New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-07
A MODEL TOWN.
THE STORY OF WAYNE AND ITS GRLAl fNoo
PEHI1Y.

| ron, tbe heart OF the city. only -"
| ,he SITE was tract OF farm lahd' W. ,.,o, ~
nonul,tion OF nearly 1000 ana '.,,,,onp ~
| g. 100000. Gays writer IN INC ru0"'
| philadelphia; ,,,,s nou, shaded
| -, s,o,.,v trees and vcriureclad. Wayne pr'''e'''
! n,ctune which NAV we'll delight ana sootne wv
| ne eay or by night. The church Spires P'N1' ,,,
! gables and turTets glintng IN the su'l's"' ,h
| through the green Of leaves ana nfS1 imp ~ 49,
| vtstor but he knows nothing OF the place ""- -,
| sd-s over IFS smooth macadam roads ana !el''' ''
ewes upon the pictures Of domestic charm ana e'
| snr-cundInp the cosc,t Of houses until he sh"s va.
| p,rfume Of the numbe'css gardens ana os'' ~
| sturdy heart In the gambols OF rosy DoyS "'" go
yJe wants TO study the arrangement Ol u'e "Vu'''' ~
| wants 10 compare their ARCHITECTURAL phtu'eS'l"'"9
,i,b orvttnr he has seen elsewhere H. wants 70 enter
into the spirit OF cleanliness, the spirit OF taSe'"'"'
IN Interior and exterior decoration OF honse ana s"o"
| p thoroughly appreciate Wayne. When he has COM
This he Will not wonder that 1t Is BEAUTIFUL "Vr wa,
| The good wives and beautylovng hnSomuS ''ii
heartily In keeping 1t 50. And yet stretching o'e' q"
,,o, Of GOO acres he will have noted the compete
| ab,,nce OF unsghtly buildings, or OF ou'1ous'S ~
INV kind This surprising achievement VIII H"'o
| rosbed upon him curiously, az II has upon many
another but therein Will discover the secret OF one
| OF Wayne's crOwning glores-a sewage SySV'h VI
almost unexampled efficiency. In the aVscn'e :"
nurns and Of cnmbrous tanks housetOps the visitor
|
suburban town-a water works Of great capa'iIy sup
py,ng the pnre,t product OF the springs. And II he
should chance before the final flight Of frosty ihors
20 note the utilization Of modern radiators IN soi"' Vi
the larger houses with neither stoves to mahla Ho'
a~he-, 10 vex the tidy housekeeperS, he would De ap
! prsed Of an innovation in Wayne OF when many a
bu>tng city might we'll be glad TO bo0st-a succeSslu
| system OF supplying heat from central plant
.The story Of Wayncs progress can be bnehy to'n
It was founded by Mr. George w. ChIlds. who In con-
! nectlon with Mr.. Anthony J. Drcxel. have been inc
unriIing promoters Of every permanent deVeoplieht
Of the place who have guided and directed every
step toward making Wayne the model town 1t IS as
TO have stamped their names indebly upon IFS fnture
| Immediately upon the purchase Of the ASkin prop
crty GOO acres the WAYNE estate set to work uhder
their direction, and active has II been latterN u
der the management Of Mr.. Frank Smith. that the I'M
improved fields Of five years ago are now cut mp by
smooth and shaded roads dotted with hundreds OF
houses, and kept active by population OF nearly
1000 on the farm lands Of five years ago the vStor
Wayne to-day every convenience OF cty houses
with many they do enjoy and with common al
vantaces in the way Of religious and secular educa
ton water air. light highways, heat, sanitation ana
entertainment not found elsewhere.
