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Hy a4 -Innocag4-$vatande.
Aa we.sat on the ~aWelines at.the
city connetl~meeting last night lis-
tening to the discussion o€ the sew-
age disposal plant~we couldn't holp
but remember how many hundreds
of dines we have heard that matter
cussed aad disEusaed since the lime
Mayor'COn Leevet".got mad and tore
up the'papers and washed hie hands
of the whole matter. Ever since the
big flood of 1827 which washed
away the big gravel her which had
been used as a natural filter for
Central.Polnt sewage, and changed
the channel of the creek so as to
bring it right up to the end of the
big discharge pipe so"the raw sew-
age wee dumped directly into the
creek, those in the know felt that
SOME •DAY such dumping would
have to stop.
~~ RIWEII
The city council mot in adjourned
session lest night with Mayor Scott
in the chair. The matter ofry~eplac-
ing the broken standplpe~a ~}he: city
well was taken up and't~e 6~id of
R. H. Puddycomb, of.~t~i1~Qi1;,-was
accepted and the woYls f~,i~}defedl
started at once. The' plpg~ liiadiilg ~
from the ground tp~ the"tio~tom of
Ehe big lank wilt lie replaced with
steel, pipe. and ~lpau'ffited to protect
It from f[osti:~:Yiater the matter of
repaigtng'the:'tenk end repainiipg
it will be.,t9~Cen up when the weath-
er pertni~i~sk..
I Thlsr ~!lttbil`. also considered the I
seW.tt~`hg,~`_•, f~pps`al.project which heel
w..:
6aen-~,liiw~a6eyance for some time.,
Y!t{ir~rPti(IilYcbmb was esxed to pro-.
pe$e'.a'~hety estimate as tb the eost~
of building our own disposal plant.
It is believed that such' a plant can •
be built'for less money than coupl-"
3ng to the Merftord-Camp Wbite
ll P
- ne. ressure >9 being,ljrssq
~ught~6y~
,
the state health auihoF(t~ga.:'`td;het
But every city coun~',il, after dis- this matter under way so tha£tfie
cussing the matter anal perhaps even dumping of raw sewage into Hear
taking some action, finally dropped Creek can •be stopped as soon as
it•like a hot poker and so it has possible. 1
go7te From year to year. Now, again The matter of condemning the old
the state health authnriEies are get- pioneer Club building on the corner.
ling aB het up shout it and saying of Second and Pine streets was
that $OME'1'H1NG MUST BE DONE taken up. Fire Chief Tharp made
about it_ We thought the -matter a report of Che condition of the old
was all settled a couple oP years ago building and his report was endor-
when the people voted to issue sad by the £ire " Committee. The
$70,000 in bonds to build t5e pl¢nf. council voted to notitly the owner
Then came. the proposal to connect to stop repair work now going on
onto the Medtord-Camp White line until the building can 6e inspected
and use the facilities akeady built. by the ataEe fire mazshars office. It
Tho council was ail set to go a!xead is.-said that no permit for the re-
with the building, but when the pairing'of the building has ever tell;
engineers who had been handling issued by the city.
the .preliminary plans suddenly The laying oY n trunk sewer in the
changed their minds about the con- pastern part of the city was tSen
neefing to the Medford tine, ihcy taken up. This is ong of the
n
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h
dropped the whole-thing for a limey aches Itaiided down $p the old C
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n-
' - cil and has been hanging fke for a -
While the vn•iter is no engineer we ~ long time. After some discussion
never could see the sense of buffd- the question was again laid on the
ing the most • elaborate plant that table for further investigation.
money could buy far a city of O. H. Bengtson, the newly ap-
several times the size of Ehis,- when Pointed .city attorhey ~ arrived late'
a much cheaper plant could be con- to"the meeting and was introduced
structed nearer our size and finan- by the mayor.. Mr. Bengtson is Eak-
cial capabilities. PJe seem io re- ing the place of Harry Skyrmbh,
member that the figure once set by who asked to give up the work. He
the PWA for the job was about was recently re-appointed as a mem-
$20,000. Now even at double t`e- bar of the Medford water commis-
prices for labor, ate, theq seem to sion and felt that he should not act
think the should pay trom $70,000 ~ ettot•ney for a customer of that
to $80,000. How : ome? _I body.
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