Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-26

and facilitate its transportation and deposit
TO the proper locality
This system OF publication is probably
oioer ana more in use than that of the
employed in many cities in F,rvland-I,es-,s
Bradford, Birmingham. in Germany-Frank
-the-Main, Essen, Weisbaden, Halle
by Inaltration.
The system of purihcaiion through the
soil Is more simple, more easily understood.
ana, III not newer invention, L. certainly
newer in extensive practice. L was invited
10 witness the operation and workings of
two such establishments One was at
Rheims and the other at Genytiliers near
Paris. This process is by Irrigation and
hitration through the soil. The polluted
water is carried by pipes TO certain portions
or the chosen field, and there by means of
small rivulets, is distributed over the sur
race IL thus serves to irrigate the land
ana manures the ground and growing crops
AT proper distances far away are deep
trenches, dug into the clay of chalk sub
soil, which gather the water as Il filters
through. One OF the deputies OF France
monsieur bonneville. made a report TO the
chamber In February, 1889 which con-
tanned resume of the works performed by
the municipality of Rheims
a company was formed after the fashion
vi our gas companies, TO furnish water to
the city or Rheims as gas is furnished 10
our citizens. A contract WAS made with the
company, by which Il agreed 10 purify 3S
cVo cuplc meters per day of the water which
came from the sewers aud now was dis
charged into the Nasle, a little stream rum
ming through the city. The COMPANY pur
chased 800 acres of land within a mile ana
me city gave the use of 800 acres more ad-
joining. Ii should be explained that by the
system of the city OF Rheims neither ear-b-
age nor fecai matter Is discharged into the
sewers 1t is only the polluted water from
lhe houses. manufactures. streets hotels
staoies. butcher1es. etc. that is discharged,
anu TINS only was to be purified. The sew
eIs were diverted from the river into which
they had before discharged and were con
quoted by aqueduct to the field of OPERA
tion: Followed these aqueducts to the es-
adjustment
FertfliEes the Soil
Inc only requirement of the machinery
was to elevate the water so that A. cou,d
run over the adjacent fields The mines in
which IL was thus conducted were from RI
To 80 centin eters in diameter. depending
upon the qaur tity OF water and the distance
1t was 10 be conducted. BY means of a
ccttrlYance similar To the fire plugs of our
cities the water could be turned on and
allowed 10 flow in rivulets for distribution
over the field. as in irrigation We saw
about 3oe acres under cultivation cd
In this manner. Ii was poor clay soil which
would raise nothing. and had been almost a
dessert. 1t was now planted in that almost
universal product of that country, beet
root, used for making sugar The beets
locked well, were growing finely and had
the appearance of success. On either side
OF the field were the deep canals cut I
suppose, through the clay ten to fifteen or
twenty feet deep. The water which had
been discharged on the surface and had
served to the enrichment of the soil perco-
lated through the earth and by gravity
found its way into these canals As we
walked by their side we saw il flowing clear
and limpid, a practical restoration of the
purlinS brook and pure running stream.