The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-29


,x,r,sy DISADVANTAGES OF TIRE SEWERAGE
SYSTEM.
.,o o~cromen.;tial or human farce,
IL ~. ;,,,ort ot,.nS,repeSS to sa,ver,
maI'''> rrn ,;o,,;d of CIV nr town
anu TUT -, sa,,rco ne +be n,,lrt;nn y,
ny ,ho .n;I ond tho wells ot ;, town
INC "',' t hnrnn,as , n,,,ter of Tho ,rraat
!. ',n,a,,eo tn tho nuhlir hral,h that snct
e. ,hnn,a no devised and a3ontad fo,
. '"' .',u" th, nf,nnd,np msttar>- The n;rb,
'.I''' u;r If least nreyeni orr dyyell,nnS
>o"-"S nm;, ,,,;sn,ad hr tho dooon,nns;
'.'"'
''H' u ,.,,o,r, ,ho, vo,o. ,,,5;,c, ~
u - ,,,ntto,s cnos tbro,,rb . nrono..
al ~, u',I ..,;nm ,.5,s;,c tb, ox,I,,t;nn =,
q, ~ ".' ~, s,oc;S, cr,,,;,,. nr ,rh; ;,I,
oH'n>',' i;,,,,,or tb.n rho ,fn,nSnbora m,
: 'i',,' - ,h;ch ,hnS. r,,sos ara ,,.n,,,r
nsH"''> .,;nrnS "". r. rho hsat -, ia w" go"
Oh j. ,..,a,,,,l 1910 .a.'
pA'rc |! '''e rNo'.''', "'@' i...''.eis ae eoii'
fHrd III "ar'n Wnl'l l".ole' S "nen re-
tanned IN sever ~, ;ue ,"<ts S e'oasea @ aie
dr',''s"uS IN 'ne m'e ut ..at ai,u VIZ
are ",sIt1' naiS ~ -, most cnncontra ratea Snrn,
r,' It,' 'nna ~ thc ascent of sewer o,ses :.
.'.,o,rt;nncd IN the steepneSs of the sewer.
i,ti;.,,. ond hence tha moro ra,id tho
.'',. .,'"', - ,hr ,rv,rc.lionid fbe or;rtor tbe
n,.ni,.c5 r;sr
,,,,s, r,narlabI. fact TINT e,,.;,oors
- hn tnnnd who think that II is no,
,.,S,ry. "., 70 yrn,jl,ts sewers nj alI. Other
,,.,i,rrrs. entertaining the opposite opinion.
,hrir hone, mon the speed of the sew.
,,rrrort not aljowinr sufficient time for
49,. ,.rnrri,inn of gas but wherever either
.I',.iTy. has h.cn rcduced to nractice il has
,,r,,,n most fallacious. Mr.. krcpp THE
,,.,,,. Oue,tion) describes , welj.scwered
~. hanc sunnIied with q svstem of
',I,arr,naon ratorts so arr,pued that tho
+"i5. nass;nr through give off the LARGEST
,..,n,,, volrrnc Of eases, which are carefully
ll,u,rt,d and then. hy means of chimney
r;,,.> TOR housr-drains serve admirably for
49,, ,,,,rnoSn, conducted into the very bo,rt
- ,h, dw,iiinus, The same writer saws thar
..,h;. Volcano Of feyer-damp. more ncStilent
,t,n ,h, tir-damp of a coal.mine- is that
,h;,h makes LIVERPOOL. Newcastle. Dundee
and jnnumerabe other cities so very I'm.
h,.,i,hy: which. ia the case of London.
,,aln,,ho elevated districts such as Hirh.
'.,,. Hrmn>tead Inner Clapton. &c I'm,
nrtnn moro ,hodes of infection -
r,,, ,rs-.nra Of these rases increase Will,
t',;!l,h, ,T ,ho;r noium1 and ;S s,,Hc;a,,, ,
~, ,ho.r ~ ,hrn,oh any, sn,.u ore,.;na -,
~ '"rv ~. ,ho, NAV, hs f,,ni and tho ,raiI. o
,ly"r, ncrwit rLe cas 70 mass throuch then,
,. ,ha o,,tb ,.ord;nr to +bosto3,n,ont
~ rho London Sewerage Commission the
.tfat Of the contents Of the sewers is Ic
,r,5rrn ;unrmer,hle small cracts and fs
.nrr- in the masonry some Of which are al.
,nnst ;nnnrrentihle ,n the eve and are there.
t,,ro ,itfcult or imnoss;hIe to ha found So a.
~ -, ra'rairnd hnt tbrourh yyb;cb rho hy;dS
,nd ra,1;rnlarly rho ,raSes viii nanatrsse
yir.hnw one of the most distino,,ished Sci.
,nti,ir mon nr Germany savs ..tbe nnros;ty
ct rhr walls Of the sewers Is evervwhere a..
lnowIedeed": and that he has seen the sub
.,rr,ncan water and oas forced tbrourh th.
u.,,I. ;n [r,,n,;t;es nt Fr,nIfnrt
,o,no idea may he formed Of the diff;cul
,;.. thot m,r originate from sevar o,s ,ar
I,uI.rIy when the sewer walls the b,icl;s
arr. Sat,jr,tcd with the corrunt f1uid and
uuirid Fermentation is constantly coino on
l., rnn,id.rinr sbe imnortant ;nvest;oot;or
instituted in Gre,t Rr;toin for rho nnrnose
ut 4bolj>binp the evils of the London. Liver.
pool. aud other city sewers.
In .he ronort of thp Metronol;tan Ro,rd n
Pubic Works for 1865 and 1866, it is STATED
that Ill is necessary that all the sewers
SUhlIlu UnNS OptIllUpS Ill Tile air lOr Tree
ventilation. otherwise the ras will pass
through the drainage pipes into the different
housc,.''
The plan Of trapping, and that by thC
construction Of yeutilatipp shafts. has also
been fully tested. with what results vii
fn. seen by the following extract from the
testimony of Henry Austin. consulting en-
ginecr OF; the Sewer Commissioners eTha1
The system of yeptilatiug sewers by means
of shafts and crates was Objectionable. anC
should be discontinued; that ventilation by
lncans of furnaces and chimneys at great
distances would he attended with great diff,
cuItie>. labor, and cost, without promise OF
satisfactory results"
Mr.. Bagagettc, Chief Engineer Of London
SAYS in his report TO the English Parliament
That in order to deprive the London sew
er g,,s Of its injurious properties by combus
ton, it would be necessary to have about
two hundred and thirty furnaces with higl
chinncys. at Il cost OF about s460,0OO, will
an annual cost of e225, 900 for coal.
INFLUENCE OF SEWERS UPON WELLS AND SOIL
ar. sewers an Improvement as regard
tbc po;sonipp of soil? The great object O
every sewerage system is to drain the soil 0
its >ilrplus water. and TO carry otf from th
house all slops. waste water, and eXcremen
tjtul matter. The salts and acids contained
in human eycrement DESTROYS the lime ant
mortar Of the walls of sewers so that tn,
liquid sewerage poison is soon ditfused
through the soil upon which city stands
50 that the whole area is saturated with in
iectious fluid.
No one doubts that the same process which
caused the liuuids of cesspocis and privy
vault, to find their way through the walls
into the surrounding soil will also act in pre-