Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-04

ought 10 be provided, II 5000 acre..
There ~ ALEC au area OF about $500 acres
oast OF tho Jordan river, for which
sewerage must some day bI provided,
and another area OF 250J aces west of
the liver which will need covering.
Both OF these areas lie go low ,hAtthere
Is no possibility Of diepositg Of the
sewage, except by pumping The
sewage from the 5000 acres lying on
tie high levels can, however b.
disposed Of by gravity without pump
iDg or other means requiring cOnslaut
skilled labor, and the question Tor us
70 consider 10, whether the cost Of ~ h
digposal would be greater OF less than
the apparently simpler mole o! lsiVug
the savage dow down TO The lower
level, aud pumping II 10 some distant
outlet, surh as tho surplus canal, OF
rendering u inotlensive, ami discharg'
ing It into the Jordan fivcr.
In considering these alternative
plane for disposing OF tbs savage, tao
market value oil the stllIent Il very
important. In the climate Of Utah,
water IL the ono commodity which
makes land not only productive tu'
simpiy habltable, ana the INST thought
which occurH 10 one on viewing Tue
present method OF sewage disposal Ia
salt Lake City, II that the city Is eX.
PENDING annually large sum TO throw
away and render absolutely yhiueleei
IL eulilcicnt quantity OF water TO render
productive more than 5000 acres Of
farm land, mud that, TOO, water OF
superior quality for irrigation purp0sea
90 any that could be procured from
natural sources in the monntnips,
being not only enriched by domestic
wastes, but raised In Temperature.
In other climates where water In
plentiful and tho land need, other
fertilizers to make II productive, many
efforts hAve been made to utilize tho
solid products OF city sewage aud per.
mit the water to flow TO waste alter
having been rendered inuoxi5us. None
VI these eil0fts have proven sufficiently
renumcrative TO warrant their adop.
ton, "a a sanitary necessity, and
1t would be folly 10 attempt them
here, where the conditions which call
for their trial do not exist.
The flrst point to which my atten-
lion was turned was, therefore, the
existence Of locality 10 which the
suwagc water could be diverted with
the greatest benefit anu Mt tbe least OK.
penditure, and the entire territory To
the west ami moth Of the city was ex.
aminei with that In view.
Along tho western front OF the city,
between the base OF tue hill aud the
surplus canal, distance OF three 10
i've miles, the ground lies no low that
sewage from the hill caunCt bo diatrib.
uted over the surface without being
carried ut least three miles In iron
pipes under u head, and then oither
pumped from sumps or allowed to rise
| above the surface. In the latter case
the conduits would be inverted
symptoms, I'm which the flow would I've
luctuatlng anu irregular, and they
would certainly DO frequently cl0ggcd
by the deposits from the sewage,
whether pumped or syphonei. There
would be needed not less than three
such cOndults,, Ave miles long, each
capable OF carrying OIL sewage ut the
rate Of 100000 gallons In twenty
four houre. In case OF pumping there
would further have TO be no. less than
three pumps anu pumping plauis, CAP.
able OF pumping auOut 100000 gallons
an hour 10 height Of twenty feet.
The annual cost Of operating this
pumping plant would not be less than
500, 900 per annum, equivalent 10 tho
interest on 100000. This is exclusive
OF the cost oi tho plant.
THIS present pumping plant, owing
10 an insufficient silu OF the force
main, does duty equivalent TO pump.
Ing 10000 gallons an hour under "a
mead Of forty feet.
The territory on which this sewage
would have 10 be distributed for Irri-
CATION Ii now In condition 10 DO
sbunjautly supplied with water by
gravity from the upper waters OF the
Jordan.
This whole scheme appeared no UNI
wieldy, complicated and expensive,
that attention was turned TO the pro.
ject recommended by the city en-.
gincer for conveying the sewage OF
the plateau by gravity TO tract OF
land lying four miles north Of the city,
for which there Is apparently no supply
OF water available from mountain
streams, oil the water from the range
to the en- slwsrd being already utilized
ON lands directly NJ the base Of the
/ mountain.
The very thorough surveys made by
the city engineer, show that IL will be
practicable to intercept ali the sewage
flowing from the city, above n plane
/
vey II by conduit OF a total length OF
seven miles 10 tue surface OF the tract
above mentioned, which lies between
the foot.hills and the jordan, has roll
suitable for immediate production Of
crops, II moisture is supplied, and ex.
tends with a gentle slope several miles
~ the northwaId.
have carefully examined the line
| and urnn la nrnlnsa odd fnr Thin cnnInlt
by the city engineer, aud nun OF the
opinion that Its construction presents
the most feasible and economical
method OF disposing Of the present ana
future sewage OF NJ much oiSalt Lake
City rs lies above line beginning at
Liberty PARK on the south, and curving
around past the new CITY hall, the
Union Pacific railroad depot aud the
Deseret University, to near the Warm
Spri0gs bath house.
The method OF construction proposed
by the city engineer, partly OF con.
crete anu partly OF brick, appears TO
me ~ be- well devised ana economical.
In form and dimensions, recommend
that the conduit be circular inside and
OF 4e inches In diameter, and on "A
grade OF one foot In 1000 feet, from the
corner OF Filth South AM First East
streets TO the corner OF second South
and Second West streets, thence OF Is
inches diameter, ON a grade OF one foot
In 1000 feet, 10 tho Intersection OF
Fourth West and North Temple streets.
and thence Of 6O inches diameter, on
grade Of one loot in 1000 feet fof
about n 900 feet, TO the terminus ia
section IL, ut an elevation OF about
I Al at ala