New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
COMMUNICATED
TO the Editor


cember list, signed Taxpayer, who has
refused to sign his or her name, 50
it may be publicly known, yet the
promise has been made that If /
clear the accusations, then I may
have the privilege to find Out the par
tvs name by asking the editor
This party has acted SO inconsistent
and yet | believe he is sincere, and
probably entitled to the desired in
formation.
The charges which I made against
the Engineering Dept. and Board Of
Public Works, which / am asked to
clear up are sewers on Allen street
westerly Of Oak street and grading OF
l.aSale street from LaWlor to Nc
Clintock Road.
I wish to state that in the year 1912
during the construction Of the sewer
on Allen street from Stanley street 70
Oak street, at the Common Council
meeting Of May 18th, 1912, a resolu-
ton was introduced by myself calling
for a committee to investigate said
sewer work. The committee, which
was composed Of members OF the
Council, Alderman L. w. Christ,
chairman, Councilman c. H. Barton,
Councilman G.. W. Sullivan and my
self, in the Council Records Vol. 8,
meeting Of June 10, 1912, you will
flnd a very comprehensive and impair
tial report in which I herewith sub
nit part of paragraph: The commit
tee to whom was referred the reso-
I,,f tha Han strftat
sewer, item No. 90 minutes Of the
May 18th meeting Of the common
council, have carefully considered the
matter and beg leave to submit the
following report. The committee be-
lieves that thoroughly good JOB has
been done, and that it has been push
ed as rapidly as possible under the
method employed. We believe, how
ever, that a job Of the magnitude OF
this Allen street sewer should never
have been attempted with pick ana
shovel as was done. The large amount
Of rock excavation at the North Stan
ley street end Of the sewer and the
deep cut at Allen and Oak streets
made the use Of special equipment for
this class Of work practically a ne
cessity. 1t is to be regretted that the
city sold the 1rehchlhs machine 1t
owned some years ago Tor we are
confident that had it been retained
even if unused until this Allen street
job was started, a sum could have
been saved when would much more
than onset interest, depreciation ana
storage charges ana would also nave
Il /
materially reduced the time OF DUlld-
ing TINS sewer.
ma the sewer OF 1SlZ on Alien
street east OF oak street was from
ABOUT 1eet 10 81 1eet deep. ROCK
was encountered IN places
IN contlnulnS the Alien street sew
er this spring, westerly Of Oak street,
and starting at the 81 rect point for
several hundred' rect II increases the
depth TO 80 feet OF solld blue trap
rock.
NOW Mr. taxpayer very re" peo-
pie can belleNe that Job or TINS klnd
can be zone without necessary Tools,
not any more IMAM trying 10 dram
SAuItle MEADOW Lake VITA force OF
20 men with pals, or dig the Panama
Canai with tea spoons.
Just think OF depth OF ~ feet to
raise rock only by chaln OF men, one
on top OF the other. You have one
man at the potion VINO Is dolng the
removing OF the material and the
other or men DONG the delivering.
Each une that stone is raised from
the bottom 10 top II IS handled by &
or I more men. Said stone or dirt
may weigh from 10 to 70 lbs. How
much couid be saved with small
hoisuhg apparatus mat would hoist
at leas- oVo Ids at one single move
neht Inc only piece OF machinery
that mas been used Is an air compress
sor used to operate the drills, but this
hachlhe mas pe>n out or commission
cohslderaply' owing TO the breaking
OF some parts ana no great effort
maze 10 secure new ones, as quick as
they shouid.
Let II De known that this sewer had
10 De lald at such a depth to take
nnr4,, =, T IossI,o ll n -awIor street
anv other wav "a ta,se cara -, theao