Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-22

they hI" tpfceu 10 raise t3uu TOT this
especial tax.
Then the ordinance demands that
you Immediately connect with tho
sewer and the plumbers bill for doing
this is say $500 more, In all 5000 ior
sewer connections. Then, OF course,
you must Rbans0n the costly tilth Jug
Ia the rear Of your premises, W. you
would no longer wish 70 use II, NOT
would you be Permitted 10 dose.
10 IL needless 10 say that the wage
Garner anu dny lohorcr land nine-tentha
Of Salt Lake men belong TO tue ABOVE
clssses) cnnuOt possibly meet these
large expenses Ia addition to thpir
heavy taxes for city, county aud school
purposes.
A Theoretically scaled bottle u sewer
filth, with connecting waste pines, OK.
tending from the bathroom, the water
closet, tho bedrooms and Kitchen
sink, all have two open enia, the
one In THE case conveying sew.
nl,v into tho sealed Jug, and the
other ends conveying sewer gas,
deadly poison. back into the dwelling
aud slice ping rooms OF the family. A
cesspo0l ls had enough when II. con.
tenis can be dioohafgei Into the porous
earth, and be largely absorbed by the
sand aud gravel IN our subsoll iorina-
ton. which afford ready absorbmeut Of
the iluid portion, and also portion Of
the gesel, aud some OF the remaining
gases ure rendered inert Rud harm.
less by being in contact with tho soil.
la tho scaled receptacle contemplated
by your health olilcer no ruch ata0rp.
tion could possibly take place; nay it 10
intended that none sUch he Permitted,
The doctor may olGim that the dam
ger lies In this sewage matter being
thus thrown and absorbed into the
soil, but lot us remember that In the
earth cesspOol tue absorption takes
place from Fix 10 eighteen feet below
tho surface OF the ground
and that in the system
dry eprth closets n shovelul
Of dry earth securing u covering Of
vault 1lth 10 The depsi Of thfer or four
inches, will dcodefl1e the mas and
hold the gases entirely inert. Then We
may safely conclude that the earth
cess-pOol now Ia Use, II properly con.
| stfucted, IL superior and nafer to the
community, frst, from sanitary stsnd.
point, aud secondly, will not hetuch b.,
crishcr financially az compared tot
the one recommended by tue doctor.
And we must take into consideration
that the sewer districts now designAlen
Will embrace all the most popular parts
OF the city, aud that the dwellings out.
side the sewer districts are tn possession
OF euilicleat land surrounding each
dwelling on overy side, that no appTH.
hension need DO felt as 10 an abundance
81 room for the absorption needed
from ceSs pools belonging 10 those
more scattered anu Isolated dwell.
ings. Again, " this ordnance
recommended by the doctor DO adopted,
then the city must Immediately cause
! TO DO constructed at least four water
| tight tanks. These tanks should have
a capacity Of net less than 1900 gallons
! each, anu be set on wheels with large
hose pipe AID pump, 10 ou manned by
not less than four stout men, In order
to remove In the most cleanly and exc
| peditious manner possible the contents
Of. these nth bottles.
These Eower transportation wagons
constructed az above could not bo iurn-
lshod for less than about $1,000, and
here would compel the outlay Of an
other $4,000 for the four wagons needed,
and a. the city officials have already
declared that their funds are exhaust.
4 ed. and that all improvements pertain
| Ing to water, to sewers and ccsspooll,
and no forth, must he made by special
tax levied upon the property owners
and lien upon such property until
such special tax IL plid-workingmon
and owners OF homes, do you like the
picture?
Another and more important con.
sldeTation.
These filth jugs would have to DO
emptied, their contents uncovered and
stirred up in pumping from cess pool
TO tank, and an this kind Of work Il
generally done In tine night time the
density Of the atmosphere would pre-.
vent the noiaomo vRpOre from arising
into tue upper deep and 70 the night
air. laden with disease germa, would
be- conveyed through our open via.
dowA into our sleeping rooins and there
distribute disease aud the seeds Of
death TO the occupants thereof.
Remember, gentlemen, improve.
menR are good, but the over.worko1
aud over-taNed professional men aud
\ tho wage earnora and labOrers do not
/ desire Improvements that DO not i'm
prove the health OF the city and that
would, In many cases, compel them to
sacrifice their homes aud soil the anme
| 10 meet the demands OF the cOntem.
plated additional taxes.
Very respectfully and truly your
obedlent servant,
SEYMOUR Il. YoUNG, NJ. ID.