, 1881-05-21
CITY SEWERAGE
annual Report Of Engineer fyI,.,
Superintendent of tho ''s'
Department,
Proposed l'lnns for 1,r,,.,
Western s1sIc Of tin no
City,
Fle Advocates the 11sa
torated Covers on the sE'
Man. Holes.

among mo Interesting rcnort. ..,.
!us1 touatl tholr wuy lntn prIut T.. ''sn ,.. dasa
tlowasa Eilers. Eusneer-superln,rnaaauuaaso auas " 6.
sowaraRe Department. 'SS''ueht Of u
,r'ns q, s,.s ,'ri~s, .ao hfnf'cr nj feet Of no,,,
u.uns' VI pF'vaee eewpra, now IN p1u,y a, uaa'a
,nilos tha o,.. .o'l,'sG cur fcct IT. M :,
r,r1t, ~ j., Rocs on tn sw thut thto..'
ionrth m tho list flnrgc cl.ps ne tn'eNen
nlation, md seventh as rcunt,s .ssaf't n PIP.
tho first piaoo whit the ntlmt,rr ~ ~ 'seapiet
OF sewcrnEc, finished and IN lin ~" "".atissl
population aro runccrne,l. s' pes aead u
Attentton IL then invtett to n co,.,,o..,,.
"hat fnay bo scRhttlctl ns tho uh..S'oo hcs, .. o.
ana 1nost economical tiethod NJ so.S, ,t"e"'tst,
ut"anE tnose districts sltlsutct. In tho N.Y. ead
northwestern, nt,1 aonthwcs tern t.,r,, "'aern,
CITY, 1t ID recommended, for tLn o's III Tho
deanlnz tho district lying west n 'nt''e Ias1 "t
,adss sirsct ana Western ayeutic, noe,h usk.el! t
crawfor aveac w awb,sS suih y l,sans ca, 'sf Il
!nonttu!lry,, and south or Kizfc strcss N e'r
,,n.s sewer IN Twenty. sesn s: ths
.UM Mana M fat, Lcnvltt To sleranenoe nest
to crawford avenue. and casswisly IN 1!.e attres
accssau tu lsilltl street, md tho.' en,hsy ~ "ehsy*
asser ~ 1s "i,,fal a sstra!! at he ~
ol TUG sowor Engineer. tako care II >@'' opasoa
ALI. TILE nlA1NAHE pIsc11Anorn
into II oy tho shb.tnaln scwcra l,,onto1
wMra ot Iwenty- -Rrcpntl street auT H. naoEta.
ltforna Ga opfK Ks5tS H., teayit streets ad @es
As m,,:|, |Hs1e; nae;,an a11a central Park aysnS;
tn tsm tho oarly completion nt tn 'uis s,,s1y ~
Gm hsonue sswcr from TwcntyesccTt,ana1'' Taa1''ot.
sp 1hl,t ,tf;aa strG1t s rec9nms,,le o draass,19 =
Tho west fsrk and Iwenty.secosnn ns stroet bettsetn
5'sa!'ia stfoet and Cnwfortf uyrnIIo .ha5aa aaa
tsFo1 W. tt,to a., ntcrscettE sewer o%eI % aaos %
ahonla dsehhrgc Into tho tnnlc hrnu.h snwss ssn, +,
street. ut or near fhp tn,a,,ase 10
@ ton Of to inter street wt Hue Island ascp,s
lnrk. The Drainage of tho nur,hmns+".uq, ,uu Sess
tion Of tho city should bo proYit f"r r ses. sSs
cns,stf9et9n csn OF larKo sntn on Ioo nas'a Iua
oaor straots unt II raIhps @ nn Moth avenue
wSst to tho city l!e ut Crawford avenue, fse TS,t
w,ln ats accompanying system Ut s,ih.t1aIn anS
!9,'' trs ',,c,s s9nwess; e., w drain ali tho ill.,
Ntrth lcnvitt and Crawford avenue Thc ra;na G,a
!lKe 0l tho southwestern district, lytnr bctwnnn
t1o et eanai nn4 n EKan avete and tho sonth toSS
Do provided FOR uy extending tho Areaer araaas
sewer to Wastcrn avenue mid by lin co,,stroa
tlon OF cortu1n subsidiary sowcrs. ''''"''
SEWER VENTILATION.
Hefcrrtnr to tho Interesting md ]n,po,o,A
80 nl.lch has boen kifl un.l wrjtte In rcusr,
to tho proper tnothoA Of yeutItutInT scwr1s ~
Koucral. thut tho Hlblcet hns almost been worn
to saGo 70 say for tho Present.
way, and. ~ ny opinion, tho ouy prle.lcs WV
y fentilato tho seWorAge system ri the CIty ii
Gie,ssso' i,p,sss md BY ena through lilo a
hooa and by constructing the cut tch. hasIns viii.
olit trnps of niiy description. Ot colrss there
uf nntrIppel ratch- h-bas!ns, because ol ,hcr
greater proximity to tho lIotlsc*; Nn3 thEs Oh.
1ecttoii would npply with grcAter fo1ce nese
r 's sn pa g IL pc IepeSa uo alone: but out
traps during tho past venr. hnypye 10 bears
sing!o complaint In regard TO thotr in.rodaeloa
As 4 TEMPORARY EXPONENT
for Increasing and assisting tho at,nospheeccur.
refta 10 ossoHttni to tho pI4per ventilation Of a
sew1rs+ aud particularly s0.ls regards tho auwr.-
ago systum " this city. Tho lhrge nnsnLcr oe
akN:-,earfy led mo to doylse sotio n,ethoa BY
which thoy could 10 utilized and their cust
sa'el to tho CITY. ard this hns been doae
" I9rforattnK tho lids" Of all new covers snd
by boring fiy0 two~aud-a- -hnlf-tneh holes In all
"lsds" put in pluce during tho past Sear. Tho
only objection 70 this plum Is TINT tho roh.wny
which. II allowed to acc,tnulnto. might In tLmt
proye 4 serious obstruction to tho natural tlas
dusgnetl, and hope to submit Mt m early day,t
p1Hn for Il Bheat.iron "dctrltus interleptnF'
which. while preventing anything from dnaLnf
tta why Iptn tue EcWcra through
TIE PERFORATED MAN-1lOLE COVERS,
nt tho aaMo tlmn allows tho fro passage of The
Ktruetgsl ilow If tho external atmosphere luto.
THO sowera through slotted openings In III
sldes. Upwards Of +aU Of thnsc per!of'
use, end tho fact &hnt Tho complaints of tha
prescsice OF sowcr.gas IN tho tntcrIor Ut hausea
Mru rapidly dccrc9sinx IN humber and frequency
would SUM 10 Indicate ttnt tho plan Whlchl
huya horctn outlined Is gradually Int snrcj
mitigating this SERIOUS evil, aun U dtta:'ilif pIf'
sueh. Will ultimately remove 1t AltnKothcr
Thu SEVER Englnlpr believes that the prcsen
ayston of flushing lhn sewcrs Is the best one, III
IL n,llcntcd by tho fact that laornuga exAnl
ination Of avcty ftxt Hf tho cnttro suWrraEc M sys
tenn of EhfeAKO ahowG.l but eutnfnlaatlstly llstt
teftoslt. whitU tnoss 0f tho smaller scwrrI "eia
pu1tn clean and entirely FREQ from any deposa
ut ali.