HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report on our examination of plans for proposed sewer extension in the city of Binghamton, Broome county, submitted to this Department for approval by the city engineer on behalf of the Common Council on May 3, 1917. The plans provide for an 8-inch sewer in Louisa street extending from Robinson street to a point near George street, a distance of approximately 600 feet. It is to be constructed with a slope of .817 per cent and is to be tributary to the existing sewer in Robinson street which empties into the Chenango river through the Susquehanna street outlet. The sewage from this outlet is to be intercepted by the intercepting sewer of the city now under construction. From our examination of the plans it is found that the proposed sewer if properly constructed should satisfactorily meet the needs for which it was designed and I would, therefore, recommend that the plans be approved and a permit be issued allowing the temporary discharge of sewage from the proposed sewer into the Chenango river at the foot of Susquehanna street. Respectfully submitted, ALBANY, N. Y., May 7, 1917 PERMIT THEODORE HORTON, Application having been duly made to the State Commissioner of Health, as provided by section 77 of chapter 49 of the Laws of 1909, the "Public Health Law," as amended by chapter 553 of the Laws of 1911, constituting chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws, permission is hereby given to the Common Council of the city of Binghamton to discharge sewage from the proposed sewer in Louisa street into the waters of Chenango river at Susquehanna street, within the municipality of Binghamton, in accordance with the plans accompanying the petition, under the following conditions: 1. That this permit shall be revocable at any time or subject to modification or change when in the judgment of the State Commissioner of Health such revocation, modification or change shall become necessary. 2. That the issuance of this permit shall not be deemed to affect in any way action by this Department on any future application that may be made for permission to discharge additional sewage or effluent into the waters of this State. 3. That this permit shall expire on October 1, 1917, unless this time shall be extended by the State Commissioner of Health. M. NICOLL, JR., Acting Deputy State Commissioner of Health May 9, 1917 HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report on our examination of plans for a proposed system of sewers in the westerly section of the city of Binghamton, Broome county, submitted to this Department for approval by the city engineer on behalf of the Common Council on April 5, 1917. The plans provide for a proposed system of sewers in what is known as the Riverside Drive section south of Harrison street in the western part of the city and show sewers in Riverside Drive, LeRoy street, Highland avenue, West End avenue, Crary avenue, Giles street, Matthew street, Wheeler avenue and Helen street. A portion of these sewers are to discharge into the Fourth ward outfall sewer at LeRoy street. The other portions of the system are to discharge into the Susquehanna river through two new outlets, one of which is to be 24 inches in diameter and the other 18 inches in diameter. These outlets are to discharge into the river at points 850 and 1,750 feet respectively, west of the Fourth ward outfall sewer. The proposed sewers, excepting the outlet sewers, are to vary in size from 8 to 10 inches in diameter and are to be constructed with slopes sufficiently steep to provide self-cleansing velocities in them under ordinary conditions. Manholes are to be constructed at all points of change of slope and alignment and at intermediate points not more than 400 feet apart. According to the plans and data submitted by the city engineer, the two new outlets into the river are either to be intercepted by section 2 of the proposed intercepting sewer west of the Fourth ward outfall sewer, in accordance with plans approved by this Department on March 8, 1911, or if the sewage disposal plant to be constructed by the city is located near or opposite the Fourth ward outfall sewer, the proposed new outlet sewers will be intercepted by a small intercepting sewer and carried back to the disposal plant. These outlets appear to be at a sufficiently high elevation to permit of carrying the sewage back to the Fourth ward outfall sewer if necessary. From our careful examination of the plans it is found that the design of the proposed sewers is satisfactory with respect to slope, alignments, facilities for cleaning, inspecting and flushing and other features of a hydraulic and sanitary nature, and I would, therefore, recommend that the plans be approved and a permit be issued allowing the temporary discharge of sewage from the proposed sewers into the Susquehanna river at the points of discharge shown by the plans. I would further recommend that the permit contain in addition to the usual revocation and modification clauses, the condition that the sewage from the proposed new outlets be intercepted and conveyed to the sewage disposal works when such disposal works are constructed by the city. ALBANY, N. Y., May 7, 1917 Respectfully submitted, THEODORE HORTON, PERMIT Application having been duly made to the State Commissioner of Health, as provided by section 77 of chapter 49 of the Laws of 1909, the "Public Health Law," as amended by chapter 553 of the Laws of 1911, constituting chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws, permission is hereby given to the Common Council of the city of Binghamton to discharge sewage from the proposed sewers in Riverview avenue and English street into the waters of Chenango river at the foot of Ferry street, within the municipality of Binghamton, in accordance with the plans accompanying the petition, under the following conditions: 1. That this permit shall be revocable at any time or subject to modification or change when in the judgment of the State Commissioner of Health such revocation, modification or change shall become necessary. 