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Show OUTFALL SEWER SYSTEM IS I ABSOLUTE NECESSITY AND II ADDITIONAL FUND NEEDED I IhII Commissioner and City Engineer Explain Facts About Plan for Better Sanitary Conditions Throughout City; Declare i That Health of Present and Future Generations Is at Stake ; Storm Sewer Also Needed to Prevent Floods in Various Areas and Give FVoper Drainage. I The main out-fall sewer is an ab-i solute necessity to the health of Ogden Og-den City. Not only will It carry tho sewage for the present sewer system, but It will provide ienr facilities frj the entire district north of Ogden riv-, er. There was voted $325,000 fori this sewer some time ago, but a total1 of at least $650,000 Is needed to doj the work, so an additional $325,000 j ls being asked for. Since prices are, getting back to normal, It La though I by experts that this amount will put. the main out-fall sewer complete-Any complete-Any citizen who will Investigate un-sinltary un-sinltary conditions, under which people peo-ple are forced to live in districts wlth-i out sewage, will bo convinced ftf th necessity of voting bonds for this pur-poso pur-poso The present system is very good, ex-1 copt as to the main trunk line to! carry the sewage out of the city, andi the new out-fall sewer corrects this and takes the sewage so far that there; ilS not danger to health from it The health of not only this, but future generations Is at stake. Vote for the out-fall sewer bonds. j (Signed) J. R. WARD, Commissioner. I BANn KY M BItS. Amount requested in bond -issue I $32"., 000. At tho present time one-half of the area f Ogden Oity, embracing that j area north Of Ogden river, has no i sewer svstem The Item for sanitary sewers in bond Issue In the amount of i$32u.O0O, together with the amount 'voted on In 1919 which amounted to $3 000. It ls thought will be tho amount necessary for the construction J of the main out-fall sewer, not only to provide that district north of Og-detl Og-detl river and east of Wall avenue : with o sewerage system, but also to carry the pVesent discharge of sewage sew-age at WebOf river and West Twenty -first street to a point further down Weber river, approximately six miles The state board of health Insists that Ogden City; make a change from I tho present method of discharge the city sewage. This is a sanitary question ques-tion and a thing that affects the life and well-being of every Inhabitant of the city. It Is therefore, absolutely necessarv, If we arc to proceed with the construction of the out-fall sewer, sew-er, that we have an additional amount 'of $325,000. making a total uf $650.-OOO $650.-OOO on hand for the construction of the main out-fall sewer. This amount tho board of commissioners feel wJJl bo sufficient to cover the cost of con- , I Hiring 1920 bids were solicited for LLLfl the construction of the main out-fall sewer and one bid was received H amounting to something over $s00,- H 000, same being rejoctcd as being too . high, and it ls believed by the com- H mission that the main out-fall sewer B can he built for $650,000. half of H which is being asked for now, the bal- H ance having been previously voted on H (Signed) JOSEPH M.TRACY 1 LH City Engineer. j STORM si w ER& Amount requested in bond issue The amount to be expended in the ,H construction of storm sewers will prl- I manly depend upon which streets in the city are to bo paved, but outside Of that item the commission is looking forward to the- abatement of the con- J dltion now existing along Wall ave- nue from Twentieth strict south to' L Twenty-eighth street, in which district the storm water at the present time is discharged into the sanitary sewer h runs north along Wall avenue H .in! atlmi ! 'if I.e. i-. v rains this tary sewer is taxed beyond its capac-ilv, capac-ilv, resulting In tho flooding of base-mints base-mints and streets In that vicinity. That district in Ogden lying between Thirty-third street and Twenty-eighth street -ind J fferson avenue and Pa- iJ Iciflc avenue ls not at the present time j provided with ample drainage facill- H PCles which results in very unsanitary i LLV land unsatisfactory conditions during LLLI I the fall, winter and spring months of the year, there being no adequate out-j out-j let for the storm waters gathering In 'H said district if this trouble is to be I iLLl abated in that vicinity, storm sewers ' 'LsE I must be constructed and they should be constructed before any paving or liLLl I permanent improv ements such as , ;B i curbs, gutters and sidewalks are built. ' iLLI jthus providing for the successful car- j 'H Irving off of the storm water g.-ther- , H ling therein. j H An stated above, the amount need- Hi iH !ed for the construction of storm sew- jH ers will depend primarily upon the H streets paved or curbed and guttered. f but In any case there are certain ' ILLI parts of the city that at the present j time badly need drainage. j (Signed) JOSEPH M. TRACY. j - City Engineer. ' LLeE |