Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-21

gallons to each person or theer hundred
gallons daily to each house. We are of
the opinion that no ewers should be
used of q smaller diameter than six
inches, for the reason that smaller pipe
thar this would be troublesome to
properly v%entilate, besides it is not
necessary to have a smaller pipe in order
to secure its perfect cleansing by a
reasonable amount OF flushing. Neither
would we recommend a larger size than
six inches in diameter until it and its
branches have accumulated flow sufio-
lent to fill il half full. The size should
then be gradually increased TO
accommodate the increased flow.
Just where these changes will
be required, depends largely upon the in
olinatIon of the sewers together with the
number of water moters and other me-
chanical appliances using water along
the line of their location. Thee pipes
should be laid on each side of the streets
and n at the outer edge of the
sidewalk, and directly under the gutter,
SO that if there should be IN seepage
into the soil the line of pipe will act as
D partial drain to conduct it away. BY
locating the pipes outside the curb line
the space under the sidewalks can be
used for storage purposes, machinery
&C., serving q much better purpose
than they do now, being at present most
ly a rendezvous for rats and mice, and
q covering for decayed wood, and wet
mouldy soil, the tearing mp of streets
would be avoided in making house con-
nections, also saving the expense of
/! digging thirty or forty feet of trench
from the lot line to the center OF the
street. and the extra pipe required to
make house come 3tions with the sew
ers. Man holes would be required at
branch junction and in some instances
perhaps ~oftener, the bottom Of the
sewers must be laid as mathematically
straight lines and the points made per-
fectly tight, with the best hydraulic
cement, carefully end: properly handled.
A small portion Of earth should be ey-
cavated to make room for the bell or
! sleeve in order that the pipe should not
be supported nearly OF the ends, there
is some difference of opinion among
engineers as TO which joint is best suited
for eve purposes, the bell and spigot
or the ring or sleeve, the latter Is shown
in the sketch, the former nearly every
1 UJOy ID NCQualubGA WILL duu uGS CUE
preference. Mar holes should be built
one brick in thickness laid in cement,
the bottom laid ever with the inside d.
ameter OF the sewer as shown in the
drawing. No catch basin being permitted
at the bottom-for OF all the filthy OBJ
jectionable c%ontrivances ever invented a
catch basin located at the bottom OF q
l MI r. bpla 30 Tho m not reoiocp and ahnn,5
The man holes will require q cast iron
cover with a perforated top the openings
farlng downward so that they will NOT
choke up with small stones or gravel,
the water from the artesian we'll will not
be likely to coat the inside of sewer
pipes as it does the wooden water pipes,
for the reason that the acids released BIZ
the sewerage will prevent the immediate
precipitation Of the iron for the fermen-
tstIon of sewerage produces acids, moi
ammonia as some suppose. OF curse ii ID
presumed that the entire production oil
the we'll will finally be collected in the
sewers, thereby facilitating the removal
OF the sewerage as we'll as conveniently
disp osinR of the waste water of the well
after it has served the purposes for which
il is employed, and the additional reye-
nue. derived from the greater consump-
ton of water in the city will go q great
way toward paying the expense OF a
sewer system on the plan that we have
in a general way attempted to outline
feeling perfectly satisfied on our pnrtBthai
these conditions complied with, : the
efficacy OF this system is assured, ano
that to, at o nominal cost, securing the
blessing OF health, cleanliness, and CON
%venience, to the community--In view O.
these facts, it does seem as though thu
cessool, and privy vault, with theil
foul exhslations laden with the GERM
of :Dipthera, Maleria and Typhoid
fever, should go, and the sooner the
better sanitary sewerage is a science ano
like any other scientific mechanics
work, requires study and thought, anc
no man, nor set Of men, no matter, wha'
their requirements, or experience MAJ
be. can glance casually. over q town, o
city, and go Immediately to work lsyin,
sewers, and expecting to secure the bes
results, a system should be formulated
to correspond with the location of thu
town, taxing into consideration the in,
~clination of the streets, and avenues, tn,
habits, and customs of the population
the amount of Its water supply, and te,
final disposal of Its sewerage, and whei
the best plan that osn be devised, i
once adopted, it should be rigorousl,
adhered to, no matter whether the Who'll
, system is completed at one time, o
whether o hundred feet o~nIy-ever
foot put in at any time, shout
form on integral of the entire system
In making this report, the committee or
!, aware that much more might be profta
! bly, said upon the subject, but they fee
! that they have done about ell that coul
reasonably be expected OF them as
committee, and now respectfully refe
! the further consideration of the metse
} to the councillor its c~onsideratio,
! merely remarking In conclusion thu
. the city is in a filthy condition, ON
. that il it be true that cleanliness, is aki
: TO. Eodllness. the death rate OF last yea
9 ~sdmonishes us that one or the 9th,
E OF these virtues had better be locke
! after pretty soon.
' Es7JMA1ED COST.
ell No. 6 Pipe 10 cents per lineal ie
4 laying Same 8 cents per foot diggir
and back filing Is cents per foot, Mi
, hols s cents per linssI foot Or Is.