Show PLANS CAUSE GAUSE lOSS LOS Damage From Water the Result Re Re- suit sult of Serious Mistake of One City Official lJ SEWERS ARE TOO SMALl Drain Pipes at I Intersections I Inadequate In- In nf n- n f adequate to Carry Off t. t Storm Waters t f p One of ot the most harmful mi mistake I o of the city engineering department i 1 Is the system of or storm sewers on the tho ne new nev asphalt and macadam streets and ancI this thI was as emphasized yesterday more that than at nt an any other time when it was shown Intersections an art that the tho at the Inadequate for or tho the storm water Along Second avenue the mistake 1 Is h most glaring The storm water rushed down on the street yesterday and the thc waterways S at the Intersections were verc j far fur too inadequate to handle it The Thc plans plan as as devised by br tho the city engineering engineer engineer- ing depart provide for fOl a n twelve twel inch each aeh of the Inter pipe at corner tion lion This ris pipe runs through th I cement curb turns abruptly hack and Jo goes goCs s under tho the water mains in the i street In order to get the pipe under 1 the water mains it was reduced to six Inches In lit size S Sj T Ts 5 Inadequate For the most ordinary rain this IsI Is la t Inadequate and rind the result Is that the theP P- P I r. r water races through h tho street regardless regard regard- I r less e s of the gutter damaging the U it iti macadam to a great extent snaking making f i uncomfortable for pedestrians and overrunning property From Second East street cast east to toI i Eighth East nast on Second South street I there I Is no Intersection that was not flooded by water yesterday t Tho The drain drainpipes drainpipes under the pipes that run rtin plates at the four corners of or the thc In Intersections In- In f i. i tot sections are aro so o poorly placed and of mall size that the water cannot cannot cannot can can- not be carried away awny through that i source The Tho ho r result ull II In each case along Second cond South street Is that the water walet barks backs up Into Inlo the street t carrying mud with It Tho Tue street department Is 15 caused a S. S great deal of extra work on account t of or the tho ho bungling worl work o of the city en n Incer After r each storm hn hin hns subsided sub Sill I sided of the street department depart depart- ment are compelled to shovel up the f 1 dirt and gravel and carry carn It away awa r from the fhe asphalt street where the Avater has deposited ed it Intersections Flooded At t the newest intersections all aU over the Ole city the stor story Is the tiLe same The Thc mall drainpipes and waterways be become become be- be come ome clogged very easily and tho the escape of or the water is shut off The J manholes are arc blocked oft off and the i water rushes out Into the street At C.- C. Slate State and and FIfth South street yesterday the water on the asphalt pavement pavementS S was several inches deep Notwithstanding Notwithstanding standing the fact that the street was e recently paved and that tho the specifications ca- ca dons for the work supposed to I he or othe the latest atc pattern the drains are arc rI wholly to cope with the conditions r The storm of oC yesterday dIll did not bring down any more water than an average C storm torm but the volume showed up larger In the paved streets because of tho fact hat that tho engineering department department depart depart- ment meat had hall made scant provision at the intersections where the lie manholes arc are placed I |