Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-01
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THE proof the pudding Is In the
eating or words To that effect. Ex-
perience is the only test of any valuc
TN the matter of drainage. rs In most
Others. The subject of oiial drainage
In cities IL probleni which has pux-
lied sanitarians and engineers in ali
countries and la all ages and Menu
phis, Tenn, is the only clfy ~ fhs
trOrid which has ever solved the
problem. The Warning system Of sew
ers recently instituted in that city, in
connection with their Holly water
works, constitutes the most complete
and satisfactory hygenic apparatus
ever devised by man, and IL has per
fectly accomplished the object for
which II was contracted, viz: ~ carry
off the contents Of privy vaults, cess
pools, kitchen sinks. bath houses. etc.
aud diminish largely the prevalence
of what Is known as zymotic diseases.
/ The double system sewers aud water
works. is constructed precisely like
the blood crculatory apparatus Ia
the human body system OF rciiiA
beginning az the surface and eNtreIui
ties OF the body in minute capillary
vessels which receive the refuse waste
matter of the body and empty il into
larger and they into still larger vessels
till it reaches the heart, when il j.
pumped into the lungs. and there
dumped rs IL were, free from It's inn
pnrities, when ii receives for is return
trip oxygen or the iifegiving element
and is returned to the heart again,
when il is pumped into the arterial
system and sent first through large
tubes, whirh iiburcate or divide il into
smaller, and they into smaller tubes,
and so on till the system terminates
finally just where the former (venOus
SYSTEM began; viz: ia minute capil-
larry vessels, the two capillary systems
blending and freely communicating
The forcing engine at the river repfc-
sents tie heart the blood water IS
forced through the largest mains into
the various subdivisions till it rcse.iu'
the smallest, which are located ca each
premises Ia the city, and there, by
means OF stop-cocks.' the water =
turned on and any part vi the
premises, prlvles, etc., are
H,tshed. This then runs Off into the
smallest pipes OF the sewer system "a
inch) which are laid al IS fall of only
six inches to the 100 feet, thence into
larger and still larger, till carried into
the main Us inch cylinder, laid with
"A fall of only two inches TO the 100
feet, and thence dumped into the COM
mon reservoir--the river. To make
the analogy still more complete, there
il u respiratory or breathing apparatus
attached for the escape OF that modern
bug-a-boo, sewer gas. This consists of
four inch pipe leading from where
the sewer capillaries begin and the
10 |. III M ~ ri a
extend to the top of the house. But
the escape of sewer gas is prevented,
In "a great measure, by an ingenious
contrivance which Is that the smallest
sewer pipes are curved and lie in the
ground IN the position Of an inverted
arch. so rs to always hold certain
amount OF water and thus act rs u0iuc
and thus prevent the regeneration of
gas; while the formation Of gas
Is rendered almost impossible by the
rapidity with which the filth is hur-
ried oii'-the valve being displaced
every time the water Is turned on, and
replaced after each ilushing-the We
locity being two and siX-tenths feet
per second. mississippi Valley Medi-
cal journal February.l
AS IA Citizen seems not to have UNI
derstood that there is u difference in
surface drainage and oflid drainage,
both of which are To be accomplished
but by different means, his argument
il without force. The cutters for rain
fall are not to he interiered with eX-
cept TO he greatly improved, perfected,
aud as he has invited a discussion of
this subject hope | shall be pardoned
for attempting TO show the taxpayers
in the right light what they are go
ing To get for their money! and that
the stove pipe system as he calls it,
is no 'toyN but that actual experience
has demonstrated IL to be an almost
perfect solution to the problem; and n
most valuable hygienic means, the
mortality from zymotic diseases in
Memphis having decreased fully so
per cent since its construction in 1850.
1t is my understanding that the sys-
tenn contemplated by our authorities is
TO be modelled after the Waring system
that just described as in operation
in Memphis though have not con-
vcrsed with any of them except City
Engineer Smoot--then briefly, and
write the foregoing not at his request,
nor In his defence, but mt his sugges-
tion, II being apropos of the subject
now occupying public attention, one
which affects materially, not only the
taxpayers but every individual in the
community.