SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., SEWERS

Description of sewers referred to in the recommendation of the board of health of the village of Saranac Lake, N. Y., dated September 21, 1899, and in the recommendation of the board of trustees of said village dated September 23, 1899, both of which were transmitted to the State Board of Health on September 29, 1899:

MAIN TRUNK SEWER

Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Main and River streets in said village; thence easterly through private property about 150 feet to the south bank of the Saranac river; thence along the south bank of said river to the intersection of Broadway and Woodruff streets by the route shown on the accompanying map; thence along Woodruff street to the angle therein. near the south bank of the Saranac river; thence across said river and along the north bank thereof to and across Pine street; thence along the north bank of said river to the outlet shown on said map.

The sizes of the main trunk sewer are to be as follows: From Main street to the bank of the Saranac river, 18 inches in diameter; along the south bank of the river and Woodruff street and to the manhole on the north bank of the river just east of Trestle street, 20 inches in diameter; from the above-mentioned manhole to the outlet, 24 inches in diameter.

The elevation and rate of fall of said sewer shall be as shown on the accompanying profile thereof.

NORTH TRUNK SEWER

Beginning at the center of Broadway at the north end of the bridge crossing the Saranac river; thence along the north side of the river by the route shown on the general sewer plan for said village to the manhole on the proposed main trunk sewer just east of Trestle street. The north trunk sewer is to be 18 inches in diameter, and it is to be laid at the rate of fall and grade elevations shown on the general sewer plan of said village, and is also shown on the accompanying profile thereof.

MAPLE STREET SEWER

Beginning at the manhole on the proposed north trunk sewer at the intersection of the center lines of Lake, Maple and Main streets in said village; thence southerly on Maple street to the last angle therein before reaching a street leading east from Maple street, a distance of about 1800 feet, also northerly from said manhole to the river.

The size of the Maple street sewer is to be 10 inches, and the elevation and rate of fall thereof are to be as shown on the accompanying profile thereof.

SEWER ON A PORTION OF BROADWAY AND ON A PORTION OF

AMPERSAND AVENUE

Beginning at a point in the present 6-inch sewer on Broadway, 15 feet south of the center of the present flush tank thereon; thence northerly along Broadway 254 feet to the intersections of the center lines of Broadway and Ampersand avenue; thence westerly on Ampersand avenue a distance of 500 feet to the first summit in said avenue west of Elm street.

The sewers on Broadway and Ampersand avenue are to be 6 inches in diameter, and the elevations and rates of fall are to be as shown on the accompanying profile therefor.

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., SEWERS

Proposed changes in the general sewer plan for the village of Saranac Lake, N. Y., under chapter 414 of the laws of 1897.

GROVE STREET DISTRICT

Run an S-inch sewer on Grove street from Highland avenue to Columbia avenue flowing towards Columbia avenue; thence Columbia avenue to the first bend therein south of Grove street; thence across private property down the bluff to and across Bloomingdale avenue to the Saranac river, using the river as a temporary outlet.

Change the direction of the sewers on Highland, Park, Grove and Columbia avenue to correspond with the changes proposed in the direction and depth on Grove street.

DORSEY STREET INTERCEPTOR

Carry the Maple street main sewer along the left bank of the Saranac river to the head of the Dorsey street interceptor, entering it at the foot-bridge.

Change the sizes of the Dorsey street interceptor, making them as follows: From the center of Broadway to the foot-bridge, 15 inches; from the foot-bridge to the intersecction of Maple and Lake streets, 12 inches in diameter.

Change the grades on the Dorsey street interceptor to correspond to those shown on the accompanying profile thereof.

MAPLE STREET MAIN SEWER

Change the grade of the Maple street main sewer to correspond with the grades shown on the accompanying profile of the Dorsey street interceptor, and use a rate of fall on Maple street of .20 feet per 100 feet on Maple street from Lake street to the foot of the interceptor on the west bank of Lake Flower.

The changed grade elevations will be as follows: Maple street and Lake street, 1457 feet; Maple at foot of interceptor on west bank of Lake Flower, 1460.6 feet. To carry out the idea of keeping the interceptor on the west side of Lake Flower as high as is practicable in order to avoid expensive work below the water level of the lake, the same rate of grade should be used on that interceptor to the third manhole east of Maple street continued. At that manhole a sewage lift should be built to raise the sewage collected from the streets in that vicinity up to the grade of the interceptor, using the sewage itself as power.

SPECIFICATIONS

The specifications accompanying the general sewer plan, a copy of which is hereto attached, shall apply to the proposed changes.

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y.

Description of a sewer to be built in Trestle street, Saranac Lake, N. Y., referred to in the recommendation of the board of health of said village, dated November 8, 1899, and in the rec

ommendation of the board of trustees of said village, and in recommendation of the board of sewer and water commissioners of said village dated November 17, 1899, and presented to the State Board of Health February 1, 1900.

Beginning at the intersection of Trestle street and the Saranac river, thence north on said street a distance of 450 feet to a flush tank. The sewer is to be six inches in diameter and to be laid on the grades shown on the general sewer plan for said village.

FISHKILL LANDING, N. Y.

Separate sewer system

Plans providing for a separate sewer system for the entire village were approved by this Board April 27, 1900.

The sewage from the main system is to be collected by gravity at the foot of Main street, whence it will flow under the waters of the Hudson river 1300 feet to the channel bank.

A small portion of the southerly part of the town will be sewered directly into the Hudson river through the Denning avenue outlet, which is about 4200 feet south of the Main street outlet. The plans contemplate the possibility of a disposal plant at some future time, to be located at a point on the Main street outlet at the river shore. The engineer's report follows:

SEWERS OF FISHKILL LANDING, N. Y.

ENGINEER'S REPORT, TOGETHER WITH ESTIMATE OF COST, CONTRACT, SPECIFICATIONS, ETC.

To the Honorable President and Board of Trustees of the Village Fishkill Landing, N. Y.:

Gentlemen I herewith transmit plans and specifications of a sewerage system for your town.

This system contemplates the removal of household sewage and to some extent the subsoil water. It does not provide for

nor contemplate the admission of any storm water. Several of your members have expressed their desire that some provision be made for the removal of storm water in certain localities. The localities where the storm water has been found troublesome can be drained more economically by an entirely separate system.

The topographical conditions existing in your town divide it into two general slopes. One toward the west, the Hudson river slope; the other toward the east, toward the Matteawan creek.

However desirable the removal of the storm water may be, still as a menace to health and soil pollution it is not commensurate with the sewage from the household.

Having a limited population and assessed valuation I fully appreciate your determination to practice the most rigid economy. Hence one of the first requisites is to eliminate the idea of an extensive system of storm-water sewers, which seldom need be coextensive with those required for the removal of house sewage.

On the western slope at the present time there is not a pressing need for the removal of the storm water, except possibly on Beekman street and Main street.

A storm-water sewer on Beekman street need not be expensive, and the present outlet near the railroad bridge can be utilized, which would not be the case if the wastes from the household were admitted to the sewer. Main street has a cement sewer of from 12 inches to 20 inches in diameter which is now used as a partial combined sewer.

With a small expenditure for inlets and the elimination of the house sewage, this sewer, while of limited area, could neverthe less be made to do good service.

On the eastern slope, which has a much less rate of inclination, there has been considerable annoyance from storm water.

This storm water, however, can be conducted by several short sewers into what is called the ditch, a small stream tributary to the Matteawan creek, much more economically than enlarging the long trunk line sewer on South Chestnut street, West Center