The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-14
Council Makes Application ForFederal
Funds To Build Sewage Disposal Plant
Town Manager To
Obtain InterceptOr
Line Right of Way

Farmville town council made
application Tuesday night for
federal assistance in building its
sewage disposal plant. Congress
made a million dollar appro-
priation to help localities with
sewage disposal problems. OF this
amount s1037,450 will be made
available to Virginia localities
Under terms of the appropria-
ton. the ALLEGATION would come
through the State Water Control
Board. The law provides that fed
eral funds may make up not more
than 80 per cent of the total cost
or S250,000, whichever is smaller.
Deadline for the application is
Dec. 81. This was the last council
meeting of the year. and thus the
last chance to make application
unless through a special council
meeting.
The town of Farmville is under
directive from the Virginia Water
Control Board to abate OF elimi-
nate pollution of the AppomattoX
River. The present municipal plan
provides for the financing of an
nual extensions of the sewer Sys-
tenn through the so per cent sewer
tax that was imposed in 1854.
This plan was adopted at a public
meeting in November, 1854, and
brings in about $4,000 annually,
Farmville is working under a
firm directive from the Water
Control Board to stop pollution of
the river The main question be-
fore the board is how to accom-
plish this directive.
If the application for federal
funds is approved, and if the
amount of assistance is large
enough. then the town council will
have to call a referendum so that
the question can be referred to the
citizens of Farmville
To Cost 100000
Town Manager L. z Johnston
estimates that the necessary
plant and interceptor line would
cost at least 100000 The most
1 that could be hoped for from the
/ federal funds would be $l25,000
/ to $4,000 That would make over
/ 100000 TO be raised by the town
I OF Farmville through bond issue.
This would have to be approved
by the people before it could be
done.
I Also. if the amount of money
available from federal assistance
/ is of no consequence, the council
can withdraw its request for
money and Kill the action itself,
thus reverting to the plan now
IN effect.
Town Manager Johnston re-
ported that has written to the
Water Control Board explaining
the action taken by the town. The
Board has requested to know when
plans for the treatment plant
would be drawn up and ready
Johnston reported that the plans
would be available by May Is,
1857 Thus bids for building the
plant could be solicited any time
after that date
Johnston also reported that the
town is about one and onc-half
years ahead of the schedule origl
nally agreed upon in 1854. Ac-
cording to that schedule the ex-
tension Of sewer lines, such as the
Virginia Street line. would be
complete by 1858. Then the money
about $4,000, would be set
aside annually until 100000 was
accumulated. With that much on
hand the treatment plant could
be started and the rest financed
through a bond issue. This would
be about 1864
The plant site is already &C
CURED. 1t is near the former town
dump on the north end of Bridge
street near the Appomattox riv-
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