The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-04-26
SEWERAGE.

Hon. Francis G. Newland's talk with the
Journals Washington correspondent OIL
sanitary matters which is Of, great inter
est to the people of Wadsworth, appears
in part below, Wadsworth suffers more
from the sewerage which is emptied into
the Truckee than does any other town on
the banks Of that stream, the foul drain
age il responsible for 3 great deal sickness
in this town during the summer months
and it would be a godsend to us if this
evil could be stopped. If Hon. Francis
Il. .Newlands can take hold of the matter
and push it to a successful Termination
or lend his powerful aid to do so, he will
earn the. gratitude of our people. There
is no measure we can think of that would
he of greater benefit to Wadsworth, than
an action which would preserve. the pu-
rity Of the Truckee's waters. Mr.. New
lands attention is occupied with that
which will benefit his constituency, as
the following shows: .
/ believe a local board of
health should be organized {. to
look into this matter and that . ON
mittee of citizens should visit Truckee
and take meansto have the evil abated
by conveying the drainage to sorhe re-
ueptacle where it could be killed by
lime and other disinfectants. While.
arbitrary measures, such as character
lied the board of health in New. York
city are not to be thought. of, Igdoubt
not that a spirit Of comfy would sug-.
gest TO the citizens OF Truckee the ad-
visibility of complyingsw with the re-
quest. At q comparatively small cost
a drain could be dug or a trough erected
for carrying all the drainage away and
prevent its flowing into the river. 1t ia
true that q stream naturally ~ pure as
tho Truckee ordinarily purifies itself
OF all filthy matter in its natural flow
in the course of q few miles but q chol-
era germ once terminated. would t1ost
for miles. In low stages of water dur
ing the summer months the sewerage
would be q perfect hotbed where mir
crobes and disease germ, would -four
ish and eventually find their way down
the threats Of the Renoites with fatal
results. The matter ought to be looked
into ut both sBoca and Verdi. If this
could not be satisfactorily accomplished,
1 would suggest . perfect and scientific
process of sand or charcoal filtration Of
the water supply OF Reno. Not only are
the sources Of water supply in the
east being. purified but the double
%precaution is being taken Of putting the
water through the filtration process"
"What applies to Reno applies also to
Wadsworth. For the good OF the peo-
Pile who live in ,Wadsworth and the
numerous .ranchers on the Truckee
meadows below Reno, all the drains
should be cut off in Reno. In order to
do this the plan adopted in eastern
cities of establishing . sewage farm
where all sewerage could be turned
and then killed with disimectants,
should be followed. This would only
be attended with a small cost.
"Our quarantine regulations and laws
are in . deplorablc state' said Mr..
Newlands, and our only means OF
protection lies in fighting the danger
by removing its twin evil and al y
impure water supplies"
The above is certainly most timely.
Cholera has begun its ravages in
France, and its introduction into this
country is only a matter of a short
time. Scientific liz say nothing short
OF a miracle will prevent the terrible
scourge in the United States this sum-
mer.