The record-union., 1891-06-17

adopted the precipitation plan. At Wor-
cester the publication works cost Sol ,544
The doctor said he was satisfied that the
effiuent would without doubt conform to
the requirements of the law, and that the
cost will be less than by the downward
filtration system or land Irrigation.
Objections have been made to the
publicity given to the discussion of these
important questions" said the doctor
Reconstruction is said to be the thief
OF time. In this instance procrastination
has been the thief of money and health.
By such agitation as this and the position
that portion of the press of the city of
Sacramento have taken is a healthy pub
lie opinion brought about"
DIR. Nichols said he had had q survey
made of the city and was satisfied that
there was sufficient fall for a good drain
age if it was properly applied. The street
nearest level in the city was P street, and
yet in that street he had found that there
was fall of A inches to each block to the
river. From ThirtyhrSt and p streets to
Eighth and Y the fall was 1910 feet.
THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH.
Sanitary science is essentially the sci
ence Of the preservation of health and
life" said DR.. Nichols, in conclusion
Sanitary engineering elevates the moral
tone of society. Considering the results
Of modern sanitation, we'll might the an
clent Greeks sing songs of praises to the
GODDESS of Health
''Who cometh over the hills
her garments with morning sweet,
The dance OF q thousand ril!S
Making music before her feet?
Her pre- e ICE freshens the air,
Sunshine steals light from her face:
The leaGen fO"tStepS of care
Leap TO the time OF her pace.
Faircst Of all that is fair
Grace of the heart Cf all grace
Sweetness OF hut and of hail
Bcinger of Lie cut OF naught
II geu oh fiirest of all
The GalghteIs OF Time and of Thought
MORE DIsgUssIoN.
Judge Beatty said he approved DR..
Nichols plans and recommendations
and he also complimented the doctor on
his knowledge Of the law on nuisances
1t could not have been put more clearly
With reference to the expenditure of
100000, however, the Judge said that
While he had no doubt that much good
could be attained, yet Sl0J,0G0 was a great
deal of money, and was more than the
city could raise right away. But with
$4,000, the first great trouble-the dump
ing Of drainage water upon the people liy-
ing ii the ''Pock ct"-could he disposed OF.
He thought that the city could purchase
twenty acres of land below the E-street
leVee, cut il in halves, and make two inn
mense tea-acfe reservoirs. The sewage
could be run into this, and by mixing it
with lime and a1umina, settle the sedi-
ment. The water could be run off into
the river. 1t would take several years to
fill one of these reservoirs with sedi-
ment, and, when it was full the other
could be used. and the sediment in the
full one sold off to farmers for enriching
their soil.
In regard to raising funds, Mr.. Beatty
suggested that a loan be contracted for
$4,000, payable in one year. Ofcourse
there would be grumbling about the in
creased taxation, but something had to
be done. The money could be raised this
fall. About 130 citizens could be found
who would each take 500 of the bonds,
and he anticipated that there would be
no danger OF litigation to stop the pay
ment of the bonds.
\ CoNUNDRUM.
J. A. Woodson asked Judge Beatty
where he found any authority for his sys-
tenn. All the authorities he had read
were against any such system. In fact
it was simply impossible.
DIR. Nichols said that under Judge
Beatty's proposition the city would Gre
ate greater nuisance than at present
ana the city would be enJoined inside of
two weeks.
&. A.. Jenkins explained system of
cesspools he has on his property that is
Theoretically sealed and absolutely free
from danger. If all had such sealed cess
pools there would be no difficulty in
purifying the overflow and dischareinp
it into the river without Offense. He
spoke of the desirability of having water
from the mountains by gravitation. He
admitted that 1t cost great deal OF money
TO clean the ceSspoolS@ annually, and that
under his system of cealed cesspools the
cost of caring for sewage is put upon one
class, householders.
Enlix Traoxy enid ., e,,;+
against the city unless the Seventeenth
street sewer nuisance is taken care of.
The people in his neighborhood refused
TO be longer poisoned by the drainage of
breweries and wineries.
Matt. +. Johnson spoke earnestly in
favor of acting upon the reports; i'll favor
OF doing something at once He went
into detail to show how the Seventeenth
street sewer is creating a nuisance. He
opposed patchwork plans. The trouble
in the past has been that we had no uni
forlnlty. lie wanted to now begin RIGHT.
and have no more patchwork. He was
therefore opposed to Judge Beatty's plan.
complete system with new sewers as
we should have will cost large sum and
take lorg time. But let us begin right.
He favored temporary disposal by pump
ing into the river, while sanitary enGi-
neers are laying out a permanent system.
The money must be had; the cost cannot
be avoided.
MUST NOT oPPRESS.
Thomas Hague said we must not think
of expressing manufactures. We must
provide sewers for them. He favored
draining to tank in a low point below Y
street, and then pumping into the river.
ii. Weinstock moved that the plan of
the Drainage Committee for TEMPORARY
relief be adopted and recommended to
the Trustees for adoption. He desired to
get something definite before the meeting
to act upon. The plan of the committed
seemed the only thing to do in such au
emergency.
Or. Nichols opposed the motion. He
said that the scheme of Mr.. Johnson
would be only patchwork 1t would not
relieve the necessities Of the people rep
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