The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-30
WALaBLM'S DISCOVERY,

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ssworags-HoW all MierO-OTganiAm' ~
DO E~KitrPatsd ohSAply,
With the constantly increasing growth
Of large cities the problem Of the dlspo'
sition OF sewerage becomes more import
ant.
1t has remained for an Englishman 10
devise a method by which, he claims
the entire overflow Of the sewerage sys'
tenn Of the city might be poured into TIE
river by the side Of the crib, and the
water pumped back into the MANS
would be as limpil and life giyingas mat
Of Tie fountain Of eternal youth, hls
method has been tried In the laboratory
and the results have been pronounced
most satisfactory. Ithas not been utilized
nv the authorities Of q metropolis, ana
ia practicability has not been demon
stratsl. This process Is described with
some minuteness in the London 4'm's
OF August III; an
metropolitan sewage discharge lLoru
Bramwell's) finished It's exhaustive ln'
nniry the commissioners summary re-
cordedtheir deliberate opinion by stating
MAT emo known process OF precipitation
nuriaes sufficiently" etc, This report
was published in 1884, and since tha1
a various efforts have been made 70
discover an efficient process put y sesuis
TO have been reserved for Mr. y, WaI'
helm, OF lOl Leadenhall street, London,
Ito elaborate such q process, which no
hasnamed the "amines" process, because
Il u~tiIizes certain organic bases belong
inc to the chemical group ofthe amlnes
(amonia componpds), This process,
while It completely sterillSes the eiinen1
the great object aimed at by all IN
yestigators-is a. near commercial sue
cess as any sewage treatment can ever
be, The working Of the process IS ex'
nerimentally carried on at Wimbledon
Sewage farm was recently witnessed ny
lord Rosebery, aud a number Of gentle
men interested in the subject have also
inspected 1t, among them belHg+meliperS
Of the main drainage committee Of the
London County Council and other men'
beers OF the Council, as well as FToi: y;
Fletcher, OF Dartmouth College, unlted
States; Mr.. L. 4. Ellice-C Clark, N.l,O,M,'i
DR., T, DudAeld, Prof. G.. Z. Cassals,
Public Analyst for Deptiord, aud others
THE process as carried on at Wimble'
don may be briefly described as follows;
The amines, either pure or In the iorm
OF anime salts, are used In combination
with lime, preferably milk Of lime. the
proportions varying In accordance WIN
the nature OF the sewage and attending
conditions. At Wimbledon herring
brine Is used and Is introduced into fresh
" made milk Of lime. 1t isimmedlately
decomposed, and q soluble, gaseous re-
agent Is evolved, to which this inventor
has given the name Of "amminol:" This
regent announces It's presence bya pc
ocular briny odoh similar TO that Of the
sea breeze. Amminol isa powerful dis
~infectant, and when introduced Into
sewage rapidly .extirpateslall micro.orRan'
isms capable OF causing putreiaction OF
disease, The d"isinfectant mixture Is
added 10 the sewage as 1t Issues from the
sewers and il thoroughly intermixed with
II by mechanical means. The elect Il
almost instantaneous. BY tho action Of
the lime violent floCculation Is set up and
the suspended matters tend to subside'
simultaneously the putrid smell Of the
sewage 10 replaced by the peculiar briny
odor OF the reagant. In this state the
sewage flows into settling tanks. There
the subsistence OF the solids takes place
at q rapid rate. When tits complete In
a depth Of six feet II Is stated TO take only
half an hour the clear supernatural ell
fluent, completely deOdorized and disin'
fected, may be discharged with perfect
safety.
How completely the publication has
been effected we learn from reports made
by DR.. Klein, F. r. S. Dr.. Klein found
that while a sample OF sewage examined
by him contained 100000 organisms
in the cubic Centimetre, the resultant
eiluent, after treatment blythe "Amines"
process, was absolutely free from all or
any:organisms, 1nian other report Or.
Klein p%ronounCes the etluent as sterile.
He also suggests that the effect Of the
treatment on specific miCro.organism-
such as bacillus anthracis, the cholera
comma bacillus, the typhoid bacillus,
the pneumonia bacillus, should be ascer.
tanned.
As 10 the economical aspect Of the
question, Mi. Wollheim states that the
cost OF the process, while 1t varies with
existing conditions, may be given In
round numbers as ranging from Id to I'd
per 1000 gallons Of sewage treated. In
the case OF the London sewage taking
the daily flow at lSo,0O0,000 gallons)
the cost need not exceed ESQ daily,
equal to about Gl25,0OO per annum,
which means I'D per head Of the popu.
lation, or a rate below Id in the pound.
It may be remembered that Lord Bran.
wells committee stated that the cost Of
treating the sewage Of London by a good
and efficient chemical precipitation pro.
cess would entail an expenditure Of not
less than 100000 a year.
1t should be added that In his esti.
mate OF cost the inventor does not take
into account the possible revenue TO be
derived from utilizing tho sludge. Tho
latter may be reduced In filter presses to
solid cake, or subsequently, II required,
to powder by further a~ir.drying for
manurial purposes, or, partially de.
prived OF It's moisture, 1t may be used