries of the Insurance Depart
ment Of the state of North Dakota
as to the exact amount Of insurance
premiums paid by your city, and as
to the changes in rates which will
take effect upon the installation of
such system as we have suggest
ed. This information will be for
warded to you as soon as it is OBJ
tained, and will no doubt prove of
considerable interest to you.
The village of Drayton has ap-
pointed committee to investigate
the nearby plants. They are going
to Grafton to investigate direct
pro~~'-c system under operation, to
Gra-d FORKS to investigate the fill
traitor c,nration Of a larger town,
and to A~~vle. Minn., which has re-
Gently installed and put into opera
tion filtration plant. We will
keep you informed as to the results
of this committees investigation,
which you no doubt will be interest
ed in.
We would appreciate being in
formed at what time it will be con-
venient for you. and in your judg-
ment most propitious for q further
meeting at which the proposition as
"a whole can be discussed by the par.
ties interested in your city. The