2. That the issuance of this permit shall not be deemed to affect in any way action by this Department on any future application that may be made for permission to discharge additional sewage or effluent into the waters of this State. 3. That only sanitary or domestic sewage and no storm water or surface water from streets, roofs or other areas shall be admitted to the proposed sewers. 4. That this permit shall expire on October 1, 1917, unless this time shall be extended by the State Commissioner of Health. M. NICOLL, Jr., May 9, 1917 Acting Deputy State Commissioner of Health HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report on our examination of plans for a proposed sewer extension in the city of Binghamton, Broome county, submitted to this Department for approval by the city engineer on behalf of the common council of the city. The plans provide for an 8-inch sewer in Baxter street extending from the existing sewer in this street at the intersection of Cliff avenue to Holland street, a distance of nearly 550 feet. It is to be constructed on a slope of from 1 to 2 per cent and a manhole is to be installed at the upper end of the sewer and at each point of change of slope. The maximum spacing between two adjacent manholes is to be less than 300 feet. The proposed sewer is tributary to the so-called Downsville sewer system in Binghamton which discharges into the Susquehanna river through the sewer system of Johnson City, formerly the village of Lestershire. The plans for the sewer system in the Downsville sewer district were approved by this Department on January 17, 1912, on the following conditions: "That after September 1, 1914, the sewage to be collected by the proposed sewers shall, by joint arrangement between the city of Binghamton and the village of Lestershire, be passed through the sewage disposal works' of the village of Lestershire, to be constructed as required by and in accordance with plans approved by this Department.” Since the above mentioned plans were approved the question of so locating the proposed sewage disposal works of the city of Binghamton as to permit of intercepting the sewage of Johnson city and disposing of it in the city sewage disposal works has been under consideration but has not been definitely settled. In view of the above and after careful consideration of the essential features of the design of the proposed sewer, I would recommend that the plans for the proposed sewer in Baxter street be approved, and a permit issued allowing the discharge of sewage from this sewer into the Susquehanna river through the outlet sewer of the village of Johnson City. Respectfully submitted, ALBANY, N. Y., December 17, 1917 THEODORE HORTON, Chief Engineer PERMIT Application having been duly made to the State Commissioner of Health, as provided by section 77 of chapter 49 of the Laws of 1909, the "Public Health Law," as amended by chapter 553 of the Laws of 1911, constituting chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws, permission is hereby given to the common council of the city of Binghamton to discharge sewage from the proposed sewer extension in Baxter street into the waters of Susquehanna river through the outlet sewer of the village of Johnson City, within the municipality of Johnson City, in accordance with the plans accompanying the petition, under the following conditions: 1. That this permit shall be revocable at any time or subject to modification or change when in the judgment of the State Commissioner of Health such revocation, modification or change shall become necessary. 2. That the issuance of this permit shall not be deemed to affect in any way action by this Department on any future application that may be made for permission to discharge additional sewage or effluent into the waters of this State. 3. That only sanitary or domestic sewage, and no storm water or surface water from streets, roofs or other areas shall be admitted to the proposed sewers. 4. That whenever required by the State Commissioner of Health arrangements shall be made and carried out for properly treating the sewage to be collected by the proposed sewer either separately or through joint arrangement with the village of Johnson City. M. NICOLL, JR., Deputy State Commissioner of Health December 20, 1917 BRIGHTON (Friendly Home) HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report on our examination of revised plans for sewage disposal for the Friendly Home in the town of Brighton, Monroe county, submitted to this Department for approval on September 6, 1917. The original plans for sewage disposal for this institution were approved on August 22, 1917. These plans provided for a sewage disposal plant consisting of an Imhoff tank, dosing tank and 3 intermittent sand filters. The plant was designed to care for a population of 130 which is the capacity of the institution. It was