New-York tribune., 1875-03-08

already enormous liabilities imposed npon TINS uniur-
gueerns Aud to it mnst he added tge COS. q" bne no
feet In length OF the three feet as
sewer, which forms an equally senseess par' u ''
great folly. - .,
But aside from the absnrdlty OF adding that append
age ereaiiug seeming necessity Tor IT, . lls cor,
Il letting capacity not euliceut for me puIpos@s 80
intended. Its deficiency in this respect VIII amonhs 70
lio7sl cubic feet Of wier an honr-eqM % I'M ln. o.,
ence between the volume intercepted nv IN" seVeaeet
section above and the conducting capacity OF tne Tx
feet section below any familiar win hVdraues
may readily ascerIaI from the data presented ~ tie
lengtns, diameter. and falls OF the several sec"ns t
OF the sewers. And the alsurdlty OF the dcfNc ~
scribed Or thus miercepting ana then reIurlhs & P
ton of the water becomes still more rid N @
OF The that there provision whatever mace 0r
dspOsiQg OF II after again reaches 10 hiturl oc az ~
the TLer any mere than there is lcf twice ~ Nm
more corbgip III rJm me sfcs or tna .i saryer
tar BOUNDARY and tue heaa Of the in.ereep,lR
for that lowing to the natural bed oi te lpe d
wide spaces aohg its ldes between inc n 80, ore
North Capito-t.. forming an saie hnEtn vi hv
than 60o feet All Of ths water SUI % reaian And these
several quantities cOmblned Will by themselves retio
quite large sewer Yet none for that llhe ia. n.e
named, the necessity for IL been so hIch ~
nted ~ any the plans VI the Board, UT ny Lou'
Ho1ie. ,, .,o,
part of the Tbcr valley ana boundary sewer though
proving IT. engineering TO he lamentaOiy eruat nea - ~
idotic appear ony secondary in importance when com
pared with fact that the Interc'pung seheWe ~
planned and executed lamentabIe ana exec idngy
expensive lure 10 Is not needed Tor nfreep'ins ~
wafer OF moderate rains and cannot divert Tue Wao
OF floods to the AnacOsts. Consequently IL eanho. %
terialy relieve the main IOer sewer tns aluhg ~ 7 ~
first object Can il save the city from frightuy dam
nun1ations resulting from an utterly iaadeque n
systen or rather no sem OF sewerage IL has Decu
repeatedly stated aud published that the o'uniaiy
sewer, constructed, cannot intercept ana @ @uIvv,
toward the Auacosta more than about onss, , ' % .
part IL of the main branch Ot tue ilDer
and whoever Will inellgently investigate me mhuoe
Will find represented. Men possessing sOnd ssnss
will that 1t is 80 by merely LOOKING at the stre'
and the The attention or congress n'e
directed the great lluuder, and me sduah9eia
OF money upon it. Thlsiny1atlon Is now rrpeae; n ,
early attention TO this matter ls most
earnestly rred that the best possible measures may
DE taken or sposing of the OtLer .teensXteehths
part OF Hood water which now remains Wholly u ~ an,
yded for. AZ the work now STANDS IL Is lu'e pan pii
tnat half food would oIaly demolsn anu anu ~ sST6e T6
away the dam. "sand-pt" formed at the hedu Vi ue
inercepiing by Lieut.. HOXe, ana run down aons
is old and natural channel VITA lrresstlo9 iOter &
Greater floods viii be. OF course, prOpOrtohalN iolc
destructive in ccts on property, and ou me too
And tnen, when the connection az 4drYlanuaNe, NV
nearly formed snail ne CONF lcted between the 49,
ami quite level OF the main IlDer sewer anu tuS
section above it, floods roag down from tne Douuu
airy Will most assurediy produce general niiing u'
breaking I'D Of at ana near rae IbotaHicIi
Garden Of ho ClplIo, at the point whre tue iap
fOg from the north strikes The tide lever; ail u
natural consequence. submerge the entire eahd VIM
deptI Of several feet, aud o'cr tne mr. hEos % u
dwellings and stores. And a lne same lALlc ltc VOu
arv sever too VIII become 50 filled ana ch0ked VIII
gravel bowlers hrush aad hood WOOL as totHa.e
t more a receptacle OF debris than conduit Tor W@tet
thus adding still the disparity between l'r hlt'
ceptlug and conducting capacity. anu TIE volume VI
hOnis proposed ~ be intercepted bY II.
tits also believed that nearly all the sewers or the
civ from the largest the smallest planned ana con-
ftlcIed y te Board ana BY Lieut. HOXe, ar, III some
resuects az uefeCf the foregoing. flOOls VII.
snI lime show thar II is sary take most II
Them up and substitute larger and better ones But as
before stated, and proved o. the ram rec0fds hYte
~" rainso- t1e last three years nave auoHGu @ 10
half n3oLs. Shall wait for great Hood an ratI
Iou r1. t s f r 49,. - of m. n in n ou - arm IN
the costly school OF experience But IN this case, Wh
ampla facts and d4tl at hand, from which IL = rt'HJ
deduc hi, that there dangers OF fearful character
and magnitude ugng over property. health ana ne
Washington D. O.. M4rcL2 . 1875.