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There is considerable difference of opinion regarding the effect of this drainage upon the city. 
Some claim that to draw the water out of the soil on which the heavy buildings stand will cause the foundations to sink & do great damage & others contend that the buildings will not be affected.
At any rate the drainage, if a success, will render the city much healthier by enabling the improvement of the water system. The city is becoming rapidly modernized & the new quarters along the western border of the town on building up with handsome two story store front houses