, 1873-08-24
THE TWENTY.sEc0ho STREET SEWER.

b1R: Will Mr.. Ohosbrougl, Mr. Dryaon, Afr.
CLARK, or any otlor competent engineer connect
ed with tho noworage-works ploaao toll tho pub
lie, ovor Ills own signature, whether 1t WAS i'm
possible to construct the Twonty- second etroot
sewer 30 as to prevent Its outlet becoming o
nuiBanco2
When that sowor was laid, tho Engineers, Com
mfasionors, and contractors had tho benefit Of
experience In tho construction Of tho Twolfth
street and otlcr sowora to tho north Of
1t,--showlng that, II the sowor wns {iB-
charged into narrow "trip Of sluggish
"ator inside tho broakwater, the sewerage would
stagnato, and, In the sumn,or-months, polluto
tho air of wido neighborhood.
Now, ii 1t was not impossible to lay and oom-
plete tho sower In Twenty-eocond street in any
bostor manner than Was done, tho citizona hayo
a right to know whose fault 1t was
Ihat aower discharges it's great volume Of BOW
ago into a narrow "trip Of wator inside tho
bseakwater, and tho latter structure WAS there
whom tho Rowor waa laid and, II 1t was possible
to havo dono tho work 30 az to
nvoid making it nuisance, whoao fault WAS
II that tho work waa not dono as II ought to haue
bcen1
Unloas tho eminent engineers named aboyo
will Say TINT tho work WIS dono in tho best poB-
sb'o mannor, tho pooplo will continue to bolioyo
that there was culpablo ignorance or neglect on
the part Of somebody concerned In planning and
executing the work.
That there WINS negligence or mistake, Is aub-
atantially oontoBaed by tho repeated promises of
tho Board Of Public Works to repair tho mistake
by additional work upon tho eowor,
Last year, OIL bohalf OF many who lived near
this nuiaancoy verbally applied to tho Doards
Of Health and Public Works to havo the nuis-
anco abated but, while its existence waB nd-
mittcd BY tho members of those bodioB, aud thoy
said it ought to DO attended to, yot thoy said
thoy wore overwhelmed with work, and, beHiles,
had no money for thia object.
Thus the matter rosted until this aoason,
when, owing to tho increase Of popula-
tion, the volume Of sewage is
largely increased, aud. Of course, it's
nolBono effects arc worAo and more widoly-ex-
tcndoa than over, aud not only polluto tho
noighborhood, but disgust and offend several
hundred pcraona Of all ngos, both sexes, and
strangers as vol as residents, who tako and
1onso tho cars daily ut that station, aud who
cannot eocapo the Btench whilo waiting.
More than two months ago, I handed to tho
Board Of Public Works numerouely aud
respectfully signed petition, asking thom to
remedy the OWL.
It waB civilly received the existence of tho
nuisance admitted, and profuse pronliscs made
for it's abatement; anil, although have ro-
pcatodly called to remind tho Board of tho mat
tor, and have always received fair promises, yot,
on closc inquiry this week, learned TINT moth
fng hos been dono about tho matter, becauso, rs
was naid Mr. Clark has boon ITO busy with
plans for tho now aowers." This eocms plaus-
bio. Lot us hopo that ho won't have all tho
sewage Of tho now district discharged on
one side OF 1t, to festor OIL the surface, aa haa
boon dono for years in tho case of tho Bowery
on tho lake front.
Tho officers say they have money enough for
this object (and. it thoy have not it caa bo
raised in ono day by private aubscription) aud.
IT Mr. ClarE III too busy, ought not tho authori-
tieB to do a8 others do in like casoB, aud employ
more help, especially when the object is one That
concerns the public hcalth?
We nil Byn,pathize with tho city officers who
arc 60 ororburdonod with public caros and tl,-
ties; but NO think pationco enough has been
shown about this matter and the othor lake
trout sewers; and, unless the City Engineers
will say tho work could not havo beon done so as
to prevent Its becoming nuisance, the public
will continue to beliove that its present md pas
condition is the result of Ignorance or negli-
Gonco, md that two years. Of respectful but yig-
oroua complaint ought to bring rolief, il that ia
possible.
For hlmsolt and many others,
SAMUEL ". FuL1RR.
Cn1oAoo Aug. 20, 1879.