The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
.S4,0O0|SANI'IARY
SEWER. .F0R.COAL
RUN TO !. ! Be Be: built I: ..|.I||.L|.:.'
Will Be Large Enough TO Care
for Sewerage of Nearly
&c, 900 Persons.
/ Fl CURES SUBMIT TED
City Directors Vote 500 to
Assist in Decorations
for Shriners.

A seniatory sewer large enough
to care for nearly 10000 persons
or considerably more than the total
population OF Fairmont is to ba con
structed in Ravine Park along Coal
Run if plans of the city directors
are carried out.
The Coal Run "eye-sore, result
ing from lack of proper sewering. is
to be eliminated. The new sewer.
a. 20-inch cast-iron line 500 feet
long. will greatly increase the val.
ue of property served by it, and the
saving in considerations of health
and sanitation will be SO great 1t
cannot be adequately estimated.
Will Cost 81 1000.
The cost OF the new sanitary
sewer when finished is expected to
exceed $4,000 and may run as high
as $4,000. The 2O-inch cast-iron
pipe alone will cost from s2,25O and
S2,5o0. 58
Figures on 15-inch. 1s-inch. 20
inch and 24-inch sewers were sub
1nitted to the city directors this
morning by City Engineer S. b.
Miller. who declared that the Is
inch sewer would suffice except in
the event Of some extraordinary oc.
scurrence
a That it would be impossible to
use anything else than H1 ast-iron
pipe was pointed out by Mr.. Miller.
The strain on the pipe would be
so great. he declared. that anything
else than iron would be broken.
Mayor w w. Conaway mentioned
that tile sewers in the same local
ity had been broken and that numer-
Gus persons had declared them to
be impracticable.s sts i
Looking forward to the future
growth Of Fairmont Engineer Nil:
Ter. IN preparing g his estimates, had
stu ndksd7tha=possilii tiesspf area
to- be drained by Sthesznew sewer
with reference to possible increase
in population: f.s:t
Allows for increase. s
SCI have estimated" he said this
morning, .sthat no more than 2 500
homes can be builtS in this locality.
That is the limit and allows for tn e
utmost crowding This would mean
about 1880 persons. figuring five
residents to each home. It will be
seen readily that this is far in ex-
cess of the present population. but
when the present sewer goes in It
should go in for all time.
cone hundred gallons per CAPT
ia lis the average amount running
through sanitary sewers each dav.
This means 1,250,000 for a popula-
ton OF 800. This means an aver
age flow Of about 5000 gallons an
hour. i. IN 81
zone must consider the greatest
flow, however, which occurs in the
morning. and this will average
about 156,000 gallons per hour.
After making other necessary al
we find that the sewer
to be used must be large enough to
carry $50 gallons per minute.
Therefore, nothing less than a
15-inch sewer can be used. 7 an.
not suggesting that so small a
sewer be used but merely stating
that none smaller than that may
be used
Figures on Pipe.
The board OF affairs decided. aft
err considerable discussion, to use
2O-inch cast-iron pipe in construct
ing the sewer. This pipe weighs
about $50 pounds foot. or about
10000 pounds or 45 tons for the
entire 500 feet.
1t will handle about 900 gallons
per minute or nearly three times as
large a flow as absolutely neces-
sary. This will take care of in
stances when by some accident
storm sewers or storm water drain
into the sanitary sewer.
Another sewer matter came up
before the directors. concerning g
the line which is to run along the
State Normal School property. 1t
was agreed that should the city
grant permission to connect with
the city line. the $50 feet Of
sewer line necessary inside the
city limits would be constructed
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