Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE OF OCR sTRBETs.-
In recent ,uPpe%sntsl report O. Chisi EngInsSer Ss
Secretary OF the Interior, he says the following In
relation to the drainage and sewerage OF our
Theintrodustion, by artificial means, Of large
supply OF water into towns and cities for the use
and comfort OF the inhabitants must, as matter
Of course, create necessity for = revolution In
the system OF drainage and sewerage previously
In ugej and on that account a. well a. on account
Of the intimate relations which naturally exist
between the two improvements, they are generally
placed under the same general direction and su.
perintendence. This has not been the osse In the
cities Of Georgetown and Washington are, al
present, only intended to accommodate the dis
charge of water falling on the surface which Il
naturally tributary to this drainage, together with
the sewerage Of the eitiesj and they are found In
many instances TO be much too limited for even
The Introduction, BY means OF the Aqueduct OF
from twenty 70 hfty millions additional gallons OF
water daily into these cities, and the necessary
diach arge Of large portion OF II into the drains
and sewers now In use, will At once create necea
slty fof entire remodeling Of the present system
Of drainage upon much larger and more exten.
Georgetown on account OF the greater ifregulArity
OF the surface and decivlty OF the Streets as in the
slty Of wa.hinston, where the ground Is mo
drainage and sewerage Of Washihgto is discharged
and fifty feet in Width sometimes called eanal)
which stretches lts filthy surface through the heart
Of the city, and within stones throw Of the Cap
itol Of the United States, the Presldenps House,
the Treasury Department, and all the principal
hotels on Pennsylvania avenue, breeding disease
and pestilenee along its borders. The accumulated
10 state Of ssmi-solution in this hotbed Of pure-
faction, by means OF the ebb and flow OF the tides,
over surface OF more than million square feet
And whatever portion Of It ultimately nuda Its
way Into the Potomac river 10 spread out In thin
ner roportions over several hundred acres Of flats
which IL exposed TO the Act OF the sun at inter.
walls during the day, and the miasma from which
oontaminAies every breath OF air which passes,
All this may be remedled by the Adoptlsn OF the
most simple and natural expedients. A portion Of
should be walled in and Srehcd ovSf' and Hood.
gate inserted at Its Junction with the rivej this
portion should be used exclusively for purposes OF
Gitudinal section should, by the adoption OF a
proper system Of Hood and stop-gAtes and locks,
be kept eonst.nly nllsd TO the level Of high tide
In the canal, together with the water from Tiber
| creek and the surplrs water from the aqueduet,
tSs SS
| u entirely free from sediment and deposit. BY
this arrangement the open canal would not only
be ornamental but exceedingly useful for COM
By the construction of breakwAter In the Po.
tomac from the foot Of Mason's island few thou
| sand feet down the sire am, and so located rs 10
divert the main current from the Virginia to the
Maryland shore, and the removal Of portion Of
tno norm emu OF uOllu chueoWhl tne presenI
Long Bridge, at the foot Of Fourteenth street, so
| AZ to admit Of channel fifteen hundred or two
| thousand feet In width, the main channel OF the
Potomac would be brought Immediately in front ol
the city Of Washington, with . depth of water
from twenty TO thirty feet, Into which the drainage
from the main sewers OF the city would be dis.
charged and completely removed by the action OF
The commercial advantages resulting to the city
from both these improvements would be almost
inoaleulAble, while a fruitful cause of sickness
and discomfort would be permanently removed
The cost OF the improvements would be compare.
lively moderate, and should be borne proportion
ately by the Government, the corporation OF Wash.
ingtop, and the owners OF the property which
would be benefited by the improvements.
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DUSTY Dusty The high wind which com.
menoed blowing yesterday shows no hign OF abating
today the consequence L., the streets OF the city
and especially Pennsylvania avenue, are filled
with clouds OF dust, to the great Injury OF the
business OF our tradeamen and the exclusion oI
fair female shoppers. Congress seems not dis
wolves upon the storekeepern on the Avenue tC
take some measures to AbAte the dust nuisance
We therefore snggeAt thkt q meeting OF all store
and hotel keepers be held TO take measures tC
have the thoroughfRre sprlnkled once or twice
daily from now until the IGt OF October next. A
nothing compared with the advantages TO bt
reaped. Let meeting be called forthwith
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ASSUMING FALSE NAMH.-Isaac Lancaster
stateS In note to the REPUBLICAN that q ooloret
man who has been committed TO Jail for vArioui
offences assumed his name, and that he, usAAI
LAncAhter the writer OF the note, 10 the only col
ored man OF that name in the District, and he re
fers TO several wel-known citizens to attest hil