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Show STATEMENT IS MADE ' vON SEWER EXTENSION CUy Engineer Ans-wera Complaints and Explains Exact Situation. I In reply to complaints from many' 1 property oriier'?, assessed under sewer 1 extension 32. ivhieh is the b: ex-I ; tension for the e-,eivering of all uuf-ow- I ered portion-, of the fit;-', the dty en- igineer issued a statement to the public J yesterday expismtng the conditional complained of. i Many property owners have objected ! to paying the a-sessment on the ground that they cannot connect with aud u?o I the sewers for which they are taxed ! until aftT the main outlet -ewer has been built. Other complaints have been made concerning the condition of the streets earned by interrupt'-d work on the sewers. Following is the engineer's statement: There appears to be a misundcr-etandinjj misundcr-etandinjj on the part of some property ovnerfl in the new Fewer district in the southern part of the 'city as to the tirno necessary to complete the sewer extension '(No. 328;, and aio as to the time that must elapse lie fore house conn ;. tions can be male. The fact is t iiat on abou t one-thiM one-thiM of' the sewer already laid house connections can be' made n t any time, and within-about ninety (iavs hon;e connections can be made nn any part of the sewer now j com oleted. ri ii e con tract for this hewer, whih was to Mr. enry 0. L"len on September 21 laU, calls for the completion of the improvement improve-ment within '.'')) working days, which will brinjr; it within about the end of thin year. Under the rather adverse weather conditions wh if h have prevailed since the con tr net w.n started, remarkably re-markably f;ood jjrnreH.s has been made. The contractor expects to coinmenco work aain in crmiet wit h i n about two weeks. In Urn meantime plans are beinj? prepared for the per ma ncnt on t let sewer i t h roiK'h the we- tnrn pa rt of the city, which is to be paid for under the bond issue, nnd bids will he a-d:ed for shortlv for this improve-- i in cut, wh ieh will prnba hi v rw?ii ro I from nirio to twelve months to ! complete. |