Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-16
SEWER sYs TEN.
Report Of the City Engineer to The City
Council.


Council.
The following is the report Of City
Engineer T.. X. Smoot on the sewer
system Of Fort Worth, submitted to
the city council at it's last session;
To the Honorable Mayor and b ard Of
GESTIEsES--I beg to submit herewith tho
following report on tue operation OF the
sewerage " stem OF Fost WORTH
The sewerage eystem includes 8 o. 100 miles
OF tipe, divided as Tollowt; 49-l0O miles of
sineh, l0inch, l2.incb, l5-inch, and ls-inoh
mains, and q bi.lC0 m lea Of B-inch laterale;
80 100 miles OF lateral sewers are yet unfin-
ished, according TO the original plan OF sew
erase adopted by the city council-tho GC00
feet uf 6-inoh pipe purchased Tor these sewers
being yet on hand.
age system according 20 the original plan,
the remaining 20,0D feet OF pipe eau be laid
At n cost OF 1921 % 10 $1,000
Up TO date the number OF house connec-
lions made with the sewers are as follows:
Water olosets....... .... blb
unnalH ~
Stop nlnka".. .s..s''.'' ''.'.''''''.''' ~
Yard SiDks...,....''...' ss'..".ss.s.. p
wash basins. ny
Bath tubs. 'f''..'s..s 70
Fountains. '''''..'s..
Water motofR.",,,,.',.'.'.'''''' "'''''....,'. .
Tbe appoiniineni OF sanitary police has
been effective In causing tho niece Hssry house
connections to be made, and many property
owners and occupants have provl ed connec.
lions with the sew rs for their premises TO
Abate nulsances, for which they were ar
rested and fined.
months and but seven sewer stoppagos have
occurred, and all T theae In siN-inch laterals.
These stoppages We're caused almost invarla-
bly, by piece OF wood bone, y bottle, a
stone, or some such thing lnrger than the di.
smeter Of the sewer getting cross gise and
holding back floating matter paperand rags
fttt flnu atm
pages we're grouped together IN n rev lines
and were principally In the neighborhoOd OF
restaurants aud slore.nouses' where bones
broken crockery, pieces Of clothing and
packing material were thrown into the sew
era, no stoppages having occurred In tho local
itipg occupicd by tho better GLASS OF resi-
dencss. The total cost of removing these cb-
attractions was less than ninety dollars.
The committee ON sewers having recently
ordered large plnCards to be pri' ted, on
which was stated what character OF
matter should be introduced iuto the sswnrs,
and penalty prescribed I'm accordance W IN
existing ordinanecs) thereon fornidding the
| Introduction or any ioreigu matter; these
| placards are being placed near every connec-
| lion with the sewer, ana VIII De eHectiYe In
| restraining persons from throwing or plao-
| ing into any receptacle connected With the
| sewers such matter and things as may cause
an obstruction In tho pipes; No sewer has
vet been stopped by tuo gradual sitting in OF
| deposits, and chreIul examination OF the
| sewer mains at the main holes, ana of the
sl1-ineh lalarals, where they were opened te
sion VI any matter 10 the inside OF the pipes.
W Tia the exception OF "A thin coating ofgreen
and vegetable matter on the bottom OF the
pipes No slN-inch line has yet been known
10 run full OF water unless when temporarily
Ohsiructed, aud even the largest lines usual
~ run only about one-iouttn full.
The sewers are flushed daily and tho sue
crssful operation OF the system of sewers ~
tn. result Of careful and regular attention TO
this service alone.
The change in the atmospheric condition
OF the city In the closely built districts Is
very marked since the removal of waste
closets and oess pools from back yards aud
| alleys.
The practice OF throwing slopA on the
ground has been discontinued 10 "a great eN-
| lent siuce the sewers have afforded a more
| convenient means OF d spOsal.
| The contrast In the business sections of the
| city In very great irO the cont itiOn con
spicuously observed before the sewers were
| built.
| The sewers are In perfect repair. but the
attention orthe council IN respectfully d.
! rected TO thu impert o. wooden boxes which
| the valves used In Hushing the sewers, many
! OF which are located In alleys, which pave
| been oxen by horses and vehicles passing
! over them. / would suggest that iron boxes
be substituted IN those places subjected 10
| the wear of traffic.
! Respectfully submitted,
r. X. SHOOT, City Engineer