The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-31

THIS state, WITHOUT sense or reason, persist
in abusing Hon. John II. Oberly for hold
| ing on to his office Of railroad and ware
house commissioner, to which he was APP
pointed by Republican governor The
Mt. Vernon News in commenting on this
fact says that the editors who are bounding
Mr.. Oberly on this account forget perhaps
that the appointment was made, not at the
solicitation of Mr.. Obery himself, nor at the
sacrifice Of any dccency, propriety or prin-
ciple on the part of that gentleman, nor
with any marked degree OF satisfaction by
Gov. Collum and Republican senate, but
wholly in compliance with public de-
mand and in Difference to the public senti-
ment thatcaused the adoption ofthe minority
representative clause in our constitution.
Of the members constituting the board
of railroad and warehouse commissioners,
the best men Of the state united in the
opinion that peculiar and delicate character
of the service to be performed required
| that one of them at least should be chosen
from the opposite party to that in power
Govorner Culloms good judgement assentcd
to the proposition, and in obedience to the
loudly expressed sentiment of Democrats
and Republicans all over the state the
honor of place on the board
was rendered to Mr.. Oberly. And we re-
member with what satisfaction this ap-
pointment at the time was received by the
Democratic party. II is needless for us to
say how faithfully and acceptably Mr..
Oberly has performed the important and re-
sponsible duties Of his position, He has
been the active, reliable man on the board,
and the one man to whom the public is in
debted for the clear, able, valuable reports
which for the past few years have emanat-
ed from that department. John H Oberly
is one of the abest Democrats in Illinois.
His many years of service to the party are
well remembered, and appreciated,
We stated not long ago that the
New Orleans city council had appointed
committee to inspect the sewerage system
of Memphis. Since then the committee
has paid Memphis a visit and submitted
an elaborate report to the city council
from which we CLEAN the following most
important facts, which will be of more
than usual interest te our municipal mon
archs; The city of Memphis is divided
into blocks 300 feet square, each of which
is subdivided, by alleys running at right
angles through the centers, into torr equal
parts Fifteen hundred priyies are connect
ed with the water works by pipes in such
way as to receive constant
stream of water which runs day and
night The sewers, which run through the
center of each alley, and therefore in the
rear OF the houses whose back gates open
upon the alleys, are connected with the
bottoms Of vaults by terra Gotta pipes,
which are SO graded as to pour a constant
stream Of liquid into the sewer. The sew
ers empty in three different drec-
tons, one series into the Mississippi river,
which has a fall of from 50 2.10 to A. 2-l0
feet the difference between high and low
water mark; the second series into Wolf
river with fall Of eighteen feet, and the
third let into Bayou Gayoso with fall OF
seventeen feet. At the head Of
each sewer is tank supplied
by the water works and containing
40 gallons, which, through an automatic
valve, fushes the sewers at regular inter
walls. One hundred aud thirty.four OF
these tanks are already in existence, and
J it will require rs to complete the system
Fifteen hundred privies are already con-
nected with the waterworks above and the
sewers below, and the whole number to be
connected is estimated at between 5000 and
1000. This is the entire process briefly
described, by which human excreta, liquif-
ed by constant stream Of pure water, are
at once carried away by the sewerage con.
nected and deposited in one Of three streams
by the main sewer, which is daily flushed
by water pumped from the Mississippi
. river. Below these sewers, which are buried
between sixty and twenty feet, according
to the grade, are subsoil tile drains, which
receive the seepage water, the sewers being
water-tght Connected with the sewers by
, perpendicular pipes are some drains for tn,
, receipt of kitchen sops and all refuse wat
, er. They are protected by cullenders which
prevent the passing through OF any sole
matter and it is penal offense to place
, anything in these hoppers which would
, clog the pipes.
DIR. Clark had another Of his Green
; back meetings at the corner OF 9Th street
and Ohio Levee last night, These gather