New Britain herald., 1922-05-23
Plainville News
TAXES AND SEWERS
 TOPIC AT SMOKER Interesting Information Is Given
 At Chamber Banquet DISCUSSION ON FINANCE

DlSCUSSlUN LIN FINANCE American Legion Plans for Memorial
 Day Parade and Outlines Exercises
 to De HcId-Scquasscn Club Elects
 New DirectOrs-Itcms.
 Frank T. Wheeler. secretary of the Town Plan Commission. gave an in. teresting talk on the sewer question of the town at the smoker and ban. quet Of the Chamber Of Commerce in the Masonic temple here last night Mir. Wheeler was called upon by Toastmaster Senator John H. Trum- bull to enlighten the persons present on the matter of sewage disposal, one the residents today.
 Several meetings have been held of late in regards to installing a sewer system in Plainvile and Mir. Wheeler is one of the best informed local officials in this matter, having direct charge of the work of obtaining sur veys and figures on the approximate cost Of the installation. The follow. ing is in part, the talk by Mir Wheeler on this subject:
 The Sewer Question
 'In 1906, a survey and map was made of a sewer line covering most of the area included in a district later formed in 1910. This survey included
 
 erly, leading to sewer beds established in the town of Southington.
 Tn 1910, the Plainvile sanitary and sewer district was organized and es. tablished bounds maintained up to the present time.
 Tn 1912, the district committee of seven became active and made detai maps, with the prohles of each street covering the entire district which was to be drained by the use of a A inch pipe leading northward to the Cronk meadows lying approximately East ot : the Spile Bridge to beds which were raised IS inches above the surface of the meadows. This land was found to be approximately IA inches lower than the 1906 location for sewer bed; and was approximately F mile near CT the center of the town as well as being in the town of Plainville. Re liable estimates for the work were obtained approximating $9O,OoO.
 Sewer Voted Down
 At a never-to- be forgotten meeting in 1914 by vote of nearly two to one, the building of sewer was voted down, and in order to render the dis trict committee harmless, it vas re- duced from seven to three member at that time.
 At one of the district meetings a lantern slide was displayed on the screen showing cesspools and out. buildings in the town of Plainvillt which clearly showed the necessity for sewer in our own town, even with out the rapid population increase oc- curing since that time.
 Our health officer in his yearly re- ports has repeatedly called attention to the need of sewer system and other physicians state that he have been very fortunate in avoiding epidemics in the town, which would naturally be expected in a place without a sewer system.
 State Board Examines. 1 The state board of health have and are compiling valuable data and one of the highly polluted places they have found is Pequobuck river op- posite the railroad station. into which East Main street sewer empties into the more or less still water back of the dam The state is agitating the i increasing pollution of its streams by untreated sewage and are working on solution and remedies which may later lead to requirements by law. l One of the subjects advertised by i the Connecticut Chamber of Com merce at its annual meeting this week is the report of special committee ! of pollution of streams and tidal waters.
 Tn the year 1922 the district com- mittee was enlarged from the three to six members and active work started in having a new system designed and laid out.
 Population Increases.
 "In the 1914 sewer plans the popu- | lation of the town was estimated by past growth and the capacity laid out to take care of the population up to the year l94o of approximately $500 people inside of the district.
 Since then the town has grown so rapidly that this estimate is not now adequate and a new estimate of growth must be made
 "Much of this new growth is outside Of the present district, located in the