Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-07

herewith submit my report for the
month Of August rs follows
No. OF dora registered ................ on
Amount collected sl5s w
No. of dugf He'd ..................,. tlf
collected and deposited with iroasufor..s p %
There should be appropriated to me tho
sum of $50, being 90 conis Tor. each dog
KILLED Or released.
On motion the sum OF si2a was up
proprinted 10 Mr.. GallCazzi.
DISPOSAL OF the CITY SEWAGE.
The recorder roau the followingi
"Your committee appointed to ropor,
recommendations concerning the dis
posa OF the city sewage, aftor careful
inspection Of the subject are prepared to
report ~ follows. our present system Of
pipes (which arc well laid aud efficient.
collects the sewage aud conducts Il by
rravitaiion into u pump on the banks Of
street, from whore II il pumped through
l2.inch main to higher elevation about
two miles west OF the river, and there
discharged into an opon canal and loft to
take care Of itself Although no serious
consequences have resulted 30 far through
this indifferent method, your committee
consider II a question Of but a short umU
whom this open canal VIII have become
foul TO such degree that IT,
abandonment for this purpose will be
necessary, when suitable aud porma-
nent means OF disposal will have TO bo
substituted. The city owns no land ut
or near tho point OF discharge into the
canal aud objection ON the part Of those
who own the ground may NJ any line be
the cause Of great trouble and expense.
Tho stump IL 40 situated that II cannot DO
drained by graviiaiion and honco tho
necessity for pumps. Already the
volume Of sewage that flows into the
stump IL greater than tho present pump
can handle, and the excess flows into the
river. This cannot DO long permitted
without evil results. Additional
pumps would prevent this overflow
Into tho river, but would at
the same tlmo increase 10 an
equal extent tho discharge into tho
canal, which il little loss Objectionable
and would also hasten tho time when tho
canal would have to DO abandoned. Tho
addition Of moro pumps from time to
time would require more pipo capacity
for discharging beyond the river, and
each Of such addi Ions would increase
corrospondingly tho cost of operation
and maintenance until the ultimate OK
ponscs would become great burden.
For those reasons your committee com
IL insufficient To meet existing require
monts and that the scheme OF disposal n
poorly adapted to serve the future needs.
Practically all OF the area now severed
and perhaps that of nine-tonths OF tho
entire city IL so situated that tho
sewerage can DO carried oil by CRAWL
tatlon and failure TO recognize
this fact Is, we think, whom tho mistake
was made In planning the present sys-
al. -
| all the sewage OF the city a, the present
stump and its subsequent elevation and
removal from there by means Of pumps
TO tho canal beyond, aud involves what
seems to US an unreasonable and uuneces-
sary expense. IL IL our opinion that in
stead Of allowing this great volume OF
sewage TO flow down into hole only TO
be pumped out again II should bo ar
rested by tho construction of n main in.
torcopting sowor Of suitable sizo and
proper location to insure its disposal by
| gravltation. The sewage from CONF
| paratively small portion Of the city which
| lies 40 low a. 10 DO impossible of dispose
! tinn hy gravitalion should 10 collected
into one or moro sumps and from them
or otherwise elevated Into the main in
| torrupting sewer from whero II would
| flow OIL with that from tho higher lands.
| This would recucO tho cost OF pumps aud
OF their operation, to the minimum, by
avoining the oxponse Of pumping any Of
the sewage which II IL possible H. dis
| poso OF by granulaiion and which the
| present pump Is now almost exclusively
! engaged IN handling. At the outfall tho
| city should own sufficient land upon
which to utilize tho entire ultimate sew
age OF the city for purposes Of Irrigation.
| 4 System ON the plan suggested would
| combine the greatest possible economy
IN Transporting and tho most efficient
means Of utilizing our sewage and
/ in Wow OF that something must be
| done to relieve tho present con-
| dition, and notwithstanding tho great
original cost that must nttOnd tho UNDER
taking, your committee nro Of opinion
| that "a proper regard for the health and
growth Of our city and of economy In the
end will Justify tho starting OF work ON
/ this plan. We therefore recommend that
the city engineer be instructed 10 proceed
at once with such surveys and other mat.
| ters ns may DO ncuossnry 10 determine
the extent and cost of the work, and sub
! NIT u report of the same 10 this Council
nj tho earliest possible time.
Having pursued the subject Further
| since tho date of tho above, wo are en-
ablod to add the following; Amer having
gone over tho general route and satisfied
ourselves OF its praoilcabilily We secured
an option ON u piece NJ land that will
serve tho present requirements. and
which Il most iavorHbly situated and well
adapted for sewage farm, and we re-
commend that the Same DO purchased ut
onre.
We also recommend, most earnestly,
tho necessity for executing Immediately
the work contemplated Ia this report, In
order to ofloctually dispose Of the con-
stantly increasing sewage o. tho city.
HANDY.
EVANS,
HEIss,
DoRIMus.
BeaIdsley made a strong argument