Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-26
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very Important ana thc 'hlN "
early completion Of the system Tor THIS
city will not fail 10 attract TO the matter
its Iuil share Of notice. Properly COM
struc,ed and controlled, such a system
should be powerful safeguard against
epldemics Of various forms, BAT sys-
tenn imperfectly handled would he al
most sure 10 devclnpa terrible scourgo'
Salt Lake IL not situated 20 a' 70 nave
ils sewage carried Oh by some swii'ly
flowing stream 10 a safe distance OF TO
lodge It ia tho ocean depths, though
even the latter Is not always sniis'ac'
tory; for, o. IN toe case " San Fran.
cisco, the health authorities now re-.
poft that conveying the sewage into
the bay there IL a menace Instead Of a
protection 70 the health Of the city
II T. asserted that the bacilll oi disease
arc developed by the sea water, rise 10
the surface and are conveyed back by
the Winds, fujlng Judgment Ia the city,
at some time destined 10 bursl forth In
a drcadfnl plague.
An instance " city where danger
from this source II reduced 10 miui-
mum, ls Berlin, Germany Tho Ger.
mans nave made profound study Of
disearo germs aud tholr development
and tho leading authorities Of that
country assert that Berlin Is ~ near
proof against epidemic rs any large
A. HUHH q n
tlon OF IT, system Of carrying on and
disposlng u the sewage. Though tue
city IL on n river, the latter u small and
sluggish; and tho system o. sewage
farms l. regarded as far superior 10
carrying on the waste matter by any
waterway; and the immunity Of the
city from epidemic NJ the recent cholera
visitation indicates that there IL Virtue
In the sanitary precautions taken.
The city Is divided into sower dis.
tflcp, from which the sewage iu
pumped on on 10 land specially pre-.
pared for the purpose. Oue Of the
farms, tho Blankenbufg, contains
1900 acres. Tho process u utilizing
the sowageis simple and comparatively
Inexpensive, ana consists chiefly OF
system Of irrigation by which the sew.
age Is distributed over Tue land anu
plowed under for ierlilizlng purposes.
The amount OF material that has 70 be
disposed Of by burning Ia consequently
very small On tho land are produced
staple crops Of hemp, mustard, winter
rope, winter anu summer wheat and
n.y. oats, Indian oorni barley luck
wheat peas, beans clover, grasses,
potatoes oeetsi oaooaSc, ohieofy, etc.
Land which iofmeily was OF little
value IL thus rendered very productive,
anu u Ia estimated That the lO,OOi acres
OF sewer farms 'hefe you h1' pf'h'
OF about Sls'oo per acre per annum'
ana give support 70 nearly Si'OOO poo
PIE.
THO objections which iormorly were
raised Aghioe' inc sewer iarm project
nave been enuroly swept away The
water OF tue holghoorhood' which II
was 'hought would DO poisoned by tho
drainage from the irrigated farms il
found TO be not Affected aud such an
eminent au'hofi'y ~ Dr. Koch asserts
tha' oy tue farming process tho bao'
letia IL rendered innoouous aud thus
'nec'ualiy disposed of' Tho stencil
when II was asserted would become
unoearAhlc has not fulfilled that pre-
u'e'lon' AMI 'he Tear that tue coll
would become 90 imprognA'ed with
sewage ma''er 'ha1 u would not yield
mas passed. away, Tor the workers have
been aolo to adapt their crops to the
strength OF tho soll, and exhaust It as
last as the CITY can restore IT,
oi course salt Lake needs only small
sewer iarms compared to those Of
befiln, bn' thn disparity between the
cities Is not anything like rs great ns
The different proportions Of tho land