Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-16

patrol car and motorcycle.
5. It has been argued that a new
fire truck would be required il the
citv limits are extended, but this
cannot be charged as an item of cost
in the proposed extension, because
we now are faced with the necessity
of a new fire truck. Our newest truck
is % wears old and Outmoded and
must of necessity be replaced Wheth-
er the city limits are extended or
not.
6. Of the 1913 miles which will be
added to the city streets to care Tor
houses already erected on streets IN
the new area and for which streets
must be maintained by the city a.
miles are now paved with 10 foot
paving. 1t is recommended that these
be widened by increasing the paving
to 80 feet. To do this with a rock
base and tar and gravel coating will
cost approximately 81 per yard and
there are about 25,890 square yards
in these streets and the cost Will be
about $25,89O. In addition, 1t is
thought that an additional four miles
should be paved if desired by. the
property owners, this being an ad-
ditional 69,120 yards the cost OF paw
ing being $69,12O
But it should be borne in MIND
that Of this $95,010 suggested as a
paving program that this paving IS
only done on petition Of 81 per cent
of the property owners and only
then on their paying one half Of the
costs of the same. Therefore, the
share to be borne by the City Of Hen
derson would be $47,5O5.
7. Sidewalks and curb and gutter
would be. the most expensive of all.
Twenty-Five miles of curb and gut
ter should be laid counted each mile
of street on which it would be laid
as two miles, as it would be laid on
each side Of same, at 81 per foot
would cost $115, 16O. Fourteen miles
Of sidewalk (concrete) at ST per foot
would cost $72,92O and would pro-
vide all of these items needed in this
area for years to come at total cost
of $188,080 Again the property own
er would be required to stand one
half the cost and petition for the
same with 81 per cent Of the property
owners signing.
There is no possibility of over one
half of this amount petitioning in
the next several years, but the fig
ure is put high to cover the even
tuality of all of the congested area
petitioning at one time. And should
they do this the city's share would
be $4,000.
Z. The fact may as we'll be faced
that if there is any extension Of the
city limits whatsoever a sewer pump
ing station will be necessary. The
area lying on and west of Oak street
(Which is the next street to and
parallel with the Dabney Road) can
not be severed by gravity. The
Wildwood development cannot be
severed by gravity to the present
plant now being constructed. The
area lying between the Oxford Road
and the Durham Railway IS. A. l..
cannot be severed by gravity, nor
the property beyond John Whites
But one pumping station will suf-
flee for all of these areas and gravity
lines can run from each to pumping
station which will be located at a
point low enough to get all of these
areas into it and then it can be pump
ed to- a point that will allow it to
flow by gravity into the present
treatment plant. The cost of the
pumping station would be about $5,-
000 That is the cost of the one in
East Henderson now being construct
ed and it would be foolish to build
one that would take care Of the
sewerage in this area for the next
fifty years. Seven miles of sewer
lines would about cover the area
which would be Of the type ano
character to demand the same on the