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412 cesspool is overflowing now and he cannot dig any more as there is a ledge down about four feet. Mr. John F. Anderson of 45 Banks Avenue said he had a laundry and toilet in the cellar and his cesspool always backed up into them. He has to clean out the cesspool every spring. He said that it filled up with water from Chase Avenue. Mr. Anderson said that it was work that was done previously which caused the water to flow onto his property abd not the work that was being done now on Charles Street. Mr, C. E. McIntosh of 60 Chase Avenue said that he had dug so much he had no room for a garden except a m ck garden. The condition is very bad at the present time. Mr. Clifford said that there was no seepage in the ground there, that most of it was blue gravel, The following persons wished to be recorded as petition- ers for sewerage in this section: A. M. Smith, 58 Oak Street; P. J. Nary, 5 Bennett Avenue; J. S. McKenna, 81 Baker Avenue; A. C. Pawlowski, 15 Bennett Avenue; John J. Anderson, 65 Bangs Avenue; C. H. Monto, 106 Oak Street; James Barnes, 60 Oak Street; C. H. McIntosh, 60 Chase Avenue; Frank Serrilla, 61 Baker Avenue; George W. Parsons, 29 Chase Ave; G. Ware, Carville Ave; Ernest W. Anderson, 26 Ames Ave; A. W. Heywood, 69 Oak Street; Malcolm H. Clifford, 59 Chase Avenue; David Kidd, 7 Butler Ave; C. E. McPhee, owning property on Baker and Ames Avenues. Mr. Kidd said that he had a septic tank but was supporting this petition for the benefit of the others. He said that the group thought this work might be done as a W.P.A. project. The Chairman asked if the group understood that they would have to pay betterments on an extension and Mr, Kidd replied in the affirmative. He said they understood that and all agreed to it but they would prefer to have the job done as a 11I.P.A. project. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond to explain how the betterment assessment was arrived at. He replied that under the present system they pay 50% of the figure which is based on the average cost of all street sewers built during the previous five years and the town pays the other 50%. A sewer might cost $15. a foot on account of rock but it so happens that the figure today is $8.50 and the property owner would have to pay one-half of that or $4.25 per foot. Mr. Raymond said he was not sure that the town could get a W.P.A. project approved for this work but he did have some encouragement from the W.P.A. administrator if the town could show that the streets were dedicated to public use. Work could be done on accepted streets but there might be difficulty with unaccepted streets. The Chairman asked what chances there would be of having the work done under the P.W.A. Mr. Raymond said he had a notice from the P.W. A. engineer last week stating that there was little likelihood that any projects would be con- sidered unless they were submitted before August lst. He said it was an impossibility to do the engineering work necessary for this project and submit it before that date. Mr. Raymond said that the work should be considered as a 1