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Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County

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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 23<br />

SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />

Sewerage See: Big Ditch. Hiram Swezey. Swezey Ditch. Cary, Trumbell - Morse - Holden.<br />

Sewage Plant (cont) Swezey and Cary suits force the Village to act. To hire a pure water engineer. 11-21-1906<br />

Decisions for Swezey and Cary put the Village in a crisis. 11-22-1906<br />

Cary & Swezey suits move Aldermen to study sewerage. 11-27-1906<br />

Potter Sewer System proposed. 11-28-1906<br />

Court changes - back to 1895 - on sewage violations.<br />

Sewage found in the Creek. The State says a date must be set for building a<br />

8-13-1907<br />

sewer system. 9-10-1907<br />

Estimated cost of the sewer system is $342,000. 9-10-1907<br />

Aldermen vote to submit the sewer plan to the voters in March. 2-13-1908<br />

Sewer issue voted down. 3-10-1908<br />

The Sewer Board resigns as a body. 3-18-1908<br />

Aldermen adopt a tentative sewer plan. 4-30-1908<br />

Potter plan for sewers adopted - same plan voted down a year ago. 7-23-1908<br />

Details of sewer plans to Advisory Committee. 7-25-1908<br />

Sewers draining into Swezey Ditch to be cut off. 10-21-1908<br />

Sewers on Ross, East, Vine, etc stopped to save draining into Swezey Ditch. 10-22-1908<br />

Residents fight the loss of Swezey Ditch. 10-<strong>24</strong>-1908<br />

Ellicott Avenue sewer being cleaned. 10-29-1908<br />

Water again running on Ellicott avenue - tunnel open - work soon done. 12-1-1908<br />

Engineer Hoopes back from consulting Hering and Webster on the sewer survey. 12-23-1908<br />

Swamp behind the State School chosen for sewer bed. 12-30-1908<br />

The State Board approves the sewer plan. 2-26-1909<br />

Sewerage pollution forbidden by the State. 3-30-1909<br />

The Village assessed $250 in the Cary case. 6-19-1909<br />

Residents along the Tonawanda to sue the Village over pollution by sewage. 6-26-1909<br />

Asa Luther of Bushville sues the Village for $10,000 for polluting the Creek. 6-29-1909<br />

Voters vote to build sewers. Hering and Webster of NY drew the plans. 7-1-1909<br />

A parade celebrates the above vote - a bonfire. 7-2-1909<br />

Sewer builders to get busy.<br />

Sewer Commission asks K. B. Mathes to visit sewerage consultant Hering in<br />

7-3-1909<br />

New York. 7-7-1909<br />

Frank Garwood sues the City for $20,000 over creek pollution. 7-9-1909<br />

Hering, of New York, agrees to come to study the Batavia sewage problem. 7-15-1909<br />

Engineer Hering here. 7-26-1909<br />

Charles Hoopes chosen Sewer Engineer. 7-27-1909<br />

Hoopes to NY to consult Hering on plans.<br />

Four actions on list of suits against the Village on sewer menace on the<br />

8-26-1909<br />

Supreme Court Calendar. 9-17-1909<br />

Whole article on the situation to date - pictures of the committee. 9-25-1909<br />

Aldermen open bids for sewer work. Picture of the men to do the work. 9-26-1909<br />

Sewer contract signed by Sweeney. 10-11 to 18-1909<br />

Sewer bids low enough. 10-14-1909<br />

Bids on Sewerage Building $375,000.<br />

Board lets contract for building mains, Force Main and Effluent Sewer Aggregate<br />

$252,703.27 to Thomas Sweening Co. of Pittsburg. Bid not let for pumping<br />

10-15-1909<br />

well and addition Municipal Plant. 10-16-1909<br />

Sewer builders sign contracts. 11-11-1909<br />

Big Ditch near State Street rebuilt. 11-13-1909<br />

Tiles for sewer on the way. 11-20-1909<br />

Actual digging begins - at Municipal Plant. 12-2-1909<br />

Sewer construction extended to West Main.<br />

Award contract for well and building - to Schaefer & Lock; Edward J. Dellinger<br />

1-3-1910<br />

for the building. 1-5-1910<br />

Sewer pipes pass under West Main Street 10' to 12' below the surface. 2-4-1910<br />

Ditch digging machine now working on sewers. 2-16-1910<br />

Plates for the sewer caisson are here - to be assembled by Warsaw-Wilkinson Co. 3-2-1910

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