Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-01
THE SEWERAGE q ESTION.
The Plan " hlch will be Presemtes
10 Council this Evening.

The Plan which will be Presented
10 Council this Evening.
The special committee of City Conn
ell on sewerage, will make the following
report this evening:
Your committee, after very careful
dcliberation, recommend the adoption
Of the plan embodied in the report on
the sewerage OF Wilmington of Mr..
Rudolph Herring, and we urge the exc
cution, rs soon rs practicable, Of that
part Of the work mentioned as the Cen
tral district, comprising the intercept
ing sewers along the Brandywinr from
Rattlesnake run, and along the Chris
tiana from Shipley run with the inter
venIng pipe sewers, amounting in all to
twenty miles; estimated cost, S205,-
900.
Among the numerous very clearly
stated reasons in the report for the
necessity Of sewerage system, we
would especially cali your attention to
the one relating 10 the presers alton of
the purity of our drinking water. The
intercepting sewer along the Brandy
| wine from Rattlesnake run to its tempo
rary Outiall at the mouth Of this river
would receive all the house, brewery
and other sewage, and the suh-suil
drainage from the northern slope and
from the cemetery, at once relicvi' gthe
race from the impurities now flowing
into il, and which must increase year
by year As the slope becomes more
dense y populated.
Another very important point made
Is the sub-drainagr Of the lower levels
and the sprngy soil in some of the
higher parts of the city, by means OF
draln-tilcs independent Of the sewers,
laid while til" work is progressing, and
which discharge at intervals into the
sewers through the inan-lol-s The eff
feet of this sub-drainagc will I've To low
er the water table below the cellar bot
toms, thereby rendering healthy many
houses Whi4i have hitherto been other
wise, and also retaining much Of tn"
marsh district Tor huilhiug PURPOSES
In addition, your cummit~.c believe that
the ChriStiana would be relieved Of
many tons OF inS0Iuble matter which is
now washed into it from morocco and
other manufacturing establishments and
winch would be- excluded from the pipes
Of properly Inspected sewerage syS-
tenn
In order TO carry ont that part Of III"
plan which we now deem advisable, il
" i'll be- necessary to ask legislation for
The privilege Of borrowing S2j0, 900. To
pay the interest on this sum at "a per
crIltlIu. tn uruyid. for sinking fund To
cXtiuguish tn. loan in twenty wears
and Il meet the running exercises of IN.
system will reulIir, an animal outlay Of
say s2j, 1000. a sum which wolld Il.
much less thau |, r,,r costs yearly f.,
build new c.ssno,Is and clean ,ho,. now
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