Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-03-31


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A worse difkculsy still i thi.
however, that the river abovs =
is found to be drained to \
most -inconvenient extent to sun
ply the city with water. The
Thames is drying up, consumed by
the wants of the. millions that look
to it for water. Its bed is laid bare
comparatively and there is serious
talk OF, bringing water in an aque-
duct from the mountains OF Wales,
among which are some sufficient
lakes, to supply the present distress.
The whole thing suggests this i'm
portaut query: Whether there are
any natura! and inevitable limits to
the growth of cities2 Are there any
bounds which can be set at which E
may be said to any city, Thus far
shalt thou come and no further Z,
There are, of course, bounds to the,
density of population. It does not
answer to pile in human Beings at the
rate Of from 800 to 700 in a single
lot of 25 feet by 100, as in the New
York tenant houses. ''-
But beside that it would seem az if
the question of sewage alone set
some final limits to the growth of
cities, not yet fully calculated. Our
rivers are nobler Of course than those
Of England, yet there are iuconve-'
niences in making them them the
depositaries of all the waste matter
of a crowded population. The city
of Chichester, in England, is now be-
coming quite unwholesome, owing
to the number Of it's undrained cess-
pools. Hence the point, is soon
reached at which the sewage must be I;
carried away. Ifit can all be drained
into some sufficient river or sea, at
some such distance as not to polluteD
the air aud destroy the living, still
the land that supplies immense pop
ulation must IN time belmpoverisEed
without the return of the sewage to
manure it. No doubt our large cit
les are now laying mp in store at the ,
bottom of rivers the geographical
strata for future ages, Of aaimaf man.
ure that will be valuable and sought
after by the world of the future. ~H' e
But must the world wait until
thenp It is therefore often asked, ,
andnow being tried, whether we cam :
not at once convert the sewage into !,
q portable manure. IF aot it would
seem that the time must come when
cities must and will wear ont aud be-
come unwholesome, and exchange
locations with the denuded land Of
the country. Nor is there any
doubt but that this 10 tho real cause
of final decay Of the cities of anti
quity. Directly some conquest d.
siroys the living sasry and CON-
bative zeal T. dfain and ksep eleans
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