Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-12

The Council met at the usual hour last night, |
President Terrence in the Chair. The min
utes Of the previous evening we're read and
approved.
Mr.. Cunningham presented sundry petit
tions from merchants on Columba-street, for
damages done to their property by the rain
on the Fourth Of July last Referred TO Sc
lect committee. /
A proposition from Nicholas Longworth, \
to lease a quantity of land in the Garden Of
Eden, for park purposes, was referred TO Me
Committee on Parks. Il
Mr.. Snodgrass presented an ordinance APP
propriating 81, 800 TO pay sundry persons for
damages sustained by them from the recent
rains. Passed-ayes 20, nays IL. ~
Mr.. Perry presented communication from
the Trustees of the Orphan Asylum, offering
to donate piece of ground on Mt. Auburn,
for an engine7house. Referred TO the Com
mittee on Fire Department.
Mr.. Glass presented the following petition
from the President of the Cincinnati Street
Railroad Company
"To he Honorable he CITY Council Of Cincinnati
"The Cincinnati Street Railroad Company
beg leave to represent that the receipts for
the transportation of passengers upon their
road, deducting therefrom the tax paid upon
such passengers to the city, is barely suffi-
cient to cover the expenses incurred in carry
ing on their operations, leaving nothing to
supply the necessary waste and wear of prop
erty and materials, much less to divide among
the stockholders upon the capital invested
in the enterprise; that under such circum-
stances the exaction of the tax upon passen-
gers is, in its effects, oppression in the ex-
, treIne, inasmuch as II is paid, not out of the
profits of the concern, but out of scanty earn
ngs, all ofwhich are necessary to meet actual
demands upon its treasury.
} "That therefore the question when under
J the present policy, the company must cease
its operations, is only one Of time; the sole
inducement to continue being the hope that
a rule whose practical effect is destruction to
a business interest, in which so large an
. amount of capital has, in good fhith, been in
vested, will, when its injustice is fully under
stood, be suspended, If not entirely aban-
=, doned.
"Your memorialists therefore pray that this,
their memorial, may be received and referred
: to a committee, chosen for the purpose
: whose duty it shall be to examine into the
. facts herein set forth, and into the circum-
= | stances of the case; and to report such rules
= to fix and establish the future relation to be
sustained between the city government and
your memorialists, as shall be most consistent
A with the principles of justice and for the best
!. interests of all the parties concerned.
. ~. S. WAITER,
= "Prest c. st. r. R. Co."
!. Mr.. Glass moved to refer the memorial to q
n | select committee of five, and asked TO be ex-
1
b Mr.. Eggleston moved to amend by referring
e it to the Standing Committee on Roads and
e Canals. Lost.
Mr.. Glass's I1otion was then put and car
red, and the following gentlemen were
l., named as the committee: Messrs. Hirst, Perry,
r Sprague Noble and Bosley.
,e Mr.. Mack submitted report on the subject
l. Of sewers, fifty copies of which were ordered
n. TO be printed for the use of members
rs The report shows the proceedings of q vol
o, uutary commission undertaken by the Mayor
o Mr.. Mack, of the Council, and Mr. Gilbert
n the City Engineer, in their examination o
a. the systems Of sewerage in the cities of New
Of York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Although
interesting throughout, in consequence .
the smallness of our paper we are obliged Il
u curtail 1t of part of its proportions, giving
r the information it contains in as brief spac,
RS us possible.
to IN PHILADELPHIA
- !, The system which the experience of Europ,
y, has demonstrated as the best, by brick sewer
70 70 for the mains and glazed stoneware pipe
& for the lateral drains, is the one now beinl
- gradually introduced by the Chief Engineer
Mr.. kneass. A large main sewer of brick
20 ten feet in diameter was in progress of build
~ ing at the time of our visit. This is intended
=, US a main for q very large area of 1853 acres
and is upward Of one mile in length with
fall of only 37'l00 of foot in each 100 feet
- The smaller sewers for the drainage O
W. lateral streets and tributary to the mains
ITS are glazed stoneware pipe, one foot in diam
IT. eter-a glazed pipe ofeighteen inches diamete
n being considered by Mr.. Kneass, who ha
charge and arrangement of all sewers, q
equal in capacity to a brick sewer of thre
50 feet interior diameter.
q In such cases where sewers are built, tn
GO property owners on each side of the stree
o. are taxed seventy-fve cents per front foot I
vi pay for the same, whether the sewer be larg
90 or small. An annual rental also of from on
dollar to ten dollars is charged parties usin
g the drains and sewer.
10 Since the consolidation of the city it hi
50 been divided into twelve districts, in each
M which is elected a City Surveyor. The'
o. twelve surveyors, together with the Chi
= Engineer, constitute a Board somewhat sim
- lar to our Board of City Improvements,
as whom is referred all parties in regard to sew
ers and improvements and each surveyor 4
o. his respective district superntends the col
% struction of these works, and certifes ii
i5 same to the Chief Engineer. Private parti
G. frequently build drains in the streets at the
IS own expense, subject in their constructio
OI location, size, &C., to the approval of Il
Board. We found all the inlets answerir
~ somewhat to our well-holes at the inte
! 2s section of the streets trapped
- prevent the escape into the streets of TO
. gas, and also to prevent rubbish and fill
3' from streets entering the sewer, each inl
having what is termed "catch-basin"
AR secure the rubbish and washings Of Il
wv street, and which, when filed, is cleaned o
led by the street scayengers. The inlets no
red used in Philadelphia are formed of GASTRIC
m and are considered u very perfect arrang
cry ment andcomplete success All matters Of
ned fluid or semi-huid character are passed in
! OF these sewers and drains; and Mr.. Kneass
ore urging strongly upon the City Council {
hen propriety of taking steps Immediately
'ur- prohibit the use of cess-pools in the built
portions of the city altogether.
lrly The total length of sewers now built a
! is, in operation in Philadelphia is estimated
no, something over three hundred miles.
~; ~; IN NEW YORK
,eth The sewers are uniform in shape, and 4
nm constructed after any well-arranged syste
ces. Efforts are now being made to remedy I
,ry- defects of the original plan. Property-hold'
the are taxed for the construction. The city
ack about four hundred and ninety miles ofsew
,uid in use.
ous IN BROOKLYN
ter The city authorities have adopted CO
ing, plete system of underground drainage for
whole city, and calculated for all extensic
len which the growth of the city will demal
ook This system is the result of the combined (
,een perience of several of the most accomplish
oh | nf fha neN n