The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-20


Richmond concern had made
three trips to clean out the septic
tank, many feet Of pipeline had to
be dug out. replaced with larger
pipe and the earth replaced. The
lob took two days and many dol
lars
Leonard Spake. with Lyttle and
/ Barnes Sanitation Company. said
the particular system had too many
buildings on it, causing the system
to be overloaded.
The septic tank and drain field
arc on a lot owned by Guy Wootten
A building on the same lot owned
By Wootten and leased to motor
company is also on the system. but
that line comes into the system
below where the stoppage occurred
Shifting The Cost
Wootten says he has spent $500
putting IN the septic tank. drain
field and filter. He thinks the
cost Of this latest trouble should
fall on the county which owns the
office building and barber shop:
Leander Scott and r w Fleming
who own the drug store. and the
Joseph Irving estate, which owns
the post office building and the gro
Gerry store None of these places
has room on the properties for a
drain field Sd must use the ore on
the Wootten land
Money. which the individual
owner must put INTO costly repairs
for his own system. could we'll 90
into the monthly cost Of a copntv
owned system with no worry of a
breakdown BIZ the user according
o Development officials IN the
county
Tha Amelia Development As-
saelaMon IS proposing 10 relieve
iIle problem Of individual sewage
a posal IN tlle congo ted areas
MlFre heath authorities ard doe
tals .aN the stGaion us approacii-
iAs dangerous condition.
The association first tried to pro-
mote both water and sewerage for
Amelia bat it was found to be
teo costly A preliminary survey
bg q firm OF consulting engineers
estimated the cost Of the proposed
system of $50 900 Tho system first
offered called for sanitary dix
trict to serve 230 buildings. two
schools and a dairy within IN area
Of one ard one-halt square miles
Efforts to establish both a water
'and sewerage system for the ap-
prcxinately 800 residents in Amelia
Who have only wells and septic
tanks have temporarily been
abandoned, due to the high cost
estimated fol- construction Of the
system.
However. the Amelia Develop
ment Association is now pushing
for a sewerage system which would
cost 1855 900. Project chairman.
Charles A. Holman, III, said today
that further progress is pending un-
til a survey can be completed on
the recently proposed sanitary dis
trict
If such plan is approved the
cost of the county would be an
estimated $1,000 in annual pay
ments over a period of q or %
years. The basic charge assessed
for minimum home use Of sewerage
facilities would be S. a month.
A sanitary district was declared
4 September 49, 1910 in Amelia to
include the business section and the
schools. This district is still in
effect and the Development As
+ sociation must first seek its abolish
ment before new one can be es-
tablished This step has been taken
by the association in the light of
a warning issued by Dr.. James T.
O'Neal, Amelia physician that the
situation was potential health
menace.
Rural citizens in the county have
questioned the value of such a
system al the cost Of supporting 2
bond issue which they say would
not benefit them Association Of
ficials have~come back with the
answer that they would benefit
through the use Of the facilities in
the schools. as well as the in
creased chances for safe wells in
the entire area.