Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-09
SEWER TO THE SOUND.

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The Legislative Committee on Public
Health visits the Naugatuck Valley.
The local committee of reception, con-
sisting of Mayor Webster, 0. III.
Stevens. James Coughlan, G.. A. Bough-
ton, F. E. Cross, J. III. Hart, City En-
gineer Cairns, Representative SAKE and
City Sheriff Mcdonald, met the legisla-
tive committee on public health, at the
Naugatuck junction yesterday morning
and made trip through the Naugatuck
valley, accompanied by Superintendent
Beach. The visiting committee con-
sisted of Senator Jones of Greenwich,
senate chairman; Representatives Nc
Knight of East Hartford, house chair
man; Newton of Suffield, Randall of
Shelton, secretary of the committee;
Cheshire, Roach of New Britain, Ives
of Hamden, Elliot of Pomfret, all of
whom were present. The party met at
the Naugatuck junction where special
train of one car had been sent down
from Waterbury for their accommoda-
ton. The special train left the junction
at 1905 and started northward. The
distance between the junction and
Derby was made without a stop.
At Derby the position of the outlet of
the Birminghom sewer was pointed out
and the system explained. Then the
party went on up to near the old town
bridge where halt was made to exam
inc the temporary outlet of the Apsonia
system. The plan provides for the ex-
tension of this sewer to the deep water
in the Housatonic river when the sys
tenn is completed. Next Ansonia was
reached and a pause of few minutes
was made while the whole committee
got out and viewed the river from the
na~Inxy v1lokForV,n tho Forrol
yard the committee again alighted and
looked over the ground near the river
bank. Then the train moved on to Sey-
mour where a short stop was made and
in few minutes took its departure for
up the valley. The next stop was at
Naugatuck, the train going past High
Rock grove at a high rate of speed. The
committee did not leave the car at Maui
gatuck.
At Platt's Mills long stop was made,
and Mr. Hart explained the manner of
river by the city sewage. In Water
bury the first stop was made at Wash
ington bridge, where the sewer outlet
was examined, and then the train
moved into the depot. Here everybody
got out, and among other things the
plan of the new union depot was
shown.
After snort pause at the New Eng
land depot the train sped on up the
road, stopping at Thomaston for water
and at Litchfield to get out of the way
of a down train, but none of the COM
mittee left the car until Torrington was
reached at LOT. Here dinner was
served at Conley's inn, and at 2:20 the
train started back just ahead of the
regular down train. The special came
| no further down than Waterbury, where
those who were to return to points
/ do Hn the valley took the regular train
| for their destinations.
While every member of the COM
mittee agreed that something must be
done to relieve the valley towns, owing
to the great cost of the proposed project
the committee will move slowly in
the matter. Senator Jones suggested q
plan which he thought might be practi-
cable. 1t is to construct a V-shaped
canal in the center of the river all the
way down and into this channel to
empty all the sewage of the towns and
bear it out into deep water at some con-
venient point below the valley. BY
combining the sewage to this channel
and causing the water to flow through
it continually he does not think there
will be adhesion to the sides, or that it
i would be in the least offensive or dele
FERROUS to the health. The canal he
would build of tile as better suited fol
permanence. This plan he thinks
would be less expensive than that pro-