Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-13
SEWAGE AND LIGHTS
Council Considers Two Important
Subjects, q Sewage Plant and
Light Rates.
G. Everett Hill Presents an Exhaus
tive Report Relative to Sew
age Disposal.
Valuable Suggestions Made Light
Committees New Rate Seized
ule Adopted

The city council, at an important
meeting held Monday night, received a
very encouraging report from G.. Ever
EFT Hill the sewage expert of New
York, who was secured to assist in the
preliminary work of building a dis
posal plant. The council also received
the :eiss;I. OF tho special committee to
Investigate electric light rates, and
adopted the recommendations, which
included a new schedule OF rates and
the declaration that if they We're not
compiled With the city would take steps
to erect a plant.
MIR. Hills report was exhaustive, and
while largely technical and suggestive
as TO the course of procedure to be pur-
sued to properly care for MARSHALL
towns sewage, 1t was complete and
comprehensive, thus differing from the
Cincinnati Hill's report on the water
question. The report. being largely
preliminary is too lengthy for pubica-
ton in full but he covered the follow
ling points:
That the Iowa river. from measure
ments of the flow of water and the flow
of sewage, is not large enough to as
simulate even the domestic sewage from
the city. To say nothing of that from
the glucose works packing house and
other manufacturing plants: that the
amount of domestic sewage is 100000
gallons daily. glucose sewage 100000
gallons and packing house sewage 200,
900 gallons; that the packing house
sewage is as objectionable as that from
the glucose works in many respects,
and that the salty wastes from that in
stitution should beqturned into re-
ceiving we'll and not into the sewers di-
rect; that the vinegar factory dis
charges large quantities of solids in
bulk which prevent rapid oxidization.
Owing to the local conditions Nj. Hill
recommends a combination of both the
reservoir system of sewage disposal
and a series of filtration basins for
oxidization of the Objectionable parts.
He says the advantageous location of
the city will minimize the cost of the
plant, and that two men will be all the
force necessary to keep 1t in operation.
The plant, when once established. is
permanent, except for the ordinary re-
pairs. The next steps, MIR. Hill says
are to secure analyses of the water
both sewage and river, to determine the
nature of the parts and the size of the
plant necessary and to have the pre-
iliminary surveys completed so that tbs
lsestimates can be obtained from engi-
5neerSs on the cost.
THE LIGHT QUESTION.
DR.. Harris, of the special committee
ION electric light rates, read the follow
! ing report:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
/ Council: Your committee has CORE
/ sponded with and received answers
from about seventy-five cities having
4 electric lighting plants, some of them
! operated by private companies and
tothers by the municipalities them
selves. In pursuing our Inquiries ws
| have endeavored 10 select such plants
as would most nearly correspond in
Isle. cost Of maintenance, etc. With the
i Lone here. Summarizing the Information
! thus obtained. We find the average IL
be is 3-5 cents Per 1000 Watt hours
1 The rates OF the different plants var,
4 from 10 cents 10 20 cents per 900 Wat
4 hours, the higher rate being usually
subject Ia a diseonn, in nrs,yortion !,
4 the quantity furnished Ia the CON
4 sumner.
an a,sn.srs ra,,.,;,,s,d fro,,, -
i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT nlarts ,ahont ,n.,,,,
! in any we end tha avsra,,a cns, - 4.
abopt 1Oa. cents nA, ooo var h,,,.
10 consumers q rate coma, "a mi,
4 ahort ona-balf Of that eba,ead nv ~,
+ b,eher-nriced earnara,e nl.,pts ~,
sa,,vices h4.iner fu,lv as GOOD 40 IN N,
latter and All the henefits and an,ol,,
n,ents accr,,jns ia me CITY instead q
= nriyate ,.ornora finn
+ ..Xye find raniaiv prow,ng sarti
u rnent avarywhere in favor Of m,,nicina
Il ownershin If nublic u,ilities esna,.ialj,
Fl as regards water and lights and in IN
event of his We woula recommend IRA
Il steps b.. taken looking 10 the ast abiisb
4 mem of an slec,rIc lighting n,ant hsr
l,,e,,.,,i.. ~, ~ .,,s ,s III.
tho same 10 he owned and onera,ad n
no city In the meantime we advis
81 he following schedule. based on IL
rates furnished MS nv corporate Man,
/ With whom we have corresponded q
appltcable 10 the local plant.
.Fif.een cents. base rate
..Fourteen cents IL paid before tn
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