National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-18

pavement Of all principal street cfosslngs, each
reservoir being connected by means Of small
iron pipes with the priyles Of the houses next TO
10 u IN such manner that no offensive gases |
can escape In other words, from every single
nrivy continuous alright passage leads into |
the next subterranean reservoir without the In
prevention Of any ccsspOOl, The pipes arc pro- |
vided each one with valve, 20 bo worked from |
the sidewalks Of street, 80 that the COmmuni- |
cation between each priyy and a street reservoir
can be established or cut on at WILL These valves
remain always Theoretically closed except dur |
Ing short moment when the privy contents are |
20 be discharged into the street reservoir con- !
nected to II, which occuH during the night In
the following manner; A locomobile steam en-
small subterfanean street reservoir, TO exhaust
the AFR out Of II and out Of the entire system Of
main and branch pipes " 20 nc hemetlcally
closed house valves, which are then, one atter
the other, opened and shut again, thus dlsUharg-
ing the prvy contents, including all gases, Into
the street reservoir,
system IA complete or nearly 20 the mechanical
force Of the atmospheric column rushing In the
moment houae-valve IA opened equals that nf
this vacuum while number Of priyy pipes are
discharged one after the other the air-pump,
standing near the reservoir, Is kept continually
IN motion, creating q constant draft, which
causes ali discharges 10 ny just Into the rcscr-
volr, and nowhere else. like 80 many shots from
alT.gnns -,,..-.,.- -,,,-,
eight or nine times In volume, affords Hu1lclent
moisture not only 10 prevent the cNtrements
from drying or caklng, hut also 10 keep the whole
mass IN 80 mud state that removal Il easy, un-
failing and complete especially under the above.
mentioned powerful blast operating upon It.. All
the priyics and their pipes will thus be every
lay thoroughly clCanaed Of solids nulds and
gases and he hllcd with fresh air instead.
"After all the house valves have thus been sue
ressfully opened aud shut, an operation which
practice has shown can hardly he done quick
enough, the small reservoir Ia Itself emptled nv
pneumatic pressure into a Theoretically closed
WAGON reservoir attached as a sort q tender TO
ing hoses by which the movable apnaTatuR com
munlcates to the stationary one under the pave
ment arc unCouplcd, and the lOCOmObile, with Its
tender, proceeds 70 the next reservoir and then
as he psTtisuiar street Sf reseryoiF where III
will occur can by practice be pretty accurately
known beforehand, arrangements are made that
when arriving there the locomoblle meets an
empty tender drawn by two horses, which
changes place with the full one, thus allowing
the sewerage operation TO 70 on without Inter
ruption, the illcd tenders being always drawn
away BY nc horses TO temporary depot, where
,Ssy are dgeanied by direct hydraulic pressure
1T once sent Ikc any other goods nv raii or
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latter is-noW IN many tnWnSS fnTpfsbcd Ysl,h a
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purified
Anxious 70 avail ltseli OF all the light possible
On this interesting suhleCL communication
nr. Is. II. james, city sanitary inspector OF New
loTk, requesting information as TO the working
OF inc new system IN that city, The following
reply ana Report are OF suhclent value to he In
serted mere:
BUREAu or SAStrAHY INsPECrtoNJ
HEALTH DEPAgrMEEI, No ~ MoIr STREEr,
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NIw YonK, "a NJ rs -
The UNDERMINED, members Of thr sanitary
rammitiSr. respectiuiiy submit The following ~.
port on the several petitions and conmnnIcS-
lions relating to the business OF Ncavomging anu
the ordinance thereon referred To the sanitary
committee:
The removal aud disposition Of nightsOil in
such manner as to avoid the nuisance liable In
handling such offensive material, aud to protect
the public health, Il most important duty de-
The methods OF sCavenRing hitherto In vogue
In this city have been recognized rs exceedingly
imperfect, and have been the subject OF con-
slant complaint by citizens. The work was done
IN the riiest manner, aud was no Improvement
upon that practiced dfty years ago. Il was as
i1llUws' The contents Of sinks were taken out
IN buckets and poured into a large open tub.
When this was filed II was carried uncovered,
through halls or alley-ways, to the street and
cnptled into a loosely -COvcred water-tght cart.
the result was, that the contents Of the sinks
were thoroughly agitatCd and exposed TO the air,
aud gave out volumes of nauscOus gases, which
hlled tile whole nelghOOrhuOu ami penetrated
every adiaCent dwelling. The offensive matter
was ais scattered In the yarls and halls rem
dcrlas them foul for several days.
Unflng the transportation In carts nnpcrfecty
covered ihe seml-llqud materials often escaped,
and the offensive gases pCTvadCd all the streets
through which the carts passed that Cltizens pro-
tested against the scayengers being allowed TO
20 through streets In which they lived. Even the
empty cart was so offensive as It went through
the streets a. TO compel the people to close their
windows. Nor did II unfrequently happen that
loaded carts broke down and deposited their con-
tents 10 the street, thus creating a new and most
disgusting nuisance.
To Obvlate as far as possible the necessary nut
sance created by this method Of sCayengeTing
ordinances have been adopted requiring scaven-
gers to work only late at night, when the people
arc In bed, to dslnfect the contents Of sinks be-
fore removal, to have covered carts, and TO go TO
and from their places Of business through the
least built up streets, aud generally by the most
riTCuitOus routes.
The undersigned have long regarded the method
NJ scayenRtng as a great sanitary evil. The air
NJ densely populated blocks Ia nightly filled with
the most poisonous aud disgusting cmanations
from the contents OF sinks IN the process Of re-
moval, and low forms Of fever, diarrhnas, dys-
Cntcrles, &C., are thereby created or seriously az
Erayated During the warmer months when
this work Is most actively carried on, there has