Show PLACING DRAIN BRAIN PIPE 4 city lingin engineer iee and road supervisor are active r under the supervision i of the city engineer and ulo the r road cia d supervisor a drain pipe is being laid on madison avenue between twenty seventh and twenty eighth street for the purpose of conveying the water that backs up in the middle of the tile block cast east of the street to a canal at the base of the bench the work is being done on the order of the city council whose aid was requested request ed by residents in that section I 1 I 1 it is claimed that the pipe will drain not only the block bounded oy madl son and monroe avenues T twenty wenty sev anth and twenty eighth street but several blocks through which a natural swell runs unless an immense volume of water comes down the swall there will be no more damage done to houses by the water backing up and undermining foundations several residences were rendered practically useless during the heavy storms and thaws of a mo month nth ago |