Daily Republican., 1883-03-10
Needed Sewers.

iipuph ~ "oNiu ne ilnloIltlc ana nm
wise in the City Council to enter INFO
an extensive system of sewering the
city at the present time, it would be
just aS unwise to postpone that part of
the projected system proposed, the
health and comfort of the city actually
demands. Nobody will deny that "A
large sewer is needed TO extend from
Crooked Run opposite the Augustine
paper mills, down the soath side of the
long race 10 empty into tide water below
the city mills. The amount of filth and
ref'!sr matter that come down Rattle
snake run from the middle depot, Forty
Acres and McDowclvil!e, is almost ill.,
conceivable. Crooked run does not en-
tend SO far up in the city, but it drains
Hartman & Fehrenbach's great brew
cry, the continuous stream from which
has the appearance and smell OF
beer. If the accumulation of fruth as
the liquid gurgleS down over the rocks
and into the crrvices is any indication
of beer, then the stuff is really beer
rather weakly diluted perhaps, but
nevrrt hee,s it is beer, and it is said to-
pern when they come to il, sometimes in
the absence of something stronger,
kncci down and quatf with considerable
Sati~l ,rtton the loamy frothS mixture.
III" stream OF beer and Rattlrsnake
run pr IT their content, into the Bran
dyWiuc few vud, above the source of
IN" lon rae" That supplies he city with
the wafer We drink. The distance is So
short t"at the water has not lime to ii
ter and purify itself vi these disgusting
and i!upure discharges before it ru,ar,
down into the city pump, and is forced
up int" the Reservoir t,r u,r. T. j. no.
to be wondered al that our water, some
tunes >ur5 itseiflm our gIH,>,'-, InuNHh
Itself a1ght Xix" The Wiz spoken ut IL
the sacred volume, and til" nbn,>iol-
particles come fZzing and bubbin. to
1hrtop where they ryrpOrur. Til" luuid
poison poured into the Br1ndyNinr
from 'Ac,r two streams mentioned is
not all that polIHtcS the water in TIN.
long race. FrOu every open street to
the bEandywine comes Il tream Of wa
Ter. II is true that shutc, across the
long rae" had been constructed thar
are intended to carry the refuse across
The hraMdywine beyond, but the most
Ut til time the ShutcS are out of order
ana the nauaeou> streams run through
into the race. Besides this it is said Ny
some Of our scientists, that there i, Il
til'eiil!g Of decompo5ed bodies in tie
Wilmington and BraMdywinr cemetery
continually ooZiug and working through
The ground towards this same long
race. We are disposed to doubt the lat
ter, bat even fit i BOT true thrthOugts
of sUrh a contingency are not pleasant,
Whether the latter be true Or NOT is in-
material, a sewer constructed through
The cemetery south Of the long race will
give thrcitizrnS the benefit of tedoubt
This sewer i, needed badly and we are
glad 10 find thai the City Council is dis
posed to diocOmucct its construction
from IN" general system of sewerage
proposed that it may be- cons ructrd
even If the other fails. Two other sew
erS ar" badly uc"drd in the city and
should DE specially provided for. W.
alIud' 10 Shipicy ran sewer AMI Stall
cup ttn sewer. with the Lateral b}auch-
Is requisite for draining the water
colr>es and springs that empty into
them. i, they are now constructed
they are common nlll>dur">. Tn" Ship
ley I'm sewer is arch"d over only il
place, md in other place the moving,
sec'Hi.g mass OF collected filth is rN-
posed mot only 10 the sight, but to the
action If sun and air and il l., no anu.
suaI tuIug for the residents, in the vIcini-
~ of such places to he compelled 10 re
trca' indoors to- escape the rualAr.aI
stencil. StaIlcup run is very l!It." bet
Ter. y sewer down the long race, un,
down Smplry run and ON" down Sta
cup run would combine IN enterprise
extensive enough Tor III" city 20 bear al
the present time, considering th"amOUu'
thai is to be Sp"i, IN securing addition
a water f1cI lltir. 'Il. iluDIDErII. int