The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-04-13
VILLAGE SEWER
SYSTEM NEEDED
About so Taxpayers and Business
Men Meet to Discuss Village
Sewer System.
MAY HOLD BOND ELECTION
Main Street Should be Put in Condi.
ton to be Paved When Highway
is Hard-Surfaced.

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the Commercial club room to discuss
the advisability of laying village
sewer on Main street and extending
the water system. Unfortunately the
meeting was not as we'll advertised as
it should have been. The Princeton
Union office was not informed of the
meeting until Thursday afternoon af-
ter the paper had gone to press and
it was therefore impossible to extend
a notice to the general public. Since
the subject under discussion was of
interest to all the taxpayers it would
have been we'll if larger number had
been present, but there was a good
representation of the business men in
town. DR.. McRae presided.
Strange as it may seem, this village
has practically no sewer system. The
only piece of village sewer in the
town extends from the corner by the
T. H. Galley residence to the depot.
There is one school sewer and a large
number of private sewers. It seems
almost incredible but it is an actual
fact that there is no village sewer on
our principal street. The private
sewers from the various stores and
business houses cross Main street at
every conceivable angle and empty in
to the river at numerous places, re-
CARELESS of all rules and regulations.
There is no blue print of this network
and each man has only hazy
idea as to the location of his
own private system. When anything
goes wrong with one of these sewers
it is question of digging blindly un-
til the defect is located. This condi-
ton should not persist. The village
has to use the sewers to drain the
streets and it will be economy not only
for the individual property owners on
Main street but for all taxpayers to
have village sewer system properly
laid. The present plan is to lay the
sewer on Main street from Brands
corner to the west branch bridge.
intersections will be laid at all the
streets running east and west so that
connections can readily be made at a
later time when the system is ex-
tended.
It is also proposed to extend the
water system on Main street three or
four blocks beyond the bridge, posi-
bly, to the public camping ground.
This would seem highly advisable as
it would give the residents in the
north side of the village fire protection,
which they never have had.
Practically all the property owners
on Main street now have private
sewers which have been laid entirely at
their own expense. It docs not seem
that it would be hardly fair to ask
these men to stand all the expense of
laying the new system which will
eventually be of benefit to the whole
town. The village will of course use
this new system for draining the
streets; catch basins will be installed
as they are in all other villages and
cities. It was the sentiment of the
meeting Thursday evening that the
expense of the new sewer system be
divided equally between the property
! owners on Main street and the village,
each paying SO per cent. The village
would have to pay for the expense in
volved in making any changes in and
extending the water system. It is
estimated the total expense to the
village for both the water and the
sewer would be approximately $751;
900.
At the recommendation of the Com
mercial club, the council some weeks
ago issued an order for a complete
survey of the present water and sewer
systems in the village. This work
was done by the John w. Schaffer and
fRowat company and specifications and
blue prints will soon be returned. The
survey, which was necessary before
any steps could be taken in laying new
systems, cost $3.50.
Everyone knows that sooner or later
the village must make provision for an
adequate sewer system. The question
is being discussed now because the
people realize that some day the Scenic
highway through Princeton will al
most certainly be paved. The hard
surface now extends to, Elk River.
Last summer the grading on the Elk
River Zimmerman road was complet-
ed and the road from Zimmerman to
Princeton was Strengthened and grad
ed some years ago. Commissioner
Babcock has stated that the heavy
traffic to which the main trunk high
ways are subjected has made it seem
advisable to hard surface those por-
lions of these highways that are built
on sand bottom. The experience of
the past few years has demonstrated
that it is expensive to maintain a
gravel-surfaced road, which has as
much traffic as the Scenic highway
through a stretch of sandy land. The
gravel roads with the sand bottoms do
not stand up to the traffic as do the