The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-07-03
The sewerage. Question.

This is the question which should hold
the thoughts OF every citizen of Ashe7ilIe
until they shalfdecide by their vote that
it tshalt be adopted and put to use at the
earliest possible day. Next in impor-
tance to the Introduction of the water
supply is the system which secures its
| discharge: The water is Indispensable:
Its purity, its abundance, and the faci i
ties for its distribution and general diffu-,
sion give Asheyllle ian enviable promi-
netce for the perfection OF its system.
But the very abundance of the supply
originates an evil which must be as e4rea
fully provided for as the opposite ex-
treme.of scarcity. The use Cf water. in
many OF It's forms, implies pollution and
pollution means disease Therefore
there exists the same necessity for the
escape and discharge of the surplus Of the
supply as there is for its Introduction.
Ehe agencies applied to the discharge of
this surplusare such as are adapted to act,
mechanically in carrying off with it the
filth of the streets, tae garbage of the
back lots. the excreta of the privies, al
and every thing foul and offensive; every
thing that pollutes the air that is breath
ed and the water that is drank; every
thing that nurtures tie germ of disease
and fosters it into the pestilence 'that
walketh by day" and lurketb in the
darkness of the night.
This feature so essential to health and
comfort. and Sc, agreeable in its aspect of
purity and cleanliness has been recogniz.
ed for many centuries in all well regula
ted nations as the >inseparable concomi.
| tant of municipal obligation: Ths.cea,:
centratlon of populati1-
able the accumulation
TO uecencY anu n0stIIe to heaIJII.
age early engaged the attention, a.
| employed the skill of engineers. The
Roman works of draining, stupendous in
their magnitude, massive in their struc.
ture and durable in their construction.
have come down to this day, enduring
monuments of the wisdom of q people,
who, two thousand years ago, gave so
good an example of what was needed to
| secure the health and comfort of the
citizen. Paris, as far back as the 18th
century protected itself with system
| riSalling that of Rome in its nassiyeness.
extent and efficiency. London, at q later
period, did the same. continuing the
work with the expansion of the city, un-
til now it is underlaid with more than
1000 miles of fSVers. In truth at the
present day, eve city, in Europe, anJ
almost every one in the United States is
Pi,Ss.Uco Will WnAk 10 now e06m9Q
absolutely essential to health, cleanliness
and comfort
The modern methods of construction
OF sewers is much simplife1. Except in
large cities where very large mains are
needed TO receive the accumulation of
numoerless teedlng pipes, there is no
attempt made to vie in costliness or
massiveness with the works ofapast era.
The tile pipes, with diameter proper
toned to the work exacted from, them,
answer as good a purpose as those of
masonry In many respects they are
better; Tor their smaller size Gsecufes q
more perfect discharge of the contents by
lncrease-in strength and speed Of the
current of water sweeping forward the.
contents: They have another advantage
In that that they are more perfectly air
tight, controlling thereseapei Of noxiuus
gases: L.. u t,aa sB.34 4.. 4lsI5.!
This ls the system applicable to Ashe-