"As old town-builderS know, 1t Is not so dlihcuit
10 sort a town on "A pretty and hcahfIl basis as II Is
10 keep II So sooner later the Vital question OF
dnuage must be- met for It will grow as the Town
grows and may prove detrimental or positively Dan
gcrous to comfort and health OF the Inhabitants
| How was II ut Waynel The natural advantages lot
obtaining water great. aud The land afforded
| splcntd natural drainage. But the question "ns'
might not the drainage eventually annoy the people,
and might il not p9lluic the water! whether II
might might not in five years. In ten or a huhdrcd
| wears the Waync estate determined TO not take
clauccs and Instead Of leaving the future 0f the
place to these natural advantages on these important
aue,t tons 1t built a water works to supply the pco'
| tpm
| waste or other Impurities that collect about house
This system Is now only pride TO Its projectors
but n wonder I'm the scientific world To the utility
II this system designed by Colonel Warng. IS due the
act that there /, not single cesSpOJl In wayne To-
dav and that every house IS underdrlncd. Ger
uiny for country place, this Is no small matter ioi
wonG,r and yet the whole system Is 10 simple that
Lc novice sanitary information can easily uiueI
-'N H. ~ Nv" P.c rpi ins in imn cv.rv hons.
! in Na,r. 80 do,.s the waste house ana Kitchen water
AMI every Eiiucc OF ircal matter pass inlh every
| house IN Wayne through sewage pipe, into common
nnda. and n'nc" To- point Ir"D'DH miilc ana Ir d
,,tug PROCESS 1t /, part pntih@ part heu'idhLei ana
brlug, IN. visitor IA" eer OF bit OF wood through
/ within Il Waton-Nay had' 10 IN luiet vale where
| sewage Emerging nom the shade IF the smooth
! BARK Dcech,- come, suddenly into an open space
tlat but for signs agricultural and mechanical
! activity. would delight the heart % Il brook trout
fisherman. But The open space In the valley Is broken
"
me rcch 10 great iron tap 10y u huge brch hcd ana
ccncn,cd tank, while within IeN leTt Of II ri',', a
pretty bricN building containing duplicate pumping
mnclne, that might not Themselves be- discovered bat
for Missing Of the vast team a, II lnN It's ansiN
shallow creek.
noticed two square iron barred traps. much longer than
some Of The electrical contut srngN III me cIiA Dnt
resembling them in ecnon aprcaTance; lie r WI , M,,l
nnr'llc nrS at even distance, from each oter from
10 td. Oft he
the hill Inquiry will show that these ridges were
Now that one, curiosity Las been stlrcl, lie
viii be- tod that thi~ twelve marvel divided into
nv. ,cctons for diributlng and say di~nfectns and
clarifying purpo.cS-two sections irred!hS crcchwhiu
from the trap the lowand and FIVE sections right.
centre and lett spreading away down the hill from the
| httlo frame hou,c Each section has II, ridges or
more properly IT. barriers. ana thcy are iad liz. row;
| il pcrcoiAte, slowly through them all the fluid
for the details. Waync'- scwarc flow, in a
steady stream, day and night In days more thal IN
from the town. through the woods. across the valley
and into the traps; Or cith"r OF them ana by IN"
aid Of the pump. Is foT'd IN pipes up tle NH 10
a basin In The frame hou,e or ms It's turn may
comc to the trap and il, two -'ction' on me Other
tram tram u The sewage Is Of the color and thcknrS, Of
clouded dShwat"r and it apaNhrS thnngl the grhthg
rubbish may have retained lis material form In the
long and cahing c"s,conmtry run lt",r Inc MUGS nt
the big BASIN to be pumped ont over th" sections
the solids being rHktH on w" RIht. nlN'N WIN
slack lime and then burned IN the furnace when the
solids reach the pumping station they form com
paiativcly small part Of the sewage, and. rs Indicated
are quickly DESTROYED The hud forming the great
bulk Of all the Is not - Quchy disposed Of be-
cnuc II cannot be DESTROYED. but the method OF It's
! treatment + no less eilrctual IN tle general pupo"
Of Kidding tho sewage Of Its d"lferons mperfcctlohs
When the basin Is filed enough 81 warrant pumping
the impure luid is driven To the point Of diSirbu
| tion slnic, the section intended Ia receive II
Is opened, and II pours ont oyer the land striking
barrier after another, leaving It's impurities against
the cindcrS and buryng Itself In the soil The more
barriers II passes through the purer and clearer II
becomes until II cmcrgcS finally. rs In the case ot
rcctifcd spirits, clear. pure and wloc'om" water Al
the impurities settle against the barriers. from when
they eventually removed. but they are 50 IN