New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09

ouilt 10 remove the mischief OF pirate cets oSas
s. Acbsd 10 almost every house, and which had
crown into a nuissrce cf the moet nagranf casrac-
Ter Bat this accuracy Of cleanliness 6t eaca
bop.e or3, ageravs',d tbe horrors Of the river.
mitch VIA. made tie receptacle of the content. Of
these abolished sb 'mins'Ious. The stencil es De-
c,,,s an areadfsl as TO make epidemic s'most IN
,,isbIe a, 10 drs,snt day. # some remed! cam" %
,rphed Az palliative, no less 'hsu ITO 1uns
lin. Al ~ tuns of chloride Of ii are pat mo 'ae
i've, daily. q, n ccst OF Il 800 week. Which
.n,n,. !, ia calculated, must b. doubled next
,s.- ,us 90 ON until the evil il met Fortunately
for the city, the Hous-s Of Parliament sand on ne
hanks Of the Thsmes. so thu: the Loros snd Cssa-
mon. have the full benefit # the r'srg 'smrs' rae
u,nSoss Of n. chambers OF these astrozs bodice.
We have beer assured, are keog with Gotten c'o'ss
saturated with a solution of chloride OF lime, -
mitigate their .aIerings Sydney Smith sa'a once
hat railway travelling in Englsnd woult never DO
ssfe until q Bishop had been bsfped-"nco cos
diuon was nearly fulfilled in the ease OF Dr. rnh-
potts Of Exeter So the suaocation OF oota House
Of Parliament is ike at l>st To produce the remedy
of this frichtful mischief before many years are
past.
The great difficulty hiss been to decide on the
most feasible method OF doing the work, the nece'-
sity Of which was denied BY nobody. At length
IN, plap Of Mr.. Bazagette, the Chief Eogineer Of
the Board Of Works, has been adoPtea, ana |.
already in progress. Ii is on IA scale adeqaa'eto
IN the Ausean labor undertaken. Ii consists oil
three gigantic msin tunnels. at different levels,
which intercept the existing sewers At rsot angles.
thus receiving all their contents formerly empt'cd
into the river and conveying them paeai'et with
the banks of the river about eight mules to Bark
inp where all immense Re ser'olr Is To De prepared
TO receive them. This reservoir Is to be mile aud
a hall long. By about 100 feet wide and II teet
deep. capable Of containing no less than 7,oVo,oW
cubic {. ct, or double the average OF eight hor<s
accumulation Of sewage. The ocjecs OF tse
na,rowpess CT the reservoir compared with its
length is to admit of its being bricked over VIVA
arches. and covered with earth, so rs to preveas
the escape of foul gases. During the time tho
sewage i, in this reservoir it is to be deoborzed.
and experiment. are row goiug on 10 ascertain tho
best method Of doing this At high tide the Goa
tents OF the reservoir will be emptied into tho
river BY immense outfall pipes extending to tho
middle aud bottom Of its bed sixty feet below tho
surf,ce II is believed that with toese precautioas
the sewage. after deterioration, being poured iato
90 vast a body of water, at so great depth, VIII
cease 10 be- ANY longer al agent OF mischief
These works are now going on With great rapid
~ and in the mott thorough AID profuse manner,
ard it will take about FIVE years to complete taem
The works on the southern side OF the CITY, OF
which we have seen no particulars, are said ~ DO
vet more extraordinary for the difficulties % DO
overcome and the engineering genius spoiled TO
them. In about five years, then, Father Thames
may resssume the argent in his now blurred and
defsced shield, ard take sgain bis Silver style and
title. The expense of this splendid public work
will be about "a, 600, 600, or one half the annuA
No dit on to the estimates for tho army and navy 10
Of the panic, scarcely disguised ID En-
plapd. occasioned by the uncertain plans OF the
French Emperor. If mankind could but agree to
let one another alone, and spend their money In
making themselves happy instead of cutting their
D.gbbors throats, or getting ready to do it, what
= different face the world might be made 10 wear!
There is one question, however, which is an Opea
ODE at present, ard that is whether this inmense
quantity of fecal matter cannot be put to some bet
ter use than to bother the fishes, aud perhaps in
terfere vet more with the Wbitebat dinners, BY
ausine mortality among tina. Lilliputisn racer
Experiments, with view to its use a. ma
nure are to be instituted during the course
of the execution of this gigantic work, with an eye
to Calculating this matter.