An Estimate Of The Cost

The Daily 'rimes has been a consistent advocate of sewers, loti for Ann Arboc aod Ypsilanti. Ar the tatter place, the proposition carried, .';: here the opposition of those in position !iavc practicaüy smothered it ior n time. Lu a loug artlcle apon the subject, the Times of Aug. 27th bas the tollfowing, relatlve to the' ' greal h-ie cost ol Bewers for the entire city: ■i miirht l)o well to figure out the exact oost ol a complete system of sewerage tor Ann Arbbr and ïhe way in wWch It would lh distributed. In the first piac:' h: many miles ol newerage tvould be aecessary to eover iiii Arbor completely? The water works at present have -7 miles ol pipes, and outside ol the main which ronnects with the pumping works, aboul LT) miles. The water works eystem certainly covers as much rii ,vy ,".s could be covered by a sewerage system, and go that may be taken as an extreme limit, while in ïact ihe sewerage system would cover f, ir vss territory. "Frum the experience ol other cities approximate cosí per mile of the separate i-vmcmi can be placed ar from 55,000 iii $6,000 per mile, accordlng ii) locality. At Kalamazoo the average cost is about $5,80( ■. ineluding the main, and the High School sewer is being built by Hutxel S at a cost "f 87 L-2 cents a loot or $4,720 per mile. This sewer v.-ill be 20 p lor a considerable dislaniT. which is lar more than the ordinary dept!; :h doubles the (.ost ol eonstructlon, as the dirt must handled twice. ■■ is hut reasonable to expect then the sewers can be built in Ann Arbor at an avera i ol $5,000 per mile, r - milos of sewer svould represent a total vost ol $125, $75,000 short of the xtravi ra ol the opponents 1 - ",-m thls Rum would nt sed by the city. Thirty ■cent ■ Ib ;; very low rat asee rty hich ia ■■. (lid represent a tm al mile or for 24 miles, leavins; o ile ol main non assessable, "Taking :-:.s,n.; from $125,000 would leave $8,6'. ■ paid for by general taxation. figures and no ■ono wil] c'.:iim tliat an. su. bnih or aré m n mounced ■■!■ ignorantly or malicj sropresentiag irs. Uteen miles of s iwerage will öioroughly, and many citii or t less than tiiai. Fifteen miles ol sewerage wlll $75,000, ol Vi 'iic ■ plan trtiich haa been designated, $51,240 v, .:i : fund 3,760 by 1 1 e propert y benefiti "Ib i ia ■ : c systera i. en built in one year, In cases taking from year ■ ■ wil] put a mi ate estímate on it and say fchai H v.ii'iiii completed in Uhree years, Ich would be an ayerage of $17, 180 i4ii ol hhe general fund Eund $7,1 by special aent. The mioimt our ol the genera] funfl ld be greater the first year than ■ eding 5 ears, on accou building the main serwer and might Ixsput at $25,000. Tuis is on the bas-Lof completing i iir system In three üy taster work than will be dom-. "Noov, ii (ellOWS who have ab int the neccsisiity ol bonding the city for $200,000 will plea : i .■ put ■ they expected tn spend the $100,000 or so xviiidi T.-jii nut be needed for the er system. 1 he public will feel e iMd they want to have some pickings tnem ' or did tney simply raise that cry for the purpose of killing i nrerage ?"