The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-04
New Sanitary Engineering.

The success of Colonel Warnings sys-
tenn of sewerage, as tested in Memphis,
has established its advantages on the
score OF health and cost. Naturally
enough the example thus furnished of
converting q noisome town in q malari-
GUS district into cleaner and compare
lively wholesome city without exceed
ing the limits of q narrow treasury has
been followed in different parts Of the
country. Lenox. and Pittsfeld, Mass,
Keene, N. H., Wilkesbarre. Pa, Kala.
mazoo, Mich, Omaha, Neb., Little
Rock, Ark, Birmingham, Ala, Norfolk,
Va, have set to work to adopt the War
ing system of drainage; and General
Russell Thayer of our city has prepared
comprehensive plan OF drainage from
Cape May Point, N. ]. New Orleans
is moving also in anticipation of raising
tho necessary funds to set its houses and
its streets in order. Baltimore, through
its able engineer, G. d. Latrobe, has
made comparison OF the cost and merit
of the Waring system, and con'emplates
the early construction OF sewerage works
at cost of three millions Of dollars.
Brooklyn spent nearly eight millions of
dollars in the same task, under the old
system supervised by q competent ad-
wiser of the old school. and now it finds
itself very badly of. The fashion cf q
one great system of hinge sewers to carry
off rain.water and sewage, was intro
duced in Paris and for years exploited as
the great pride and boast of that city;
but of late years it has been found that
Paris is full OF roisome smells, and that
its great sewers are breeding disease,
while the cost of extending them
throughout the city frightens French
financiers. It is not surprising
therefore, to find that the commission Of
experts convened in Paris, has de.
termined in favor Of the Waring
system of separate sewers-one for
the rain fall, the other for the drain.
age Of the houses. It is to he begun in
one OF the --LATEST parts Of Paris, and is
to be gradually extended to the parts o
the city not yet provided with sewers, the
extension to be finally through the exist.
ing sewers, which will be mere means Of
copcealing all the underground works Of
the city. The discussion Of the question
was carried ON in Paris several years and
only lately the city has adopted the con-
illusions OF its experts. and voted the
houcy ouu OIucI0u toO WIN W Oo Oc-
gun. Rome and Nipples have adopted
the Waring System, and it is at once to be
introduced in the new parts Of Rome. At
St Petersburg the leading citizens have
formed an association and employed
Colonel Waring 10 prepare plane to be
submitted TO the city authorities. Trieste
is another unwholesome city which has
also come TO Colonel Waring for . sys-
tenn Of drainage to keep it clean. To
carry on all these works . Draining Con-
struction Company has been organized.
with offices in New York, Boston and
Newport, aud with resident agents and
engineers in Paris and Rotterdam, and i
10 busy preparing plans for the works a.
ready in hand. Il has numerous patents
and these ere now under licenses by I'll
it, customers u nxsd rates. Besides the
public works, the company hes numeroul
contracts for sewerage and drainage Of