Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-01
D OF TRADE.

VC 1AdOAs
NETTING II TAE1s
Ew RSeA.
ng session List Even
spovI Of the Commit.
weraxe-Tho Board
Ones . Month
eP carter.
Trade held their first
} the new rooms iast
- session was presided
Jackson, and there was
y n y attendance. ,,,,
scIi1 4 S,So present were William
0eneral J. Parke Possles,
HSltz, Allen Speakman, L.
~ Iiu Franklin b. Cotton,
~ Ifop, James Bradford,
I'll Nor, 0. G. Purdy, x.
.S51 j. r. Heald, Thomas
,s1Sf W. Bush, Henry Men.
li13 Hoffecker, Jr., George s.
3i In NJ. Child and Preston
n, 4. A. VanTrump. read
4 the last stated meeting
= motion approved.
ftees on Water Supplies,
~ Development of Hlrbor
W fragment of new enter
borted progress.
stoe on Sewerage upon be-
pn, made the following In
Instructive report.
Of Trade of Wilmington.
N Your Committee on
pectfuily submit the fol-
as the result OF its inves-
3his date: AS the utility
N be questioned by many
given the matter atten-
% think the present system
b." it may be well to give
COLLECTED from the best
why cesspools should be
a the wastes of the house.
I'D away by other means
eers.
5nless the cesspool is water
fsinage from it gradually
eoil after its disinfecLing
Ih'ch is limited) is exhautt
re it's diameter increases
IN ond its pelcolating walls
6bes upon the foundations
Sse. Evidences of this are
w bought to light in invcs-
o causes of damp cellars,
Sjartling fact in revealed that
y OF the foundation walls are
Nth the foul overflow from
oeL In wet weather this is
~ ~ the rain fall passing down
y BOIL and flowing towards
iSo In addition our ample
3Suply facilitates the absorption
y 1SSsnts of the cesspool by dilu-
n c0ndition which did not exist
3 ~ Introduction Of water closets.
- II II considered that there are
! u I. 80 cesspits in our city in con-
( I0so. besides as many more which
b6sn abandoned, we can easily
)fneAnd that the subsoil is undergo.
( PROCESS of slow poisoning. This
ifi0u'cf the soil favors unhealthy
natione In dry weather, because
tho eyaporation of the subsoil flu
j rauid; In warm, sultry weather,
Iop tho atmosphere irtluences pro-
deconnposition, and in winter
/ the warmth Of the house causes
sdranRhs Of ground air, condition
OulaEIY upfavorable when the cess
y106 Nm the cellar, or where the
% stands on made ground.
Cond. IL II were possible to con-
i wHtsf.tight cesspoos their pres
would Be obnoxious anu detri-
tal 70 heAlth, inasmuch az the sto-
Of fecAl matter for any length of
occasions decomposition and the
uction of gases injecting the atmos-
ird. The removal of the contents
sspools by the methods now in use
jectionAble and costly, contrasting
Igly wtth a system of rapid and
~ waesr carriage.
uFth. In regard to the kitchen
bAth wastes, which now fill our
~. md TO the odors arising there.
9We can safely say that the abate-
" seuCh a nuisance would be Il
NJ. Statistics prove that where
! drains and sewers were well de
q and executed decrease of sick
ard = ere.iuction Of the death rate
feeulted. An English authority
Anus twenty five cities and towns
Heh the death rate has b. en- low
30t03O per cent, after tho intro
lQn ~ sanitary works. and that the
~ health was much improveh.
|0ttton to these reasons, which are
~ tnd applicable to different To-
~ - have with us the pollution
I 4Flnking water by filtration
Iools and bv surface drainage
~ 3 matter OF vital impor-
IIis Sis now prettv we'll estab.
"a typhoid fever, diphtheria,
ver choIara and malarial de-
heraljv have their origin in
Snosit,nn of organic matter.
record Of our citv for the
demonstrates tbe fact that we
|ed nj an alarming nerioi of
ration and that tbe atmos.
loaded Win emanations
ZEN breathed lower the vital.
svstem and nredisnos.s us m
ks of fatal epidemics. This