, 1879-06-10
Sewage isGft,FIll,

10 !he Etltor ot Tie Trtba1se-
CHICAGO, June Stu your last Sunday cdi.
1fou AnneaEs un aritt1u on tho subJcct Of tha
disposition OF sewage, ntM the danger to be
apprcllended from It's mixing with o,tr lnkc
water, Which, IN tho opinion Of tho writer, Is
both timely asnl to tho point, all should attracs
the gcnusai attention Of thu public. The sa.nc s,,t-
tect hos been In tile thoughts Of the writer for
long time past, but lare refrut,lcd from writing
anything on the subject bccaaslsc OF Tic dcnlttcs
to bc encountered IN bringing alN'ut raforH II,
nur sewerage sYsteu,, !lnanclnly nt,d ot!lusHlse.
Hut the nattcris gradually assnnt's such lorm
kna kind n st t be- st as Writ vi af tits as seion :. Il ss s
difficult point Tho flowing on OF our scwnro
into the e1liai and Mississippi is at, expe,leIlt
which Will uEovt but Temporary, NJ II call1ot ho
ex2ccted tMt the inhabitants nong tic rivera
Will lunE endure such au abonluation. Thcre
nra inany rcAss'us wlY they should an,l will
not, both sanitary aud equltuble. Tint such u
disposition 0[ scWago rannot be Tor ttinc, Is
plain to all, for, II all tho larso cities should
highways he hut tcatiibrced!ng wnters7 And
then. asnu trottttnsl sanitary reasors, hive not
the Inhabitants along tllese WATERWAYS rights
which We nre bound to respect, or be compcllcti
Is Tic true EcIuGay for tho great City Of Chicago
to a'lop. TO lisuosc Of her s6wagut The
proposition to make our pure lake com mon
cess poo! Tor this :natlcr cannot, II, The op!nIua
u INV HkNts3 NO k0lCFhltu tut u GaOfIEllt, as IL
would By positlgcly criminal to enter upun u
pian Aud 1nNkc us drink tho common rcfilsa in
Our drlnlilnE'waier, 1.u | taku the liberty To
wurn all cuosl cttFxsns upon t1la point In tiu,u.
ani bG!!eye 'hey w!l! aKtse wIth t,e. That Z
when once they drink the uulsuncd water. hut
we hare GH0sl, pure water nov; let ts ftraserec
It IN It's n,lro state and lot US not resort to the
Insane project of p'lmpIng tie w,iaonous liquid
ealled-lnto the take. hecauso ons man thinks
+ will not hurt. Lot any one calculate
Ter to'nent tlae Immense. volume
cf.,, Of fonl W.! water 2. 81 contained In that
Sa1nc Into tho lalie, at,tl whether rensOn will
nut suggest i1lae It per,n!By will contu,nI,,ate
tue Wntcr nrounA thu crfh u1ul farther Hut
ask ngant what ID tho true ru,neay whleh wi,.
last ior all time a,d nercs hurt. but do mich
positive gfodl urswor, let tho project w!yt-
rnttd by yDur correspondent, but Thought 1T
a!sn by others, he put into practical operation,
onlr ,non more economical nnd pcsbaps
preferable plan, wl'Icl! cnyincers can hest suv-
our reiso sewaEe H,M cxrrtscet.crs 10 flowed
!nio Il Ertat basin. alttl let It b. prepared fur
far1n nse either IN liquid form, SO llat 1t cal, bo
ces.sa ID so!il matter This Ia the oily soi,t t
which will enlute for time, and, moreover, will
prove sulirve uf reyepGr. I.rt 1t o1,ru be III
troduced III lllln0la Or ptler States aud It will
ns n,uss y assa . f9s r. IT, gs qaenses for ;. tHs
'f'7~~+~'*s"~t
the nanArcs of the sity; LIT them 10 gathered
asd manufactured Tor this PURPOSE; and I
pretct tint, IN short tin,e after litu estaLlis-
n,cnt ot sMrl, works. W. vii! l,ave no sewcr..ax
to pay, M II will pay lnr ,tsulf. Arc tllcru
loulterst Let uNy QUO exAtniuo tho con.f{iOn
OF lll!ilo[s lands WHICH hays beeu planted for
>chrs, Ant hare npt lad sufficient festorattyts,
but are exilathtcd. Farmers wol,ld be g!aa 10
Ect II. u would Thus sc,ye difficult question,
-sl'at all refisc tstattcr eua bc turned to guod.
bc!eye stock company, organxua ulnnl 4
proper basis, would snaks money. Our Present
connections With ttle river could 10 closed, ani
~ few weeks tic river would be u CLEAN VI
the lake, and actually have dsh tn It, as 1t ONO
lad. Nh mora tlauscatliK smells trom stoppe.l-
~ stwcts II thu sprlng MT! no noro ab3una.
ne stfnks from the North alll south BrtAchrs,
Which NUM- ean APPRECIATE but tho dwollcrs iii
tlose divisions. Think Of It, publln4plrtted c!tt-
xens Ut Ch!euEo, 4ul consider whether yuur
!s;ansf1y energy ea1uot sulvs this question Tor good.
l!ink Of It, that VIC would have tho cleunest
nlnl lltaithest city IN thu world. NJ lliure
sawer-gasea, III u,oro diseases resulting frUm
IDS rause, and uu more sickness, xasised ty
sewerage ~ Its uFGscnt statc, Ut auy kind, but
t!eal. healthy. beautiful city, with stream full
" " kood lsll and cleah enough TO ba.ae ID,
4nihk Of 1t, u thls pot worth haYluet
REPoEM,