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;':<!"'''''~P';',;;;:~iiiF~'',~;7f~r ~i';.T~~;~~",i';S'~[:~:";,';'I~:gj'S~~ '. .. ..... ~. . the people paying ~orthe improv~ent to pay private property owners for private property easements. Those things ll:re expensive and time consuming. In a block of 12 lots you may be able to obtain easements from 10 or 11 of the people. If the one person holds it up then it's necessary to resort to condemnation which, since the new law of the last legislature, means awating perioB of 21 days after the notices. It can sometimes hold things up!o!: 2 or 3 months when.the thing maybe clear'on all the other prope:r~Y' Also, when it comes to the maintenance cf sewers fcllowing construction, it's necessary to get in and get at the manholes and to do that means crossing private property, dragging hoseso~er fences and through flower beds. Generally speaking. alMost . without exception, sewers proposed to be located in the, streets work out more practically than those on private property. ~S. JOHNSON: I think the sewer is in the back of 'the hOl,J6e. As I understand, it has tabe connected in the back. Howcdoes that work? Do you go under the house or around the house? m. SHORT: That depends on your Plunting and, plumi;>er . and how you want to pay for it. A further matter is going to be up to the Village Council. They have not taken action to provide the manner in which service eonnections shall be constructed. ms. JOHNSON: Generally speaking, bow do you get at It? MR. SHOOT: In some towns you can make 2 or 390 degree bends in your sewer. In other communities it's necessary that if you make more than one 90 degree bend that yOl,J.prcvide a manhole-or . access to get at the sewer and sometimes' it's cheaper to tear up part of your concrete floor in the basement. Thaf's a hiltd question. It depends on each individual case and, I believe, the ordinance