The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-02
HOW TO DISPOSE OF IT.
4 Sewage Can be Used to Re
claim Alkali Lands.
BENEFiyS TO BE DERITED.
Mora Arguments Pro and Con by
Property Owners In Sewer
District No. /.

Unfortunately for me, am out of
the sewer district" said Mr.. D. L..
Davis to HERALD reporter yesterday.
"Were l on the list. 1 should take con-
siderable pleasure in voting in favor OF
its establishment, however. The objec-
tons made by many are, it would ap-
PEAR to me, not well taken. Those who
object to the idea, because of lack o.
water, do not, 1 fear, thoroughly under
stand the subject, neither are they con-
versant with the amount of water that
daily runs into the cesspools Of this
city. The solid matter OF the sewage
would not. believe, go over or 5 per
cent, and would be easily carried
away. Admitting, for the sake
of argument, that our present
water supply is not sufficient
for flushing, there is every reason
to believe that it will be at least
doubled by the time the sewers have
been laid and are in operation. Now,
most heartily offset to its being
Lake. There are several good grounds
for this obi ection. In disposing of the
sewage, we should do nothing that
would lessen the value of any stream,
any lake or anv property of any kind,
no matter to whom it belongs. My
idea as 10 its disposal is as follows:
have eighty acres Of ground over the
river. 1t is too far away, how
ever, 10 expect the mouth of
the sewer to ever reach there.
Were it not so situated, 1 would
be perfectly willing TO enter il to con-
tract with the city to dispose OF all the
sewage, and IN such manner as woald
etfectuslly prevent any stencil arising
therefrom. 1 would pillow my land very
deep and then harrow it, until for a
foot or so in depth it had become
thoroughly puIverized. On this, let the
sewer be turned, and am sure that the
earth would absorb the sewage and do
it in an effectual manner, but would
also destroy any odor that might exist
at the time of discharge from the mouth
of the main sewer. As l said before,
my land is too far away to
be used for such pur
pose, but there are various tracts near
at hand that can be obtained and used
for that purpose?"
'But what as to the odor that all
suppose will naturally accompany the
discharge from the main severn"
There will be none, or comparative
ly none. l venture the prediction that
from the mouth of the main sewer, be-
fore the sewage has had time even to be
deodorized by the earth, you will lind
less offensive smell than surrounds the
average Clubhouse used by q moderate
! sized family. Old Agricultural Park
r'would make an excellent dun ping
ground, prepared in the manner l have
named above. Now, it is utterly
worthless from an agricultural point
o. view. Pow five acres of it. turn
the sewage upon it and in short time
the land will become Yaluable-it will
be reclaimed and made productive. As
to the odor, l do not believe there
Will be any to speak of. By adopting
this plan, sewage can be made useful,
instead OF detrimental, as is now ap-
parently feared by so many"
Several other holders of Jordan prop
erty have also expressed themselves as
being willing to take care of the sewage
If the city will but see that it reaches
their places
W. c. MoRRIs--"I think that the
business portion of the city-that is,
from West Temple to First East street
should be severed, but for the rest of
the city the dry earth system would
answer for at least five years yet. An
other objection that have to the pro-
posed system is that we have not
got sufficient water to carry off the
sewage-at least, that is my opinion of
it,"
n. A. EMPEY-''I think sewerage is
all right. but would like TO know where
the water is to come from. We haven't
had enough for sprinkling this summer,
and in the eastern part OF the city any
number of trees are dying, simply for
want of water. This being true, where
will We get the water from to carry eff
the sewerage. 1t seems to me that the
water should be provided first, and then
take up the sewerage
w. 81. FOSTER l haven't had time
to consider the question, and am
hardly prepared 10 say how [ shall
vote. l can see that it will burden US
with a heavy tax. but if it's necessary,
suppose / will have to stand in with
the Others"
MRS. G. [. KIRBY-"Of course I favor
sewerage, but the present plan dosen
strike me as being practicable, and it
would b. better 10 leave it alone than
to make failure Of it. | cannot see
how Il IN De carr ed out until we have
more waller, and think tns subject
should be gwen consideration first"
DE-. DCNFoRD-'I think the two tiers
of blocks besween West Temple and
First East Streets should be severed,
but outside OF those blocks it isn't
really needed"