Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-24

used for irrigation, and not be permitted to
run to the sea-
In this semitropic country. with an abund-
ance of land and scarcity of water the gem
eral farming depends on the quantity of moist
ure more than on the land not drop Of water
ought to be permitted to run to waste.
The sewage matter ought to be filtered at the
southern end Of the city. and the purified water
used ior irrigation.
tricts under the Wright law, they could control
the sewage water systematically, and employ il
so that 1t would be benefit to themselves, and
their noighbors. II they they choose G 'Re'c thew can m
purify, deodorize, strain, filter, precipitete OF
treat 1t In such manner as to make it unob-
The route as proposed for the outfall sewer
runs from the southwest corner of the city
along the right OF way of the railroad in
westerly direction about six miles. thence leav-
Ing the railroad right of way the route is In q
southwesterly dire ction @ distance of about six
miles to the ocean, or total distance OF about
The. rsilroad right of way is only fifty feet
wide for nearly the whole distance of six miles;
tam OF about twenty feet from o the % Center % Of
the track. The heavy jar of trains passing would
crack the brickwork, and in time destroy it,
unless kept In repair at a constantly increasing
That portion of the route passing through the
Clenega rancho, distance of about three
and even in summer the water stands within
six inches OF the surface. The ground Is soft
and elastic The construction OF a brick sewer
on such ground and subject to the jar of heavy
trains would, to say the least, be dificult and
very expensive undertaking. and most unsat-
isfactory in results-in fact it is doubtful If it
could be maintained In passable repair.
For long distance the proposed route crosses
the Ballona ranch, the surface of which is
nearly level and only a few feet above tide
wator. and during the winter months 1t Is ubject
to overflow. The soil is soft, and :he construc-
ton Of a brick sewer under such conditions
would be very expentive and unsatisfactory in
results. Having
be necessary to increase the size of the sewer
materially, SO that 1t may be of the capacity of
the upper end. 1t is more than probable that
1t would be found necessary to use an iron pipe
for at leist two miles OF the distance, SO that
the sewage may be discharged under pressure
across this fiat land; As to the storm drains.
and south streets is Just enough, and not too
much, to carry Off the tewage. 1.-THE pipes are
not too large they Will naturally flush and scour
themselves IL the pipes are too large the sewage
becomes more diffused, the stream more slug
gish, and q sediment is deposited on the bot
tom. Now, If we make the drains large enough
to carry OF storm water with the sewage, we
will have destroyed the utility OF the sewer.
More than this, we shall have positively
vitiated the system. For II months and 20 days
OF the year we will say these combiHed storm
and sewage conduits are to be utilized for sew
age alone For 10 days they carry storm water as
we'll Now, the storm water carries with il
gravel, stones, sticks and every sort of rubbish,
This ditritus is liable 10 lodge at the bottom,
and when, after the rains are over, the sluggiah
stream of sewage starts again. the precipitation
with this accumulation Of filth and the slug
Of the conduit would be filed with no1soss
conduit would become simply an elongated
eesspool. We ought by all means to avoid the
combination OF these two systems: The storm
drains should be entirely detached from the
sewers.
GEORGE HANsEE
JOHN E. JACKSON.