The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
WATERvILEE
BON AIR AVENUE SEEKING SEWERS
Files Petition With Boards -SectiOn Built Up
 Rapidly

board of commissioners of public works for investigation and re- port.
 It is not likely that this pro- ject will be tackled this year be- cause by the time that a report can be made. the winter season will have arrived. The Bon Air avenue residents have shown good sense, however, in filing the peti- tion this year so that the prelim- mary formalities may be compiled with and the way cleared for pro- gress at the earliest. possible mo- ment, if the future should demand emergency action.
 Bon Air avenue, together with Faber, Edgehill and Lone Oak ave- nues, and White, Dwight and Rob- ert streets, is in a section of Fa- Der Hill which has been heavily and rapidly built up during the past few years. With the excep- ton of the houses facing on Cooke street, which were able to connect with :. the Cooke street sewer. installed as an outlet to the Overlook section a few years ago, the houses, mostly of the single family type were forced to con- struct cesspools or to install sep tic tanks. The extremely springy nature of the terrain in that neigh borhood makes the necessity for the installation of sanitary sew CTS in the streets named a mat ter of a comparatively short time and some property owners are al- ready faced with the necessity.
 Since most of the land slopes away from Cooke street 1t has been impossible to use that lateral for an outlet. About two years ago the construction of the sewer in Columbia boulevard from Bon Air avenue to Dwight street and in the latter street, from the boulevard to Homer street, provided a later- al into which the hill streets might empty. Already authori- zation has been issued for the construction of a sewer in Mel bourne terarce to the lower end of Bon Air avenue and from that point to the present southerly end of the boulevard sewer to give re- lief to the Melbourne terrace, Waverly street, Grace avenue area. The sewer now being petitioned will meet the oen already auth orized at the intersection of Mel bourne terrace and Bon Ar ave- nue.
 The present sewage disposal needs of Bon Air avenue are cen tered in that section which lies between Cooke and Dwight streets but the extension to the Melbourne terrace corner is necessary to pro- vide an outlet. The same situa- tion applies to Lone Oak and Edgehili avenues, for which no pe- titions have yet been entered. That section of Faber avenue, south of Edgehill avenue, will eventually conenct with waterville street la teral. - l.
 A sewer was recently laid Tn Faber avenue, east of Dwight street. connecting with the Colum-- bia boulevard lateral at the corner of Dwight street. The work was completed about three weeks age and the assessments were levied a! this weeks meeting of the Doaro of commissioners of public works The sewer assessment is $2.5o per front foot, corner lots being ai- lowed an exemption of 70 feet on one side when the sewer has been laid on both sides of the prop erty. xr,..,;,,o ;s concerned. with the exception or inc east side and Faber Hill sec ton conditions are not so good. An extension of the Yale street sewer to about 1O3 Yale street Is now pe- fore the board of works and near inps are about to be called. With the laying of this sewer and m cooke street from Boyden street 10 Homer street, for which no petition has vet been presented, the east side will be we'll cared for. The only exceptions being Nottingham terrace which now has cooke street outlet, and Chase avenue, on which a short piece of sewer mas just been completed.
 North of Homer street and west of the Highland division railroad embankment an entirely different condition presents. itself. With the execution of Chapel and Welch streets and a small adjacent DOT ton of Thomaston avenue wnlch are served by small private sewers no disposal facilities are avaiiaDie. Eventually a main carrier must pc constructed in Thomaston avenue from Fort Hill to Homer street 10 provide an outlet for all intersect. ing and adjoining streets. It VIII be necessary to run the carrier to Homer street in order to connect with that streets lateral leading di- rectly to the northern end of the trunk sewer. located at the Hunt ingdon avenue bridge OCT the Nau- gatuck river. The trunk sewer was completed this summer after sev- eral years work.
 A sewage disposal system for Fairmount, which must eventually be worked out, will find an easy outlet at the trunk sewer terminal.
 The entire Waterville sewage dis posal program was necessarily handicapped for many years be- cause of lack of proper outlets. These have gradually been provided to the point where more speedy relief in the future appears to De both practicable and practical.
 Everyman's Bible Glass
 Everyman's Bible class of Wa terville is planning to start the activities of it's 1931-32 season with the annual banquet, to be served on Saturday, october 3rd. The reg ular Sunday morning meetings of the class are scheduled to begin on Sunday. october 4th. The class is undenominational in scope and . cordial invitation Is extended to all men of waterville to participate in it's meetings.
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