Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-02
Utilization of Sewage and the Pres.
eryafiOn Of streams.

III VIII De remembered that King Albert OF
Saxony. on the occasion OF the recent fish eX-
position at Berlin, offered a prize for the "test
method OF purifying the waste water of factories
and rendering 1t, and also sewage, harmless to
fishes" To accomplish this effectually would
prove Invaluable TO proper disposition OF the
sewerage OF large cities-the sewage of which
has proven so detrimental to the waters into
which 1t Is emptied. The Native GuanO Com
pany OF Aylesbury, Great Britain. is competi-
Tor for this prize, and a correspondent thus
describes the process OF attaining the object In
view resorted to by that company. upon ar
rival at the factory the foreman In charge con-
Quoted US through the establishment. Our
starting point was at the end of the large
sewer. into which flowed the sewage OF a
town OF some 5000 Inhabitants. including
all the deleterious waste water of factories,
etc. At the point where We stood this
mass Of filth emptled into a huge trough
which was being fed at the same time from
another trough containing mixture of blood,
charcoal and clay, which perceptibly thlckened
the sewage. This thickened mass OF filth after
moving on few feet emptieS into large walled
tanks, fed by a stream of alum water from the
factory. This internIXture of alum causes the
impurities 70 form a sediment and so purifies
the water. The alum not only causes all i'm
purtties to settle at the bottom, but also SO
taken out when periodically the tank Is emptied
and cleaned. After the water or liquid has thus
flowed through series of three tanks 1t Is
allowed TO pass out into funle which conveys
IL TO the river. The water is so clear that at
distance OF upwards OF yard from It's surface
silver coin Is readily dlscernible at the bottom
and it Was noticeable that numerous little fishes
were sporting In this f1uIne-it being asserted
that they seemed to specially like this water so
Quantities OF this water, Theoretically sealed
We're sent to the fish exhibit In Berlin.
''But In addition TO purifying the water, this
process also accomplishes surprising utiliza-
ton of the sediment. After being taken from
the tanks the deposit Is subjected to pressure
and formed into huge cakes deprived OF moist
ure. After being thoroughly dried In the sun
or by artificial heat these cakes can readily be
crurnbled TO dust, and resemble rich soil. This
material Is called '.native guanO,r and Is
secured by what at the factory is called the
A process. Invented or discovered in 1865
by c. Sillar and others, who sold the right of
Its use to the Aylesbury company. Much has
been said against this process but It's results
speak for themselves and prove it to be de-
cfded success All OF the articles used in at
tanning the result Indicated viz: blood, clay,
charcoal and alum, are substances IN no way
detrimental to fishes, and at the same time they
contain nothing detrimental to the good quail
ties OF an approved fertilizer. This Is not the
case where the less expensive unslacked lime Is
used, which not only Is injurious to fishes, but
would also impair the value OF the sediment
obtained, as fertilizer. What is most sur
prtsfng is the total absence OF disagreeable odor
In the factory, and also the entire odorlessness
OF the excellent fertilizer gained. In proof OF
these facts, the Aylesoury Native Guano Com
pany, In addition to exhibiting the water puri-
fed, have also on exhibition at Berlin aqua
RUINS showing how well fish thrive In the
purified sewage water, cakes OF their odorless
fertilizer, and shocks OF grain raised on fields
fertilhed with the product OF their factory"
The fast mail pleases everybody but the tele.
graph companies They object to 1t for the
reason that 1t reduces the need for teiegraphing
and because letters sent by IL not unfrequently
beat The messages sent over the wires.
We observe tendency In our democratic ex-
changes 10 FIX Gen. Hancock in the public mind
by calling him 'the superb" The selection Is
not happy one The only historical parsonage
we now remember coming down to us with that
designation was 'TarqJin the Superb" and he
was about the worst knave In the pack.
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disposition Is shown in some quarters to
object 10 the reelection Of Representative
Hunton IN the Sth Virginia district, because as
Is alleged. he Is opposed 10 suffrage In this Dis
trtct- There isn't any such thing. What is
suffrage elsewhere becomes suffering here.
There Is nothing 10 vote for; and we can only
have the noise, expense, and heart-burnings Ct
al election without any OF its good fruits.
IL Is safe to assume that France has entered
on new career OF trouble, in enforcing tie
decree driving the Jesuits out OF that country
Tae effects may not be experienced directly.
but they viii be felt forclbly by and by. In
various ways.
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second hand one horse Family CARRi- SCZI2
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