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Show GUI DiK 10 BE COMPLETE City Engineer Explains Value of Proposed Sewage System Sys-tem to Be Built FIftpen years of effort has at last ! resulted iii definite action in regart1 tc completing Ogdcn's . sewage pystem pnd the Installation of the main outfall power in the Thirci ward district 131 which will begin during thp coming summer, will place Ogden's system on I a par with that of the most efficient 'systems in any city in the United Slates .according to City Engineer Joseph Jo-seph M. Tracy. An appropriation of $o25,000 has been secured for the work and following a call forbids which will ;ti.ke place within a few days, the preparations prep-arations for actual work will be inaugurated, in-augurated, Mr. Tracy said. "The new system will be one of great .advantage to the city," Mr. Tracy declared," de-clared," for with Its completion, ih's I entire drainage of the city will have 'hr-en effected. -It will mean that, the sewage water will be taken six mil 13 farther from the city limits nnd emitted emit-ted whore there will be no danger of (spreading Infection." 1 Outlet Near Plain City. I "The converging point of the new sstem will br at Twenty-first and 'Wall streets and from here it will run to the lowest portion of the city, the Lorthwest section. From here it will run west to the Weber river nnd empty J rear Plain City." "At present tho northwest section ol Ogden is entirely without a sewer syetcin and the new outfall sower will provide for the drainage of this portion, por-tion, completing the entire city system j r.nd leaving no district without a! sewer." "Actual work on the outfall sewer will undoubtedly begin during 'he coming com-ing summer, although It will require a year's time to complete the installation installa-tion and put the system Into action. At I a recent meeting of the city commission commis-sion the plans and specifications for the work were unanimously approved I and authority-given for the advertise-1 advertise-1 ment of hlds on the part of contractors. contrac-tors. The bids will be opened within a few day.j and following the. securing secur-ing of a contract the ground will be broken. , Made of Concrete. "The new sewer will be made of concrete and will vary In size trom 42 to 60 inches at various points vac pctual beginning of work on the sys- tern will be a matter of much satls-I satls-I faction to both the city commission 'and the residents of the northwest. I section, for it will mean that the goal which has been sought for years, has :at last been reached." ! no |