The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-05
sOnETnING ABOUT SEWERAGE.
An ArdmoreIte Reporter has Chat with
Mr.. hendershOt. Expert Engineer.

WIZ uSooerSuots Expert Engineer.
The city council with all the
councilmen present at a special
meeting held yesterday morning,
for the purpose of ascertaining
what could be done to relieve the
present unhealthy condition of our
city, instructed Mr.. H. H. Hen
dershot an experienced sanitary
engineer of Wichita, the 63 miles
of sewers of which he designated
and constructed, to make a prelimi-
nary report and present the same
to an adjourned meeting to be held
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
With this in view a reporter for
the ARDMoREITE called upon Mr..
Henderson, to gain such informa-
ton as he could upon this very
vital and important question,
which bears so directly upon the
prosperity, health and happiness
of our citizens.
Mr.. Henderson, in reply to the
question as to what he hoped to
accomplish for Ardmore said;
Well, what will be accomplished
can be classed as greater that hopes,
approaching as they do realities,
the very unsanitary condition of
your city demands that thorough
cleaning of the districts most dense
ly populated be done and very quick
ly too, before the summer heat is
upon you. Your exceedingly high
death rate of 20 per thousand, a
very conservative estimate, places
you under a moral, if not a legal
obligation to abate it. 1t would
have been nearly three times as
safe to have been with our hero
Dewey fighting the Sraniards,
than to live in this city following
your daily occupation, as the death
rate there did exceed nine deaths
per thousand.
What will be given you people
is this, the separate gravity sys-
tem,' distinctively so called, as If
excludes all storm water except at
intervals where possibly some roof
water will be admitted for the pur-
pose of flushing. Ardmore will
be provided with a modern, up-to-
date, self-cleaning system of sew
erage that will provide for the
wants of your city for the next 3C
years, basing my figures on the
growth of your city since its be-
ginning, rapid as has this increase
been"
How large a district do yoJ
suggest that we construct now anC
how much will it cost as compared
with what you call the combined
system that takes of the storm
water too," asked our representa-
tive.
1t would require a sewer nearl.
nine feet in diameter to take car
of the domestic sewage and sur
face water too, this alone, on ac
count of its great cost would pro
hibit you from relieving the dis
tress that is upon you. The sys
tenn that l propose you cOnstruc
now will extend from Apollos stree
on the north to Ledbetter street o,
the south and from Edwards stree
on the west to Commercial stree
east of the railroad and all terri
tory lying south and north of Eas
Main street, and will cost approx
lmately $S ,OOO or thereaboutS.
have not yet fully compiled m
figure but will have them for YOU tC
morrow if you desire to call. Thi
vicinity develops nearly 45 feet t
the mile, which means to the sani
tary engineer a sufficient outfall t
accommodate city of nearly nine
ty thousand people. This fall in
u inch pipe, skillfully laid, Wi
give a velocity of 315 cubic fee
per minute, whereas only 10 cubi
feet per minute is required to ren
: der it self cleansing. This give
an bourlv discharoe of over 100