Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-18
SEWERAGE.
,r MEETING OF THE COM
.,rrEEs ON SEWERAGE.
,.. conference YESTERDAY Anef'
Iho IhMr. B.gart Of New York
.ndre,s ,ses the Meeting and
.avosstes u 81 stem Of sep
...,e Sewe rage for this
Oily &C., 60.


corfereuce Of the Committees on
oracs, a appointed by the City Coun,
se~e," 'na BOARD of Trade and the Board
cil, ~ .aI,h was held in the City Coun
Oh labamber yesterday afternoon. The
ci,v u, Council was represented py
vtss .ass.rs Merris Taylor and Ialley, the
hessi' Ness of Health by its President DR.. l..
bO1,n nusb and the Board of Trade by
l'rs +; pr Charles K. Fritz, George W.
S,oaa Mo Allen Speabman and 5 j.. Will
osonN The Chief Engineer of the Water
,nessn,rtment, ,es, and Chief Engineer OF the
Sewerage Department were also pre-,
o ssn, The meeting was organized by
sert sep,;,o Dr. Bush TO the chair, who up
cN'', ling his seat called upon Mr..
W Wsrris Taylor to state the object OF the
n Wr Taylor said that the joint com =.
,;ttass had invited Mr.. Bogart a civil
l nna;ns4r of New York, to state bis
eiars m what was necessary to secure
nerfect system of sewerage Tor this
a:in and Az Mr.. Boeart was present
,t.s, ,hsv would be pleased to hear him on
'Ds Mr. ~ Bogart said that he was scarcely
,,anared to make speech, but would
aandsayor to discuss the matter IN n
nlsin manner. He spoke OF the pre-.
p isnt system of privy wells, and said
sba, wbere water closets were connect
sd I With the wells, the adjoining soil
soon hacomes contaminated with the
si,b He said that the soil possessed
certain amount OF dlsenfectlng inlu'
ence but that was soon overcome by tie
4 a,cumuI alton OF excrement.
The great objection to a perfect sys-
4 .O, nj sewera - has been It's enormou :
"ost but III cities ike Wilmington
xbpre the surface is either fiat or has
an incline, Lives could be used which
would greatly essen the expense. The
sneaker was opposed to large sewers rs
he considered them garden spots tor The
nroductiOu Of sewer gas; he advocated
the usa of eartheu ware or terra Gotta
mines, so arranged that water could be
forced through them, to clean them at
least once in every twenty.tour hours.
He instancsd Memphis, Tenn., and said
that il the system of sewerage in uss in
philadelp phia had been adopted there it
would have cost at least $4,000 600,
which that city could not afford, but at
the suggestion of a member of the Ma
honal Board OF Health the pipe system
was adopted at cost OF 500, 900, and
now Memphis has one of the best sys'
tens of sewerage in the country.
He advocated the system for this city
but was opposed to the sewers having
An our let into either the Cbristiana or
Brandywine, and said that The outlet
should be in the Delaware river. The
speaker thought that the present pri-
yate sewers we're worse than none at
all. The size of the pipe must depend
on the number OF premises that have
/ the use Of it, The smallest pipe used is
six inches, and IL il seldom necessary
4 to nse anything larger than twelve
finch pipe, and considered that fifteen
inch main would be amply sufficient
for this city. With system of this
kind by turning flow of water through
THE pipes every twenty-4our hours, the
people could rely on the pipes being
Cleaned every day, and all the filth of
/ the city carried out into the Delaware
Eriver.
Mr. Sperkman spoke of the condition
|of Norfolk, Va, which, he said, waa a
|very old town, and the soil had become
fully saturated with the DRAWINGS of
|privy wells, &c, and now the authori-
ties were engaged in Trying the ordinary
agricultural! tile alongside of the sewer
|age pipes, With the OBJECT of draining
|the soil That had become SO completely
|saturated that it won d not absorb the
water and rendered the place very wet
Eand unhealthy.
In Memphis there were not any cess
pools allowed and every property hold
er was compelled by law TO have his
property connected with tho sewer. By
Ihls system OF sewerage there is not
Iahy gas generated as the pipes are
IcleanSed, at least once in twenty four
hours by the water that IS turned into
,nem. Mr.. Bogart could not give any
illofmatlon regarding the cost, unless
|Itenmlnary surveys were first made.
ne SAID that Wilmington possessed
great natural advantages that would
greatly lessen the expense.
III ahswerer to a question if the pipes
were liable TO become stopped up, Mr..
|bosart explained how they are cleaned
Hn Memphis. He said they haye a
large wooden bali that they introduce
I. Ihe upper end of the main, and
kneh by turning on a flow OF water, the
|Uall Is carried through the pipe taking
VI oDstructionS with it. Still for fear
~ accidents 1t would be better to have
la nhoIes at different points, so that
fime. "
W. Bush said that some forty years
so scarlet fever, d,phtheria and
esPholu lever were almost unknown in
a's CITY, and he did not know of case
" a1phtleria previous to 1860, but since
W' i1n 'nose diseases have been continu.
y vi tne Increase, and the question
H,'SeS' n. What Is the cause of it? In the
opiulon the increase in DIS ase
,tSes Ill from the contamination OF the
wi from privy wells and other recep.
ao'es OF nth. He thought the sooner
~ soC 70 work the better, and one of
ue .;,. nrSt things to be done in connection
n,ana n aue matter was to get the people |
MT, w. George W. Stone thought that
u.ess an soaething was done in regard TO |
y" n"eLage, the city was in danger of be. |
Is visited by a plague the same as |
I,dl ,dnpals, that might sweep off thous.
s Vi our cjtiz-ns. He was greatly |
,n Msot Of the proposed system and
hsa0 mat it should be adopted.
I'ol Engineer Conwell said that h
MAJ s,eatly In favor OF the proposed
ms u''" OF seperate sewerage, and some
ost ago he ascertained that the
rvr W W property holders of cleaning the
bo,s y wells for ten years, amounted to
~ Eo 'han tho whole cost would be.
IA NV, w not want a sewer to carry off
be tv, Strall la water, we nesd that to cleanse
bat .oOS, as 1t was an established fact
Slish m" soou heavy rain would accom-
ksn,n uore In cleaning the street, than
Eran%s,s sangs of men with brooms and
hounht ,s' Ihe only objection that he
tsts% could be raised against this
hs fn,,S was that Of dollars and cents.
bd unvu,lnwlng resolution was offered
"Pamaaaihlmously adopted.
tbis biO'oIved that it Is the Judgment