Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-08
in ABSENCE Of INSPECTOR
CITY BEING SHIPPED INFERIOR
Sewer PIPE SAYS ENGINEER HILL

10 IVUIVEcn Till
during the year: Northern avenue,
from near Franklin street. 500 feet.
northerly. This job was done by day
labor, under the supervision Of z. r.
Bean. ct total cost of $210464.
ROYAL PARK ST. SEWER
This sewer was built by the O. B.
Frost Co. under contract, for a lump
sum Of $4,000. and extends from the
west end OF Bond street. 947 It. wes-
terly.
MANSION HOUSE SEWER
This work consisted Of repairing
the the old stone drain (used as a
sewre) under the vickery & Hill
Company's buildings and also the
building Of short piece of pipe sew
er on the south side Of Court street.
adjacent to the above Company's
buildings. together with one manhole
and two catch basins. This work was
done by the Lockwood & Green Co.
l believe the entire cost of this ON
provement (the amount of which I
90 not know was betrayed by the
Vickery & Hill Co.
FROM MURRAY ST. TO oUIMBY
ST. (THE HAYDEN SEWER")
This was constructed under con-
tract by f. r. Bean. Unit prices
were:
Earth Excavation 0-S' deep
1898 GU. yds. % $1.00 ..... $1s9.30
Solid Rock exc. G-s' deep 4 GU.
yards. % 900 ............. $500
In. pipe sewer 273 lin. IT. q
$40 ................... 1910
Lamphole IA 5000 ......... 600
Manholes. 6 IT. deep 2 q $40. $4,000
Catch basin 1 q $100. ....... 10000
Aot"i .'.'....'.. 'S'f1.4o
GREENLEAF AND PEARL ST
SEWERS
This sewer extends from near the
east end of Greenleaf street to Pearl
street, and thence soutkerly on Pearl
| ST.. for total distance Of 200 IT. 1t
| was built by f. X. Bean, under con-
tract.
Earth exc. 0'-y deep 149 Gu.
yds.i a. $l.00 $4,000
in. Pipe Sewer. goo lin. it
W s.'V ....... 140.0o
Lampholcs 2 90 5000 ....... 1900
Manholes, IT. deep, q $40. 1000
iotai ............ .S4ll.uV
In addition to the above. Il short
piece of ) inch sewer was laid by
the city. on Davenport street, to
accommodate the residence OF Geo.
Campbell.
/ have inspected all the sewer en-
frances. which have come to my no
tice. In this connection. l would
strongly recommend that. when an
entrance is to be made where there
is no "Y" that the party making the
n In trnI {.x ,Ir y,,fp
"" Our pipe sewers are made of
vitrified clay. TO break into this
material. for the purpose OF making
, n house connection, Is just like
breaking a pane Of glass. I do not
say that this cannot be well done,
but i do say that frequently it is
not well done. Moreover, I have
noticed many cases where the ca
pacity of the street sewer has been
diminished One-half. by allowing the
! house connection to project into the
sewer.
l strongly recommend that all
sewer pipe bought by the city be
carefully inspected before accept
ance. SO far as know. this has
never been done. The city has ap-
parent!y taken anything which the
manufacturer chose TO send, with
| got first class pipe.
The importance OF having first
class pipe. particularly in the mat
ter of glazing. can hardly be exag-
| gerated. L have. during the past
! summer. seen two lines OF sewer
pipe. each of which had completely
disintegrated, due to the action of
acids in the pipe. and in the earth
Had these pipes been properly
glazed. this would not have hap
pened.
STREET LINES AND HOUSE
NUMBERS
Street lines were defined on Hill
crest. Williams, and Howard streets
The south line of the city property
near Capitol street was also marked.
/ House numbers were given on Mon
roe and Sewall streets.
OILING STREETS
Measurements were taken for the
purpose OF assessing the cost of OIL
ing. on Northern avenue, Cony
| street and Arsenal street.
TOWN LINES
The town line between Augusta
| and Windsor was run for its entire
| length-about six miles. Prepara-
, tons were made to run the line be-
tween Augusta and Whitefield. This
work will be done this year.
RETAINING WALL
A contract was made with the Q.
, +. Frost Company, for building a
! combined retaining wall. and house
| foundation. on Mill Street. At this
| date, the excavation has been made
! and the forms built.
STATE AID WORK
The necessary engineering was
done on Bangor Street. which was
the road selected for the State Aid
work. The length improved was
about 1900 feet, extending from near
| the north line of Riverside Cemetery
| to Cony Street. The cost was ST.
| 1910.
Report Of Inspector Of kennebec
Bridge
| In submitting his report as Inspec-
| tor of kennebec Bridge, Mr.. Hill calls
attention to the fact that records
show the average life of steel high
way bridges to be about forty years.
The Kennebec bridge Is now thirty
! four years old. and MIR. Hill again
=, recommends that the bridge be
strengthened as outlined In his pre-
, vious report. The report in full Is
as follows:
AS recommended by our consult
ing engineer, Mr.. Frederic Fl. Fay. I