found that the sand filters were designed to operate at the rate of 100,000 gallons per acre per day based upon a daily per capita contribution of sewage of 60 gallons, or a rate of about 160,000 gallons per acre per day based upon a per capita rate of sewage contribution of 100 gallons per day. This rate would have been excessive and the. plans were therefore approved on condition that the area of the sand filters be increased to 1% times the area shown on the plans so that the contribution of the sewage to the sand filters would not exceed a rate of flow greater than that contributed by 1,000 persons for each acre or fraction thereof in proportion. This would be equal to a rate of filtration of 100,000 gallons per acre per day based on a daily per capita rate of flow of sewage of 100 gallons which rate should not be exceeded. The plans now submitted show that the sand filters have been enlarged in accordance with the above requirements and the sand filters provided for by the present revised plans have a combined area equal to .13 acre. In view of the above I would recommend that the plans be approved. It should not be necessary, however, to issue a permit in connection with the approval of these plans inasmuch as the permit issued in connection with the approval of the original plans contained the condition "That the sewage disposal works shown by the plans approved this day shall be fully constructed in complete conformity with such plans or approved amendments thereof." ALBANY, N. Y., September 7, 1917 Respectfully submitted, THEODORE HORTON, PERMIT Application having been duly made to the State Commissioner of Health, as provided by section 76 of chapter 49 of the Laws of 1909, the Public Health Law," as amended by chapter 553 of the Laws of 1911, constituting chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws, permission is hereby given to the board of trustees of Friendly Home, town of Brighton, to discharge effluent from the proposed sewage disposal plant to be constructed at Friendly Home into the waters of Allen creek at the point of discharge shown by the plans within the town of Brighton in accordance with the plans accompanying the petition, under the following conditions: 1. That this permit shall be revocable at any time or subject to modification or change when in the judgment of the State Commissioner of Health such revocation, modification or change shall become necessary. 2. That the issuance of this permit shall not be deemed to affect in any way action by this Department on any future application that may be made for permission to discharge additional sewage or effluent into the waters of this State. 3. That the sewage disposal works shown by plans approved this day shall be fully constructed in complete conformity with such plans or approved amendments thereof except as provided in condition 6 of this permit. 4. That only sanitary or domestic sewage, and no storm water or surface water from streets, grounds, roofs or other areas shall be admitted to the proposed sewers and sewage disposal works. 5. That no sewage sludge from any part of the disposal works shall be discharged into Allen creek or any other watercourse or body of water. 6. That the area of the sand filters shall be increased to 12% times the area shown by the plans so that the contribution of sewage to the sand filters shall not exceed a rate of flow greater than that contributed by 1,000 persons for each acre, or fraction thereof, in proportion. M. NICOLL, JR., Deputy State Commissioner of Health August 22, 1917 BRONXVILLE HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report on an examination of the plans for a proposed sewer extension to be built in Oriole avenue in the village of Bronxville, Westchester county, submitted to this Department for approval by the village engineer on behalf of the trustees of the village on November 9, 1917. The plans submitted contemplate the construction of about 800 feet of 8-inch tile sewer to be laid in Oriole avenue south of Woodland avenue. sewer will connect with the general sewerage system of the village, plans for which were approved by this Department on May 14, 1902, and the sewage from the line will be discharged through the Bronx valley sewer into the waters of the Hudson river. The new The grade of the proposed sewer is to be 0.33 per cent, a slope a little flatter than is generally desirable for a sewer of this size; but since a flush tank is provided at the upper end, the sewer, if properly laid, should operate satisfactorily. A manhole is provided at each change in grade and horizontal alignment. The maximum distance between the manholes is 350 feet. Ample facilities will, therefore, be provided for inspecting and cleaning the sewer. From our examination of these plans it would appear that the proposed extension, if properly constructed, should satisfactorily care for the sewage from the section to be served by it, and I would, therefore, recommend that the plans be approved. ALBANY, N. Y., November 16, 1917 Respectfully submitted, The plans were approved November 17, 1917. THEODORE HORTON, BROOME COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL HERMANN M. BIGGS, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: I beg to submit the following report upon our examination of plans for water supply and sewage disposal for the proposed Broome County Tuberculosis Hospital in the town of Chenango, submitted to this Department for approval on November 19, 1917. |