Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1914 — By All Means Lower Sewer to Cullen Street. [ARTICLE]

By All Means Lower Sewer to Cullen Street.

The work of re-laying the Washington street sewer is progressing slowly owing to the quicksand and weather. It is thought that the quicksand, however, has been passed and that the work will progress more rapidly from now on. There is talk of stopping the work at Van Rensselaer street. If this is done it will be a great mistake and it is to be hoped that the sewer committee will decide to continue the work of lowering the sewer to Cullen street at this time, as much of the digging has already been done, and after the new brick street is laid in a bed of cement it. will be impossible to lower the sewer at some future time without the expenditure of an immense sum of money. The work can be done now without'® very great expenditure of money and it should be done at this time by all means, so as to provide future basement drainage for the business, lots on the east side of the public square, as the city engineer has found that the Harrison strete sewer is not of sufficient depth or capacity to provide basement drainage. Later when the dd mand arises the work of lowering the sewer from Cullen street east could be done, as Washingtori street east of Oullen will not be bricked at the present time