The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-07
City Not Negotiating
For Park Facilities

officials announced today
CHs ore have been no negotia-
that t fl, the purpose of determining
tons " 1;snosal will be made of the
what ls.a+ elSP owned utilities in the
prlVIa'eo,n3 nexed Sunset Park section
newly '' ci+v That section was fur
Of tle water and sewerage facll-
i i.;ss by the Sunset Park , Mat sa
ties a ~ and so far as could be
col1lpa d will continue that prac-
", w. Water and Sewerage facili-
INC ere furnished by the Gholston
a ties aa and there are more than mar!
Cohipa sa+er connections and a like
wv h ~~ Of sewerage connections
nu num- Cholston said operated from
N v.t,r pumping stations furnishing
lou lou half million gallons OF water
da any, citv limits vii. be officially
ln ede e Ian. l, at which time the
eA .uden of supplying water, for
oulo os+ic uses and fire protection,
dOl DOL disposing Of sewerage will
ana sn G fall to the city. Under
tecn,lN accompanying the extern
terms so,rever it is stipulated that
siu "h services will begin "as soon
su'N Tan as possible"
siI s1readv Sunset Park is being
.:l n CIV police protection, and
si+v garbage trucks are disposlng
Oh II is expected that the City will
4i1;7a mart Of the network OF pipes
u lraadv installed in Sunset Park, j..
si Ioughlin, city engineer, said
tbe big 16-lnch Waterman which
n r,r through the fringe OF Sun
fo+ Park 10 Maffitt Village, could
~ w. tanped in perhaps one day,
O w water furnished in that short
time if the City purchases the
company property.
1ouohlin said before the City
oou1d extend water and sewerage
IN annexed portions of the city. a
snrvev must be conducted, a bond
election must be held and con-
tracts let.
Fngjneers working out Of Lough-
Inns office began a mapping sur
vov two days after the extension
vote passed last month and the
larger section absorbed in the ex-
pansion, in the Forest Hills-Olean-
der area, is virtually completed as
far as the preliminary survey is
concerned, Loughlin said.
Two weeks ago a survey was be-
gun Of the Sunset Park section. It
is still underway. 1t is being con-
Quoted as if there were no water
system there at all, but it will be
simple operation to adjust the
map to include existing facilities,
it was said.
The mapping survey, LougAlin
said, not only is intended for the
immediate future, but also has
long-range uses. After the survey
is complete, the material will be
plotted on key maps to give an
overall picture.
The city already owns the water
mains and pipes in the Forest Hill
Oeandar section since the develop
ments authors installed the water
and sewerage facilities and dded-
ed them to the city. Unlike Sunset
Park, this section has fire protec-
tion
According to w. E. Evans,
superintendent of city water and
sewerage department, Sunset Park
residents can be furnished an ade-
quate supply of water for domes-
tic usage and fire protection from
the l6-inch main that skirts Sunset
Park and follows the Carolina
Beach highway to Maffitt Village.
1T will be simple to drop fire
hydrants at specified points and
supply them with water without
diminishing the supply for domes-
tic uses" Evans said. For the