New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17
rHE SEWERS OF NETWORK.
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY.

sANiiA"i $500. o,on,r v.p,xos
x1fHAeio ~ so,n,,,u,c wovr,,v ron MAY.
c ASnIL George E. Waring r.. has written two
- ON The Sanitary Condition of New-York."
ynso,a, commission, for Scribner's Monthly. In the
~ ~ ,u,hcr which will be issued April 20, the de-
go. of the system Of street and house drainage are
',..,,, 90, forth and In the Juno number he will
-. % "The Remedyp The following extracts
uo"' % sou, .ayopce sheets NJ the first paper, en-
...,.d "Thc Disease:
TSe AIRS, ard important thing to be considered IN
ssudyns the sanitary features ., ""y ~" found unon
ri and the artificial topography OF the s,oa"a %I"
when na., and now crown TO he one OF
the seventeen" sxs. Of the world, was founded and
dino was extended, without the least thonght
hing taken Of the question Oh pea''n 80 80 cow
original 'nnc'.u s.,rro..oa and I'm not a few cases.
eealed rather Una" SUPP :, dor.o nonnlation has
the effort to NJ II to the nses e., ., cina unheahll
Stgr Could the natural suriase ~ 49, ~ what is now
be taken IN hand airesn, Lii he made which would
satisfy ali the requirements OF the n, uncoualled
some natural ADVANTAGES ~ now EXERT very important
elsevhere, and when eNrn n oaI csnses OF nl-heah
influence IN c0unterac.S hviIt Il would have been
Built a. " shona aio Rnit as Il has been built ls
sxaasd With faults Of the grnvest chainco'' "" Wv
BATTERY 10 Harlem River a.. ,e,o wa. ON the low
the earmer tns Green Fort Amsterdam occupying
sha site az the present block tout VI and
1851 the growth had extended as ~ broadway and
IN straggiing WY o then washed by the waters OF
along peafrt' In i-1s there had been some encr"ncn
the Eas, ~, nv horr by finein-or by dumping from
ment on inc shorc u" nij slp aud about the root OF
the 1901 VI like extension Of the scUieihcn,
Waltst;; - Oar a. 6uanest In 1888 the hlnG'in haa
reached ~ M t ~ a. Trouts for about half the distance
sterv 70 Ful,on-st; and In lIs2 tue cry
hoxna so!idcd rather than extended inc nIng 20 .o
& ~ Eronist had become general hnd piers nhd peeh
,roieccd nearly the present line OF sou,ns, Nth
spending encroaehmens had oeeh n'""0 o" '"' ''''"
The character Of the filling by which thls eNt,"m
yond ,ne sSerc endemic OF yellow fever, in 100
Zinc sufficient (aud the probable) cause OF thc out
The sip east Of whitehall was flied with street
W. md Garbage and spoiled provisions. Even whole
r.asscs of horses and swine were half buried thcrc
rarcats ,iYnc and left 10 rot under the summer
LOB . was reformed after the first outbreak ana
eycessycy foul deposits confined 10 the upper
end OF frcns' new dmpn ground and the region
p y ,ns Rettery WAS exempt.
That suo y, arovnd mon which human habitations
erc 10 he erected would TO not familiar with the
$3.50 r-oNh Of Ncw-York, aecm almost Incredible
!sera g"M, bc ,hseancnt record OF similar work is
t'I0fllnte ,,rin, and n ,rould moi he rXtroyngaut
% yerv lor norton of he river border of the
70 ay % h he' ben ronsIeraby extended on both
CITY, wmeh ma ,,,h - To- hcc ,uit M, with a mix.
SUE ~ w. drno-ts carriage street dirt and the
thre VI VI. 55,o, ~ The ,sG.horrei
FOUNDATIONS OF SEWER MUD.
.bs nrocess Of constructive geology Is now going
with consiueraoe "ctNH!' -" ""O''' -,
lower part OF the are sewers dschaGhS NJ the
pa'~ -, - a, H., , - ,,,r,, ,,r,.,,l,, r.,,r.,
seis by which inc taal move u '.i; 500
ST. the street dirt and other solid matters washed ont OF
them during heavy storms much OF OF the worst or
basic stratum which future more clrcc'y auhcN
deposits TO be made Along Wcstst near tr 'haid
pcted and where the great collecting sewer j. being
Constructed capital opportunity If studying
The sanitary features OF this method Of town extension
The whole of this street, $50 feet wide. hns been
MA az In ON n dcnosit of sewer mud and there
{ud iona hat reached
places very nearly 10 the surface OF tue street Inc h-
head obstructs the natural soii danasc 20 tha the
coming from the higher lana bellg ddihlr'd a'A
has TO hc removed during the construction oi inc
by pumping After the woik IS done, IN, W;I'r D" ~ -
largely removed ny cvapordtion Inc luI NOW q Nv
cred by pumping + haek VIVA hlih; ana on me ~,
odor Mucn OF tne nIiera o' E Mni a. ,,iv 'si
enriched with that endless variety OF iilc ni.u
"a material ehli,S ,, INN. & 1ii, ~ " ,r.a, ,it,
to, OF loi upeslt ,, ~ $50, ,,, li.
NJ ,be pepar;msnt Of Public Works -ha have been con-
pletcd The city being incl0sed WIN wan 81 r"iid
ah u. 81, ~ ~ inc harris vii, he more -;fcly
disoscd Of and the mud OF the will be- deposited
where Whatever s effect upon hc chanu' rs iin.ho.
GA we raoic nm , T NJ ~ ,I ,"i1ri dr;,a ~ The
filthy soil arrested by the sea-wa and provided Win no
adequate means oil deep tse; pc c"hlo, D' I'ti" ar
pip,Ien. ~, g., a., , ~ ,t ,,'', 80
10 recon w , ~, VI W, a., LII, ,
.nai ,.i '' ~, NV =, ~ l i i a. IN - ,i,. ,o ,
ri, ~ i,r, re,,it ~ M s,iJ t,i I,,,,,, ~
a., c.,s hai,,g uoti' H. eard f,f ,a.
VII IN n'.pM , , l, I ti ',, ,,
., ,si2 by icota~~ f,nn s.,grf. mi ntl,-
,r,sn L. ecsr,oi,iy has n, dolce; viirh il
WIS.,. .ett,,rr."S ., "r rn,,,' "'i, c.,,f, t',
r. ~, 800 , .,,,il, ,d ,.1 an, i,l,r,
~, 49,, ~ =, ~ - - ia =, IL -, 49,
XII XII lIulAs ouii>i''i',l' ~, ~ "'n ~; a. VI I @
ihr{ nav p,en ,n"a1 W ~ ." . -,
ttRy tSsl"ll we ~, h, ia 'i| H as W
ware inCh ."Ii ,t ~. II "i Ia Ia ,I"i 1,i
ois,ii'v H..l'i ' mn, ' ~, 49,, - ,
Hau0l, " ~, ol. ~ III ~ ,i -. Cow ,,,i
~ oIlsIh' anu "ir Nl.H pu ~ mn - ~ i I
Mork bow III pin-it'7 may rT.al, ~" IN W., - -"
means remove Their inheit'i fCn,'s ii. f"r.y ,,-
win proper INTENTION 10 W, 81 ~ ''l-, ~ @ NV
cellars, AKA WIN an amount "i care tft j. lI'N,
ever, expended NJ eNoulng Hni moisture, h"ed not DE
Objectionable without such care they must D" an" hole
Some. The sizes Of the Old MAJ shes anu vale a'irs
which streets have been carried on hlsh cnhahucnf-,
were no, ~ for human hdhtl'i"n IN ih'r orcmii con-