New Britain herald., 1922-05-23

houth ana 10 the east. In addition, two large factories have been built to the east of the sewer district and one factory added south of the sewer dis triet, all Of which would lead us to believe that the sewer district should be enlarged rather ,han contracted,
 systems Proposed.
 "Of the past two systems men toned above, the northern disposal would not quite take in the southern boundary of the dotrict and could not take care Of additional increase to the south. The southern outlet would take in the southern growth and eastern growth, but would not take in the northern edge of the pres ent district. This may seem strange, but 1t WAS found that the high ridge or watershed in Plainville nearly and the ground slopes north and south from there. and at East street the ground starts slopinE to the east. Going northerly, the surface at Cronk Meadow outlet Is 20 feet below Gen. tral Square level. while Hart's cor ners. south Of Central Square is seven feet below Central Square. To prop erly sewer the whole town by graviI and take care of increased districts it may be necessary to go both north and south. or north and southeast if full advantage Is taken of natural slopes"
 Digesting Tanks.
 Some where in any one, two or three of= the directions one or more disposal plants car, be placed to cover the needs of Plainville for many years to come as there are many methods now available for disposing of the sewage. by pumping from one to an other section Of the town to one bed or by placing a large digestion tank in a central portion Of the town as done in Southington at two places and forcing or leading at very low grade the sewage from which solids have been removed to distant located beds.
 Much information has been ob- tained and progress made in con- struction of digestion tanks since 1914 which will be used to advantage at the present time.
 
 down. four sewer systems with tanks have been constructed in town at total cost of many thousands of dol lars, nearly two-thirds as much as the single sewer system would have cost for Plainville. and the working of the digestion tanks for these systems can be noted by going to the Quinnipiac river at the eastern section of the town and looking over the sewer sys- tems now installed.
 Water Levels Noted.
 You may be interested to note that the water level of the Quinnipiac riv- CT in the eastern section of the town raised foot in ten years, and in order to provide enough Altering depth of sand the brook was strengthened for three quarters of a mile by the use of dynamite and the water level lowered 37 inches by the straightenipg of this brook, which allowed the sewer tanks and beds to be put in their present To- cations.
 Tt may be possible for the water level to be lowered still further in this same way either to the north or to the southwest and digestion plant and beds located in our own town instead of going into another town for the final disposal.
 These are the problems now being considered by the sewer district com mittee whose aim is to see an efficient sewer plant located in Plainville, of sufficient size for future growth with q q fNr ical aids as possible.
 Tax to be LevietL
 "1n passing, I might state that tax was levied on the district for past ex- penses some years ago and all col lected with the exception of $4.3s, which was very good showing indeed and promises encouragement for the district committee work
 The next meeting for discussion on the sewer question will include the women voters of the district and tee questions will be how to interest both men and women and convince them of the vital need of a sewer system for our own town of Plainville so that its increasing growth will not be retarded because of the absence of an efficient sewer system"
 William Blodgett Talks.
 William H. Blodgett, state tax com missioner, spoke on taxation, pointing out the increased taxes and what part Plainville plays in the Connecticut budget of about 43 millions raised The Plainville real estate tax is lower than the average towns throughout the state, said Mir Blod- gett. He favored the relieving of the real estate tax on persons that there may be no heavy burden on the prop erty owners. An excessive tax is not justified, said the speaker, and the 1 tax problem of Connecticut is to de- wise some method of making it easier 1 for the owners of homes He caid that the farmers were suffering from excessive taxation as well as the man. | 
 Favor> Finance Board.
 II think Plainville should have a board serves the residents well and Modgett. 'The town is growing fast and the townspeople must center their attention on the problems of finance | in order to make a safe sfuture for their children who will undoubtedly make their home here.
 Most of the surrounding towns | have finance board, and believe |, PJlainvile should have one. The board serves the residents well and