Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-20

EDITORS APrEAL-I write this letter to you
subject which at the present time must be OF great
interest to the citizens CT Memphis, and with the
desire that it may be of great benefit to them,
believe 1t Will be if the information be turned to
No doubt every reader OF your paper viii admit that
cleanliness is necessity fof the prevention of dis
night soil or eXcTement and refuse OF any city, is
mater which can only, with propriety be done BIZ
supervision, and that the healthiHess ard social
well being of any community depends, In great de-
gree. upon the way In which IFS sanitary work Is
done. Now the removal Of the night soil ought to
be done regularly and effectively without any nui
say that with tne establishment OF
a proper system, modified, of course, according to
circumstances, the whole of the refuse OF city can
be eectually collec ed and disposed of, without any
nuisance whatever TO the present. or larger to the
future, residents in city, and at cost not exceed
Ing that which has hitherto been paid and which is
at present being paid, in most towns and cites In
hitnaIto been paid TO sanitary matters III the United
States. know nothing about the system here and
itafy question as 1t exists ID the crowded in
the notwithstanding DISTRICTS in England, where, for
towns ana cities has been most difficult and en-
crossing subject, and with The stringent provisions
ity OF land owners, and the grumblng OF
the ratepayers who saw their money spent in we'll
thoTites have been at their wits end. A few weeks
ago was in the town of Eochdale in Lancashire,
England, VIII CHI has at present population of about
seventy thousand Inhabitants, and there called on
Mr.. Alderman TAYLOR, chairman of the sanitary
way In which Rochdale accomplished Its work in
this matter, as understood Ii was success You
minutes | was on my Way TO the sanitary works
along with my friend, which are situated in the
center of the town, with cottages mills, etc., the
three sides of it and the river Roach the fourth
As we went along we passed wagon earning to the
works load OF twelve or sixteen tubs full of eX
c-eta and ashes, half OF each, not mixed but separ
ate The wagon was closed and air tight with in
peIGeptitle even on coming close to it. The wagon
was stopped and oientd for my Inspection this was
Thoroughbred apd ! saw the tubs ranged in two
rows side Dy Side, the lids being tightly fgteued
doWa and then made alright By an inda-rub-
no nuisance whatever arising from III m. When the
tubs arrive at the work those containing cinders,
ashes paper, old iron, etc, are empied into an ash
heap which is aiterward passed through Kidding
nlacine, Shich separates the cinderS or rough ashes
from the ne and also the OLD iron, pc:s, and oteer
matter. The cinders yerS readily Keep up the fires
OF two boilers The fine ashes are used along with
sulphufIc acid for deodC rzlng the excreta In the
tubs The old iron Is Sold and the lots of pots and
bricks are ground up Into mortar Then each tub,
it. and thin layer of fine dust spIinkled over
the top. which SO sefectually accomplishe Its OBJ
| Jet that there Is no nuisance in the place.
The tubs are then emptied into Firmns's rendering
| or dessicaling machine, an American invention
which IS long cylinder having moving axis and
arms, through which axis and arms steam is con-
slantly made to pass, and which by their continual
revolving CATER screwing down the lid the top
thGgcughly dlssicates reduces TO powder In dry
cTunibilng state AL the matter contained in the
chine Ia about four hours, and which is so valuable
manure that at the present time the CORPORATION
have orders on hand which it will take two or three
years TO execute At present about woIhiris of the
town OF Rochdale is under this system, and the au-
thorttes are doing all they can to bring every house
into It, and are likely TODD so in very short time
| The System na5 Leen fought out by Mr. Taylor and
his colleagues for many years With bitter opposition
and many most diShe2Ftening failures but at length
| IL has succ, eted and from all parts of England
France and Germany Populations are coming
every week TO ROchdal3 to see and learn ali
they can about 1t, and II is being everywhere adopt
ed, as far as circumstances will ad nit Its effect on
the health of Rochdae has been most satisfactory
so fa1 az results could be aseertaned, especially in
acaTet'reveT WhoOpingeousn and bronchitis ana ing
children. such Is rough sketch of the ROchdale
system. and the ideas formed by me from a single
visit OF an hour cSwo to the works, may add that
on further nquie1 found that the lower classes are
strongly In favor OF its extension through the town
saw this when had idea that should ever see
America az all, much less Memphis; but, having
/ been here day or Two aud disco, ering from your
paper that movement Is in contemplation to take
some action in sanitary matters thought it nigh.
give some pleasure to those who are to work out the
scheme to know that tt can be DONE and is being
done effectively and cheaply, too on the other side
of the ATLANTIC LANG ETEIENSIS