“THE SEWER QUESTION”

In Altamont Is Now Coming to a Head — Village Board of Health Served With Notice of Court Proceedings By Attorney General

Notice has been served upon the Board of Health of the village of Altamont, by the Attorney General of the state of New York, that he will apply at a special term of court for the 3d Judicial district to be held in Albany on the 21st day of July, 1917, for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel them to immediately proceed to relieve and abate nuisances existing in the village of Altamont (described hereafter) which they failed to do after being so ordered by the Deputy Health Commissioner under date of June 23, 1916, shown as Exhibit “A” in this article.

In order to abate this nuisance complained of by the Commissioner of Health it will be necessary for the construction  of a sewer system in Altamont and for the purpose of discussing the establishment of same, president Dayton H. Whipple calls for a special meeting of the tax payers of the village of Altamont to be held at Sturges hall in the village of Altamont on Friday evening, July 13th, at 7:30 o’clock. All persons having cesspools are particularly requested to be in attendance. All property owners who have the welfare of the village at heart should attend this meeting to discuss the sewer question which must be decided in a level headed way.

Sewers in Altamont have got to come and the sooner it is settled the less money it will cost. Don’t fail to attend the meeting FRIDAY NIGHT, July 13 at 7:30.

Following is the order which, it is stated, was not carried out:

EXHIBIT “A”

Mr. D. H. Whipple, President of the Board of Health, Altamont, N. Y.

Dear Sir: —

In accordance with Section 26 of Article 3 of the Public Health Law, you are hereby directed to convene forthwith the Board of Health of the village of Altamont and to take the following certain definite proceedings or action, to wit:

To abate the nuisance on Lark street south of Main street and Western avenue, and on Main street near Indian Ladder road caused by the discharge of sewage and of overflow from cesspools and septic tanks into street gutters and into streams flowing along or across said streets.

And you are further directed and required to report to me before July 15, 1916, the action taken by your Board and the results of such action.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and the seal of this office this 29th day of June, 1916.

(Signed)

LINSLY R. WILLIAMS,

Deputy Com’r of Health,

Albany, N Y.

VILLAGE NOTES.

— Charles Wood, of the Altamont bakery, has recently purchased a “Vim” auto delivery truck, which takes the place of the old machine which has been doing service for the past few years. The new truck has all the latest improvements and is capable of doing heavy work and lots of it.

— Several of our village boys went bathing at the Bozenkill a few days ago and while there were also treated to a sprinkling of tar. It seems that about the time the boys were leaving the water, the tank sprinkler was being driven over the bridge, and the planking allowed the tar to leak through, giving the boys a liberal dose of the fluid.