New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-22
NV IWLRaNN, May, l6.U.
70 :',e Pros.deE. AID Members o! tho Board

NEW ORyR.Ns. Mays, 1870
70 :he Pros.deE: AID Members o! tho Board u
Gentl-men-Iour committee appointed by your
honorable body 70 report upon the dry ehlth
systenl' as substitute TO. the ordinary prVy or
water closet now.n USE beg eave 10 make the ioi-
They have riven the subject considerable ex
animation, especially sanitary measure, and
.lr.y find it particularly adapted to the wants and
necessities OF our climate and the position OF this
city, where the drainage Is imperfect and n"Nlois
gases continually arise from RAPID decomposition
OF feculeut matters.
This system consists in and IL princiI ally based
upon the absorbent aud purifying pr,Hcipi.s OK
charcoal, which thoroughly burns and destroys
poisonous matter, and the effect is such as 70
DESTROY all disagreeable odOrs, and CONVEX; OF
!eusive matter into compound which IS OF sin-,u-
lar service in tertiliziug the ground. We ere
justified in saying that 1t destroys all generation
discharges Of cholera. d,arrh";l dysentery ana
typhoid fever are imInedia and efectlhly ne'I'
tralized and destroyed, and d perfectly lnHocIouS
Experience has fully ndorsed this view, and we
find in the reports before III the East indies and
other places where it has been fully tried, THAI
beneficial results and lowering OF the mortaiity
have uniformly resulted, and, IN nov ana nlois'
climate like OWN, We confidently auticiptte
that the introduction Of the charcoal ysItm tciir
closet systeri) will render OUR city almost exempt
from such dss asses as result from Fermentation;
impure air, charged with dsigreeahle odors ana
tie refuse of large population II VIII sttihe
every one that the promotion OF the he,ut OF 'n.9
cety must be most important ingredient III lts
ttIt,r, Trosneri.y and 10 thos,. WHO are charged
with the pubic administration OF ITS affairs IL
would that reform III this essentla! faft!c
u,ar, afecring every house i'll the city OF Ne" W
,eans and the fact ia SO often stated that e. an
| - next to goodness mast convince All tH''
! the public health and public morals must improve
| with the general Introduction OF the thaf HA >
! tenn ;.
For the above reasons confidently recommend
| the system to the favorable notice OF NonT brtH
| convinced that it VIII be found particularly
| adapted :" the wants and requirement. OF our con
demands
progress of the az" and science and tie auie'.e..-
| ion OF our socisl condition.
| Respectfully.
Chairman of COMMITTEE.
| Tothc President o tie New Orleans Sanitary I'D
F.rtlZlng Company:
s!r-The use of yo,.r Earth Closet has tcer ~
saiutary and the elect of the deoGo;izing s.s'~t
w ma -krd in our premises, which &C.
ousy offensive rom the sinks, that We ait "a: =
a,cd by the sole desire OF ten"tltiEs our .''.t =
citizens in aIdr s,I.lG TO you our voluntary tt-.
! cate ct such fact. 70
| few hours afteI covering our FAULT wt- 70
pletclv neutra.iz.d; nor has its suhseqrn, use II
The slightest degree changed It's condition OF per
| feet freedom, from the usual property OF sinks
Give us leave through you 10 recommend 10 on'
liens the I'd option, without hesitation Il
al their bahitatiors, well as offices and stores o
t!. Earth Closets, o, the New Orleans SANITARY AZ,
Ftrt iIZllg Company.
SAMUEL SMITH CO.
Corner Camp and Common streets.
NV O.LEAxs January 10, 1871.
To tue President New Orleans Sanitary and FcTtii
| ling Company:
Ny Dear SHINY experience of one year sprove
| the truth of al the Recommendations given you
closet, published.
VERY respectfully, etc.
| JAMES T. TUCKER,
General Agent illinois Central Railroad
SAMPLES OF THE FERTILIZER manufacture
| by the conpany may be seen at the office, No l
| Union street; also samples OF the Earth Closet AM
COmmode.
The Fertilizer sold by the company is manufac
| tured under the supervision Of n competent chem
list, and is pronounced equal, if not SUPERIOR to tn
Peruvian Gusno. and il sold at q much lower price
| viz: from $45 to SO y ton.
Published by order OF the Board Of Directors.
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