The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-10-12
Special Bond
Election To
Be Oct.23rd
City Council Proposes to Build
Sewerage Disposal Plant
the Coming Winter
$4,000 ISSUE ASKED

WOulU GlVo CIllplOy lllcliI
Large Number of Unem-
ployed Men
For more than six weeks tn
City Council. the City Attorney an
he City Clerk, have spent niue
lime studying and investigating
disposal plant for Sau
Centre.
For some time the Minnesota De
oartment Of Health has been afte
he City officials to provide som
of -disposing of the sewag
If the city as a sanitary measure
Under date of Sept. 9, the Mime
sofa Department of Health wrot
City Clerk Cooper relatives to tn
in this city. The tri
aiken Tuesday has already bee
planned before the letter was r.
,eived. The letter is of peculia
at this time, and follow
City Council, -
Mr.. J. r. Cooper, Clerk.
Sank Centre, Minnesota, -
Gentlemen: .
As you know, the State Board
Of Health has been seriously
concerned during recent years
about the sanitary condition of
certain rivers and lakes in the
State of Minnesota. The con-
dition of the Sank River in the
vicinity Of your city has been
particularly unsatisfactory. 1t
is obvious that the unrestricted
pollution of surface water with
sewage and industrial waste
cannot be continued indefinite
ly If the health, welfare and
other interests of the people
are to be safeguarded. We have
also made certain recommen-
dations concerning the neces-
sary improvements to your pub
lie water supply.
Many municipalities are now
planning to obtain assistance in
financing the construction OF
water works and sewage i'm
provements through the Public
Works Program of the Federal
Government, which offers an
unusual opportunity to carry
on such construction work. We
would suggest that if you have
not done SO. you give serious
consideration to this means of
facilitating the construction of
necessary public works for your
municipality. If you wish us to
do 80 we shall be glad to de-
tail a sanitary engineer to in
vestigate your sewage disposal
situation and advise you as to
the extent of treatment that
will be necessary in your case.
VIII you please inform us
whether you wish such an
investigation made and also
whether your council has taken
any action in carrying out the
recommendations made on your
water supply?
Yours very truly,
A. J. Chesley, M. d.
Executive Officer.
Sank Centre, like all other com
is confronted with tn
of a large number of un
men, heads of families
These families must be cared 70
,ver the winter months. The Coun
Ill believes, and justly SO, that tn
lverage man would much rathe
work for the means to support hi
;amily than to be the recipients O
.harity.
Confronted with the demands O
he Health Department and the un
situation the Councj
rave felt that the entire problem
,ould be solved by the installation
# a modern sewage disposal plan
Turing the coming winter months
Several plants were inspected, tn
.ity attorney has made numerou
visits to the city interviewing tn
state Investment Board and tn
federal Emergency Administrative
# Public Works, to ascertain tn
which must be followe,
O secure the necessary money TO
he construction of the plant.
The farther the City Official
vent into the Federal plan afte
Ii data had been secured the les
hey liked 1t.
The government is supposed t
pan money for projects of this sor
or 4 per cent interest. They vii
ell the bonds to private individu
is. However, UP to last week n
ctual loans had been made TO
york of this sort, although severa
'rojects had been approved.
The City desired to have tn
'onds contain the ION or before
privilege Of payment. The Fedora
would not conside
'onds of this sort.
The State Investment Board hal
ufficient money on hand to talk
,ver the bond issue. The rate o
will be AZ per cent. Tn
'onds can be paid in amounts &C
eptable to the State at any time
Under the provisions Of the Elmer
.ency Act the Federal government
vilI reimburse the municipality 8
,er cent Of the cost Of labor ant
materials. City Attorney Kells j
llsoutinue0 ON rage rourb