The record-union., 1894-04-13


precipitation works are likely to be
adopted by the Newberry plan. If nn-
0erstand the English as written III the
RECoRD-UNIoN, Mr.. Newberry was not
/ asked to design or report on disposal
works for oEr city. The case. as un-
derstand it, was simply this: plan was
formulated to construct big seven-foot
! sewer with a capacity of over 30.000,O 900
/ gallons per day. This sewer was to be
built TO carry more sewage in day than
! the water works was furnishing, or the
city uses in week. The velocity and
| fall of this sewer was questioned as to its
efficiency for the purpose intended, hence
the invitation OF Mr.. Newberry to visit
this city at the invitation and individual
expense of member of the Sewage Com
mlttee. Who is this Mr.. Newberry? L
have tried to find out, and can say his
works speak louder than words" and,
although hid from view, are no dark
secret.
If we can settle our sewage in tanks
and treat it with-well, the latest prescrip-
ton, or some old, reliable, time-tested,
warranted to cure, blown-on-the-b bottle
and stamped none genuine
unless signed--such formula with
Latin name ought to be prescribed for
our city sewers
Ia the Massachusetts, State Board of
Health report, page 100, vol. z, Professor
Hazen, chemist i'll charge Of the Massa-
chusetts Experimental Sewage Works,
reports as follows: "a number of fishes
We're put into percipitated sewage. In
each case the fish died within tive min
utes. This sudden death cannot be due
10 the chemicals used, for it WAS found
that the fishes lived for considerable
time in solutions OF the chemicals much
stronger than those present i'll the sew
age. The fishes died for want OF air"
II II facsl. IN
the river, by even treating our sewage
with physics and prescriptions. l don't
| want to doctor even this report of Pro-
1 lessor Hazen, for he further says i'll con-
nection with the above: sewage con-
/ tains no dissolved oxygen, and ii any is
absorbed from the air, 1t is quickly taken
| up by Tie organic matter. The precipi-
tated sewage also contains no oxygen"
Can the city be restrained from pump
ing preciptated sewage into the river if
/ 1t Kills the fish?
Volume 2, pages o6S-669 reads: "The
best results that we have obtained by
chemical precipitation, and we know of
10 others that are SO good-leave as much
as one-third of the nitrogenous matter OF
the sewage III the effiuent; this is an
abundant food supply tor the unlimited
growth Of the large number OF bacteria
that remains. The partial publication Of
sewage by chemical precipitation may
/ be the best practicable way to avoid a
nuisance. But the incompleteness of the
! puri itication and the cost of thirty cents
per inhabitant yearly for chemicals, to-
gether with the additional expense of
manipulation aud disposing of sludge,
will be likely TO contine the application
OF chemical precipitation in the puritica
| ton OF sewage TO narrow limits.o
line Public Improvement Commission
OF Troy, n. y, gathered and published
statistics of the sewage systems in num-
Der OF the principal cities OF the country.
he report of the commission contains
answers from forty-nine cities to the fol-
lowing questions: First-Has your city
system OF sewerage? Second-Does the
/ system provide for the removal of rain
! water and sewage combined, or separate
| ly? Thirty-tiye cities answered The twen-
| ty-two questions asked 70 question No.
z twenty-eight cities used the combined
system; four used the separate sys-
! tenn, and three cities used the sep
arate and combined systems. Doctors,
separate system for our storm water
would certainly required to be attended
TO before it could be tit for use for our
winter rains service after lying idle all
summer. Here is grand chance to APP
! ply laxative to a case-hardened sewer
from disuse. OF course, they can be
! tiushed-at least that is The sanitary term;
! tho OtHSi Is IuJuHcIlOIl, VI SOIle Sucn
sounding word. Separate systems are
not just the thing for our city, with
our long dry spells. AS our sewers are,
they have done remarkably we'll and if
! improved will do better.
Just one word more about the powers
of the Board of Health in this sewerage
building matter. Section %, Article Ii.
OF the new charter says: 1.-The Board of
Trustees shall have power Subdivision
81 to lay out, extend, alter or close streets
and alleys, provide for grading, draining,
repairing, widening, lighting or other
wise permanently improving the same,
and for the construction. repaig. regula-
ton and preservation of sidewalks,
bridges, drains, curbs, cutters and sew
ers." Subdivision reads $50 deter
mine what are nuisances, and prevent
and remove the same"
There is not word about our NJ. d.
and the sewers; in fact, they are not even
created till we reach Section 1863 of Arti-
Gle NIL, and then they are subject to the
approval of the Board OF Trustees. Sec
ton III, Article XII: ''Said Board of
Health shall have supervision of all mat
ters appertaining to the sanitary condi-
ton of the city and public institutions
thereof; and full powers are hereby given
to said board over all questions Of foul or
/ detective drainage, and Of the disinfection
and sanitary cleaning of streets, alleys,
cesspools, sewers or nuisances OF any de-
scription, and of low places within the
city limits calculated to receive and re-
tain unhealthy deposits" Not a word
about sewers till they are built, When
built and connected with our city's sys-
tenn as sewers they are taken into the los
tering care OF the Board of Health.
\ KLINKER BRICK.