1686 Sewer Construction(Published in, the Salina Evening Journal October__._'_, 1912)
ORDINANCE NO.�
An ordinance providing for the construction of certain sewers and drains
in the city of Salina, Kansas.
Be if- ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it, is necessary and hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing described sewers and drains be built and constrtacted$ in the city
of Salina, Ka.nsos, to -wit:
Sewer NO. 0 Q An eighteen (18) inch sewer commencing at the present
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sewer on the east za" side of Santa Fe avenue on Crawford. street,thence
east on Crawford street to Second street, thence north on Second street
to 1p-rescott avenue, thence east on Prescott avenue -to the Smoky Hill
River, the approximate length of such seder being 2530 feet.
Serer No. 2. A twelve (12) inch sanitary sewer. commencing at* the
present manhole at the corner of Eigth and North streets, thence north
on Eighth street to Lincoln street, west, on Lincoln street to Ninth
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' street and north on Ninth street -to Grande avenue, the approximate lengt'h.
of such se�ver being 1625 feet.
Sewer No. 3 -A ten (10) inch 'sewer on Highland avenue, commencirZ
at the present manhole at the corner of Highland avenue and Crawford
street, thence south on Highland avenue to a point halfway between Bond
and Wilson streets,, the approximate length of such sever being 1280 feet.
Sewer No. 4 A ten (10) inch sever on Highland avenue commencing
at the present manhole at.Wilson street and Highland avenue thence north
ori Highland: avenue to connect with the manhole to be built for Sewer No.
NO ; the approximate length of such sewer being 490 feet.
Sewer No. v�`-: A ten (10) inch sewer on Wal"
a=nut street commencing
at the end of the present sewer on said street about five (5) feet west
of the west line of`�College.avenue, thence running west about 360 feet.
Sewer Na. .!A ten (10) inch sewer commencing at the present man-
hole
hole at intersection of Want street and alley between Third and Fourth
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streets, thence east on Walnut street to alley between First, and Second
streets, thence south on said last named alley; the approximate length
of such sewer .being 1160 feet.
Sewer No._ A ten (10) inch sewer commencing at a point about
(� 335 feet north of the north line of Elm street, on Fifth street, thence
`C_ west to the alley between Santa Fe avenue and Fifth street, thence north
in said alley; the approximate length of such sewer being 465 feet.
Sewer No. k,—A ten (10) inch sewer on Ninth s tree t, commencing at
the present manhole on Ninth street and in line with Washington avenue,
0 thence north to Morrison avenue; the approximate length of such sewer
being 350 feet.
Sever No.� –A ten (10) inch sewer on Ninth street cw.mencing at
the present manhole on South and Ninth straats, Vnence south to connect
with the manhole to be built under Sewer No. �_ at Ninth street and
Morrison avenue; the approximate length of such sewer being 725 feet.
Sewer No. 10d A ten (10) inch sewer on Phillips street, to com-
mence at the end of the present sewer on said street about five feet
south of the south line of South street and run south about 350 feet.
Sewer %441—A teh (10) inch serer on Thirteenth street, comp
mencing at the present manhole on Elm and Thirteenth streets running
thence north to a point north of the right of way of the Union Pacifif
railroad; the approximate length of such sewer being 950 feet.
Sewer No. / �A ten (10) inch sewer, with one catch basin, in the
intersection of Seventh street with Iron avenue, the approximate length
of such sewer being 63 feet.
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Sec. 2. That the plans and specifications of the city engineer
for such sewers as are mentioned and described in section one of this
ordinance, now on file with the city clerk, are hereby adopted and
approved as and for the plans and specifications for all the sewers
provided for herein, and such plans and specifications are hereby in-
corporated in and made a part of this ordinance in all respects as if the
same were written out in full herein, and all the work and improvement
herein and therein provided for shall be done in accordance with such -
plans and specifications and under the direction of the city engineer
of said city.
Sec. 3. After the passage and publication of this ordinance the
city clerk shall advertise for bids or proposals for the building or x
construction of the sewers and drains designated and described in
section one of this ordinance by` no"tce,.,to contractors printed in the
official citypaper, for at least ���issues of such paper, stating
that such bids or proposals will be received by said clerk, at his
office, up until the /-/��-day of , 1912, at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
of said day, and that such bidder shall accompany his bid with a cert-
ti.f ied check in the sum of _ as an evidence of good faith on
his part; and, after the reception of such bids or proposals, the mayor
and council may, and are hereby authorized to, let a contract or con-
tracts for the building and construction- of any one or all of such
sewers and drains to the most satisfactorirand responsible biddder, as
determined by said mayor and council, the... "Said mayor and council hereby
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reserving the right to reject any or all of the bids and proposals
received by them hereunder.
Sec.`That for the purpose of building and constructing the
sewer described and designated as sewer No. here. -in'
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a right of way is hereby
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condemned therefor over and xx across *w lots
and %`h.e. _� (_.__. up n. the condition,
however, that the city of Salina shall, after the completion of'such
sewer, leave such ml lots and lands in as good condition as they were
before any excavations were Trade thereon.
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SecThe cost and expense of constructing and building such`
sewers and drains shall be taxed and assessed against all lots and
pieces of ground, exclusive of ircprovaents thereon, contained in the
city of Salina as.a.sewer district, as provided by Ordinance No. 613 of
said city, passed and approved December 23, 1887, and the mayor and
council are hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the cost
thereof by installments instead of levying the entire tax and assessment
at one time, and for such installments the mayor and council may issue
installment improvement bonds, payable in installments of equal amounts,
each year, none
of which bonds
or any installment thereof
shall run
longer than ten
(10) years or
bear interest exceeding five
(5) per
cent per annum. Such bonds may be issued to the contractor or con-
tractors constructing such sewers and drains in payment therefor, or the
mayor and council may sell said bonds, at not less than their par val-
ue, and pay the proceeds thereof to such contractor or contractors, and
such bonds shall be of such denominations as the mayor and coi:,ncil rpay
deem proper. And for the purpose of paying principal and interest on
said bonds, as they severally become due, the mayor and council shall
each year during the life of said bonds levy taxes vw assessments upon
all the taxable real estate of the"city of Salina, at the assessed
value thereof for general revenue purposes, exclusive of improvements
thereon, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest for
that year; and the city clerk shall certify such levy of taxes and
assessments, as they are severally made, to the county clerk of Saline
county, Kansas, at the same time and -in the same manner as other city
taxes are certified, to be placed upon the tax roll for collection as
provided by law.
Sec. p This ordinance shall take effect and be in -force from and
after its publication once in the Salina Evening Journal.
Passed and. approved October__ , 1912—
Attest: