The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

and aext 10 extend the wall pipe ~ least feet above
the ROOT OF inc house and leave y open tnouan sae
tered by Tin cap few inches from the top In soao
cases, where ventiatng pipes OF TINS knd are usec,
any good effect 10 ndsrsd almost Impossioie 10y .ns
smalness D their dimensons- The ventilator shouia
In every be Of equal with the wall pipe
Tin ppc will answer the purpose but one Of cast IRON
Is N every respect era0ie Ii would DC an cxoe-
lent thing II the Leg stature should pass law requir-
ing every soil or drain pipe connectIns Wild ,ne
street sewer to be ventilated IN ths way 10y sn,s
means the sewers might be Kept free oil all noxious
gases, such system Of general ventilation preventing
their generation IN the pipes IL you'd cos' INC cV
nothing. aud would put zach Householder 10 hu OK
penss Of more than $40 or thercabouts gentle
man aud family living IN one o. row OF houses on
Inclined street In Brooklyn were irequeviy Kept
awake Tor hours at night by escape uto their house
OF gas formed In the sewer at an OIL rehnery At me
foot the hill a' S'sss Sas pps oDs
and passes the night without the annoyance oil any
smell OF the kind.
When the surface water OF yards and areas is
dra ned into the the escape oil the sewer gases
odor equally reeabie and dangerous about the
back doors aud windows OF the house. THIS annoy
would be overcome rs In The case OF damp Dase-
ments and cellars, by the trapping o. the house dram
Frequently the dampness cellars springs from local
causes sucn leaky privies or hydrants, imperecy
graded yards the situation oil the house below the
original level The only prevention or cure Is
the ssor0uGn csvervE Inc house n0Js ~ bu
with It's cellar below the level OF The surrounding
ground, It eau only DO kept dry by cementing the
walls height OF al least one loot above The surface
OF tho ground. When the cellar floor 10 saturated
with wafer from springs should be drained into the
street sewer In The lower quarters o! Inc CITY,
where the sewers nave been constructed below the
original level OF the wafer they frequently overflow,
In case storms, INTO the surrounding streets
and cellars SO that some cellars steam pumps have
to Ue employed alter every heavy ram
Want OF space prccludes any extended remarks on
the subject VI cssspcois. rney should only DO used
where there sewer In the street. and then only
IN ease he soil Is loose anu sandy When the ground
Is composed OF clay, and makes what Is called hard
pan bottom, .hs surface ana waste water should We
thno nj ia & rApl- "A
where cesspoOis are used, The pipes eaung TO them
should be trapped, and Inc vault ventilated 0y pipe
similar 10 that recommended for wall Pipe in houseA
Tho subject sewerage is one OF the greatest
I'M porancc TO the health OF the city, out unKe that
OF house drapage, not under personal control The
syslem Is good one present. and Is becoming more
thorough every year. Many Of the iacs 10 atina TO
the subject OF drainage were furnished oy AS
ss,ant Inspector T. J. Nealis. WHO has spent mum.
her of years IN personal inspection OF houses In all
parts OF city, ana who says that the EVIL IS AS prev
aent in Murray Hill as Ia thu Five Points.