The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-18
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have shown that the contents Of sewers
collected few months had iest half-ay,ee
often more-of their fertilizing power !; and
this lost matter had been consumed by the
inhabisants, by iRhaiationeof carbonate of
ammoniac (kohlensaures ammoniac) and
snlDhuretted hydrogen, or drinkings the
same in their well water sto t,ssa ss,.d 8
Anatural, ~ scientific treatment OF the hu-
man excrements weonly find in China and Ja-
pan. lSee Lord Allsop's Travels IN China
and Japan.l China has stood as the largest
empire of the earth, for the last a 900 years.
Although it has a dcnsert population than
England, it never; imports guano but for
oil that, one never heard of % dessening of
its fertility There, solely BY thecareful saw
ing and treatment of human sexcrement and
the use Of the refuse Of the cities, China has
obtained not only sare, but for centuries of
years 1steadily rand propoT TtioadAy crecsiuG
/ crops In the 'neighborhood of large cities
/ this matteris pressed in square forms, Ike
bricks with lime and mari, and sent off by
! boat, inland. -. T here IS no trade more brisk
than that in thisarticle, excepting that or
food. Every 1Coelie. that takes his produce
|. to market in the morning returns in the
evening with two pailfuls Of the contents Of
sinks slung toay bamboo stick. This pro-
ceedingp deserves to be. recommended for
| simitation--of Gsurse in o manner aanpSed
to our mode Of living. In fast, it has
already been adopted. > In Gratz, ia Ger
many, there are, and have been for d nunl-;
Der of years, 1000 houses without sinks; but
! furnished with tubs. These are emptied seve-
raj times week. InffamBurg, 0ldenbufg,
Kassel, md many other cities in Germany,
the. sanitary commissions are introducing
|, the system Of disinfecting the excrements
while removing them. nKassel, o company
has been formed with $4,000, in Berlin
one with $3.50, 900 capital in shares.
In Paris there exists for the last five
years the Compagnie Chaudfourniere de
7POuest, which furnishes the inhabitants
with two tuhsto Feach dwelling, In which the
solid and the liquid matter are put, and
are disinfected with lime. a.,-4 -
The Imperial Government assists this en-
terprise very LIBERAL The Emperor de-
corated with o. cross the inventor (Moesel-
man, died 1860, and the city of Paris made
him q present of o lot in the very midst Of
the city for the purpose Of manufacturing
manure. TFrgH CIR s3f9 f'JfGti FI5<st i
Everywhere one may see the elegant
wagons, not unlike emnibusses, accompanied
by the neatly uniformed g laborers, who,
without Inconvenience to passers-by, take
the tubs from the houses; many Of which
have the entrance for the performing Of this
duty, leading directly from the street,. some
what like ccllar-eptrance: z4GrfGTIsI
Prince Napoleon visited the factory, and
on this occasion was handed pamphlet,
from the contents of which, among other
things. the sPensfes dun Toa,riste Ctinots %
and "Le Sol eStam Porte-n,onndie forcibly
strike the thinker. =, In, it the Chi
nesc touristn says something to the fol-
lowing purpose :, ssIn Europe they have in
their large cities beautiful palaces, mp-
seums, and theatres they paint and wash
the outside of the houses, but guess what j
saw inside? Matter that we In China have
removed almost daily Mt least weekly this
they there keep for months, AYE years-as
though they were 10th to part with it,, HIS
remarks about the farmers that take their
crops to the large cities, which, like the
cask of the Danaides, take in everything
but give back naught, or little, are, likewise,
anything but fnttering, but alas! too true.
A system lately much commented upon
is that of Mr.. Liernur, captain of engineers,
and which has been proposed for the eapl-
tal of Holland. BY it no fertilizing matter
would be wasted, and still the dirt be removed
from the cities daily without annoyance TO
the inhabitants. Should it succeed, the
city, as we'll as the agricultural population,
would hail it as fortunate event. r.,
1t rests on the principle Of furnishing to
each house metal seats, and pipes leading to
main pipe, like the water-pipes. Several
of these main pipes empty into covered
basin, which latter, during the day, remains
Theoretically closed towards the pipes. At
night q portable steam-engine exhausts the
mir from the basin, the valves are opened, !,
and the pressure of the air forces everything
from the pipes into the basin, the exhanster
is removed, and in it's stead a steam-pump
is used to fill from the basin direct row
of casks on wheels, Of which the con-
tents are ut once taken out to the
farmers, or manufactured into poudrette:
However gladly we will hail the success OF
this principle, we do not think that 1t VIII
be accomplished in any other way but boy
proper municipal legislation for there Will
be always some obstinate fools that vii! go
by contraries. A debate on this subject
would not be beneath the dignity of legis-
latiye body; for the public health and the
fertility of the soil are two subjects not
altogether unimportant. s.,E. - .,.e
This much is certain: there is no fertIll-
ger that excels the human excrement IN
efficacy as a manure; at the same time
there is none that is treated more agnorantty,
thouqhtlessly, or neghgently. Canaliza-
ton and sewerage interrupt; the ~ ro-
tation of the elements essential 70 Vege,,
epidemics, of the decrease7of the fertility
Of our fields, and they are sinful evasion:
of the order of nature instituted by divine
We, viii hope, for the sake Of the honor
of the human race, and it's sagaclty, Ina.
thew soon will be things belonging to the
past. The speaker finally demonstrated tn the
system by two models oneof . private house
in Cologne, the other from o large factory.