San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-17

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improper connections.
"There are three methods of dis
posing of sewerage. First, empty
ing the crude sewerage into rivers,
second, chemical precipitation,
and third, irrigation or liberation.
The tanks for chemical precipi-
tation are made of brick or con-
crete. Before the sewage goes into
the tanks il is mixed with chemi-
Gals. They deOdOriZe the sewage
and il passes into the tanks and
the matter in suspension sinks.
These tanks are intermittent
and continuous. The etfiuent
comes out clear and sparkling. q 1t
is clarified but not purified and
wouldn't do to go into stream
from which drinking water is OBJ
tanned.
when the water is drained off
the Intermittent tanks from four
teen to eighteen inches of sediment
is formed after two days use.
"lf the sewage here can be put
into the river without causing a
nuisance it would be the best
thing to do with it, The river, as
the city engineer informs me, has
a flow of about 100000 gallons
a day, and the estimated volume
of sewerage Of the city is about TO-
100000 gallons, or that is what
ought to be calculated on.
"This would pollute the river so
that it would be unfit for stock to
drink any where near the place of
output. The greatest amount of
sewerage is when you have the
least flow of water in the river. AS
cities go it is safe to say that I'M
less you have twenty times the
amount of water as sewage it is
unsafe to run it into a stream.
'There would be no difficulty in
treating sewage chemically, if it is
taken to some point on the river
south Of the city where the sewers
would meet and the process would
produce an effluent which nobody
could complain of unless they
took drinking water from near the
outlet. The land to the south
could be easily reached by gravity
and it would cause no nuisance to
"NOw the first thing needed is to
make out a plan of the system. A
contours map is needed first and
then the system should be de-
signed and the best lines for lay
ing the main sewers should be
Before concluding his remarks
Mr.. Gray stated that it would take |
five months to make the plans. He
read a contract, including the
of plans for piping for
WaterwOrkS, the location of branch
es, gates, valves and everything
which cost S5,177.
After several questions had been
asked by the aldermen and an
Swered by Mr.. Gray, Alderman FL |
mendOrf moved that the mayor be |
to enter into a contract |
with Mr.. Gray to do the work, |
which motion was seconded by AL
derman HOetling. The motion was
put and unanimously carried.
DELINQU TAXPAYERS.
\ communication from City At |
tOrney a. Levy, asking that list
of delinquent Taxpayers be made
out, in order that he may be able |
to enter suits against all delin-
quents before the October term of |
court, was read by Alderman FL
mendOrf.
Alderman French thought that |
men should be en-
plOyed to make out the list. This |
was objected to by Alderman
Daugherty.
After some discussion a motion
was made to the effect that $500 be
appropriated to pay two men to do |
the work. a vote was taken, AL |
dermen Daugherty and Limberger
voting "nO,' and the mayor de-
clared the motion lost, as it re-
quired a twO-thirds vote.
Council then adjourned.