The First Step Towards Sewerage

The joint committee on sewerage, composed of members of council, board of public works aud Business Men's association, met last Friday evening in the council chamber. After discussing several plans they decided to recommend that the council send a delegation to the legislature, allowing the people to raise $20,000 for sewerage. Of this $2,000 is to be placed upon the tax rolla this year, and the remaining $18,000 to be divided into instalments of $3,000 each, the first of which is to beliquidated the year after the last hospital bonds become due. The plan contemplates the assessment of the cost of lateral Bewers upon property-owners benefitted. On Saturday evening the council adopted the suggestions of the committee, and this week Attorney Norria and Clerk Miller have been interviewingthe legislature.