The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-04
NEW UHEEANS, NiHTUH 5I, Ib5U.
DOL, w. II. Newton. Owl Engineer:

Dir. White also submitted the following.
NEW ORLEANS, March 81, 1880.
Uol, w. II. Newton, Owl Engineer,
Dear Sit- Having been much intereeted In
s CITY az g he he dsP2s % es 81
cioaets and es eeming your Views as both valu.
able aud entirely new, reepeetfully request
Sanitary Association. and give It the benefit of
your atudy Of its neeessities and their remedy.
VERY respsfstWsiH1i'r q 3. VIII rE Sanitary Director.
BY JOHN O. HENDERSON. Secretary New Or
Means Sanitary Association.
Mr.. Newton was introduced and spoke as
sfollows:
In response to the invitation of the sani-
tnrr Director OF your Association tDr. o. Is,
WhiteL / deeire TO express my full apprecl-
as It does, my Familiarity with the eeweraFe
difficulties that have occupied the attention Of
eminent engineers and sanitarane through
ont M the country, and particularly the members
Solution Of the questions hae not yet been
found unincumbersd by sanitary or financial
p y er yoa
The sanitary engineer endeavore to construct
what IL required TO facilitate the publication Of
the afr removal of impurittes from water and
soil9 while eupplying an abundance of the
two llret. by removing ae speedily as posi- ible
allrefuse matter, whether animal or vegetable
no accomplish this the water carriage system
2haa the approval OF engineers generally. And
ayasem aea h 81 u surface drainage for the raiafa
which he's been adopted here. and has my ap.
provai after a careful personal examination of
the peculiar physical features OF the city, Its
drainage ans the saturated condition Of the
coil particularly az It te to be enforced By flush.
ina the streets and cutters daily BY the aid OF
To introduce pure water into all reoeptacles
Of excreta, as deodoriger. and transporting 1t
together With the house sewage, In iron, pipes
under pressure with resulting strong resiet,ess
velocity to the current Of the Eiysr below the
gases Il In my view practicable In 2 sanitary
@ ssns q Of pass seE DAILY line
and brancpoa, Including half hlocs each
way from street corners parallel to river. COM
down Magazine street. and direct connecting
streets to Poland street. as follows:
FOR EreHT-rNcH PIPE ON STREETS WITH SIX
INCH BRANCHES.
Cubic Feet.
rencth of street 81 $50 feet ........... ,ls. .lS2
lencth OF branches 10 900 feet cross streets
one. half block each way ,............. S.72S
Lanrth of service pipes 400 900 feet TO tene-
ments OF 4. Inch pipe. e.....,,,........ ...l7,2 ,2oS
Two thousand vaults. 'lS2oC
Total cubic feet of pure water ...-.....4s2 27s
Estimating population at six to each tel ne
mept Il. COO excreta per capita per day .o44
Urine yer cap TIA per day. ....-..'...''.. 'lSt
"'~NN
Total per capita per day. ......,...,..... ~
Amount to is a.ia cubic feet per tenement per
day. There will then be 10 27S feet river water
and 81, 400 from vaults and receptaeles OF house
sewers-to be drawn from one line datly-Sl,67E
cubic feet. To accom- mplish tht- would lay one
tweve.inch iron main down Louisiana Avenue
to It's Intersection with MaGeztne s. rect. aud lay
one efght-fnoh main down nj tgt Elpe and con-
Meeting streets to Poland street. a.d from the
Intersection of Poland street lay i2-inch main
60 the levee dischargtng into the river through
the pump, with branches IN each intersectipg
street OF six-inch pipe. From the street pipe
and branches a four-ineh servics pipe is laid
.oonnectins with the b ttom of each prtyy
vault and receptacle OF house sewage. The
top al all vaults and receptacles OF house
sewage are placed at the same level and the
vaults are filled with pure Water each day by an
sndapendant iron pipe from street N in and
branches near the top of vault. thereby main.
tainipg water In privy vaults at uniform
heights during the day or interval between
aIllng and diseharsirg them.
would locate at Louisiana Avenue duplex
COMPOUND. condens Tx pumrinG engine. WITH
water cylinder, so irci rs ia diam ter, feet
xroke with such stem capacity as ~ raise
em the river and discharge fnto l2-tncn
IN. under maximum pressure due to 90
head, $50 cubic iset of Water per minute: