Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-10-18

REGULAR WEEKLY MEErtNo-HAYKs AND
GALLAGHER AWARDED THE CONTRACT FoR
CLEANSING CEss-poOLs.

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GALLAGHER AWARDED THE CONTRACT FoR
CLEANSING cKss-roOLs.
Board OF Health Friday week held ito
weekly meeting, President Mccall in the
chair.
The Treasurer reported that he had col.
ected SO - due this Board Gu account Of
work done GU Maryland avenue, and that
be had sued the last delinquent on account
Of that work.
The Committee on Contraois and License
made the following report on the subject OF
cleansing cees-poOls, and on account OF tts
aud the general interest felt
IN the subject we publish II in full. The
report was written by Henry Eokel,. ESQ.,
chalImanl OF the committee, who first con-
ceiyed and matured the idea OF Introducing
into this city better system of cleansing
oess-poOls, and who has for weeks worked
constantly in perfecting the system which
he proposes. The report Is as follows
1.-THE Committee on Contracts and l
License, in submitting. their report, beg
leave to say that, in pursuance OF a resolu-
tiou passed at the lastmeeting of the Board,
they visited Baltimore for the purpose OF
making a minute examination of the char.
acter and operation Of a newly invented
machine designed for he cleansing Of cess
pools. and known rs the "Odorless Exca-
waiting apparatus" The apparatus was |
put into service in the presence Of the COM |
mittee and His Honor, the Mayor Of this
city, who, by invitation, accompanied the !
committee, and IN every particular n fully |
confirmed all that had been promised for II |
by the patentees, aud satisfactorily met |
every expectation the committee had formed |
respecting its merits and capability TO do |
whatever had been claimed for 1t. With |
four men, all told, II passed, from a we'll |
that had not been cleaned for twelve years
previously, $50 gallons of night soil through |
one hundred feet OF three-inch rubber hose,
into an tight tank IN the space of i've
minutes OF time, aud IN less than two min
utes thereafter the couplings were loOsened,
the hose detached and the tank WAS ready
to be drawn away with its load
weighing two tons. Having become emptied
OF its contents, the tank returned for its
second load, which It received and was
ready TO he driven of with in eleven
min Ites. The difference In the time between
the INST and second load WAS caused By the
tact that the last load had to he drawn from
"A greater depth in the well. This operation
was performed, In the day time, at the
palatial residence OF apromineni citizen OF
Baltimore, who WAS present during the
greater part OF the time, and who. upon its
completion. expressed his unqualified appro-
baton and satisfaction with the work.
The hose was stretched from the well some
fifty or sixty feet along his private yard 10
an adjoining street, in the rear Of his
premises, aud wa there attached to the
tank, in full view OF nelghbors and passefs-
by. Drung the whole operation not the
slightest indication OF anything offensive
to sight or smell could be detected. II WAS
at this As. we had been informed by disin-
terested people IN Baltimore, it had been at
every other trial, complete success.
\ our committee, 10 obtain further In
/ formation, also waited upon the MaYor Of
| Baltimore. Hon. Joshua NausAnt, ana dur
! ing pleasant and most agreeable interview
with that gentleman, who very cordially
/ received our delegation, and paid several
very handsome compliments 10 our pros
/ porous little uity-he expressed his entire
/ appreciation Of the machine, added his testi-
! mony unfeservedly in favor OF its introduce
I ton in that city, and intlmated that In his
! opinion It MAS destined to work an entire
revolution in the OF manner cleansing wells
in all the larger cities OF The MON.
From every quarter our Inquiries were
/ met with the same answer--assurAnce
| favorable to the merita OF the machine. ln
view OF these facts, therefore, your com
| mittee earnestly and urgently recommend
its introduction and use in this city as the
best method ot cleansing cess-pools without
giving offence 10 the most delicate sensibil-
tiles.
" Agreeably TO Article VI. OF the Code OF
Regulations, adopted by this Board, your
committee advertised for proposals for doing
the work therein named, anil. as provided
in Article WI, the committee duly opened
and examined said proposals II is deemed
proper here To state that of the whole mum
her of proposals received, two only were
within the time prescribed In the adver
tisement, and three were outside OF and be
You'd that time. Those forwarded to the
committee within Tue advertised time are
" Flrst-One from Charles ID. Agness
J proposing TO cleanse hy the bucket syatem
Sureties-W m. McCanlley, Victor Dupont
, " Second-One from Charles Il. Evans
bucket system. No sureties named.
THE proposals which the committee
received after the advertised time are:
"First-One from Hayes n Gallagher:sure
e ties Ivan q. StOtsenbugg, William II
/ Griffin.
4 ''secpnd-Une from Patrick McVev aure
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