The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-13

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Houston Texas May l2-Gentlemeni AT
the request of Alderman Jones, chairman
sewer committee, | have made an examina.
,to,, 90 ,v,,ti,,,, oo1i+Iors - +b, rr,.o,,t
80" VI 'N''''"s ' go,
sewer plant leAceptinS the hIuatlon Deusl
and In the absence Of sufficient data. and
tho united limo allowed mo NV renori
upon sdme Gun DC out an luIoImdI one anu
Is given below:
SEWER DIsTRICrS
''' -,
- ~ ueH blstIlIl.- luls ulsulct "d'
or luuiE tohs'' u.ttu N(tuslNelS lol saui
Iut ppi pVsV'' uu' 10 p,to,'n ,Un
been connpcted r. tbis sewer sizes Of VII
pseh CInutVtuu ~ Lit'a So sizes VI w
..ue gu PIpes Lun I'uul e'sHI Inenes " TWEEN
tyslouT lnene9 a,,...,.. mkt ,,..-,.. -,,.
,nSI coni',ni H,s ,ron ny conhjnad
iuutiS ''uNl'N ,'tu WoS up',u lhc Culio'ueu
system car 'us ootn SANITARY matter anu
Storm Storm Wat,n anu H. no" so nlaintal.tu
SIASs VI scMti "lt iI'tu tIsht 70 tlsh'eeH
.nCnes, Nlttlutu pipes from .1ittg .thice u
Iot ~ -uNe luCutS' Ut'Vh' S'A'S't"o C"tcn
basins are nov, connected;
odloi!ue DlSttIcl,-- AZ ulsttlct' OF ratntL'
the caroline street Uflck sewer was orig
inally constructed FOR storm water drain.
ase, Out I'D !1let years auuluons OF lalelai
sewers Tor potn sahllatS purposes anu
storm water drainage nave ueen auded 10
same. Forty one eaten basins are now con
nected. sizes OF sewer eight to twenty-iour-
inch pipe and thirty-siX to htty-tour-inch
orlck.
washington plstrlct. Lhls district Was
constructed on the eomolneu system ha5
twenty SIX eaten hasin connections, ana
with sizes or pipe ranging from eight to
tWenty-four-inch pipe. evidently when TINS
sewer system was constructed, no consider
alIon was gwen 10 the area 10 De covered
in handling storm water. hence the main
trunk sewer ON Preston and Washington
streets is notollouNN too small TO carry
but niue OF the storm water II any, reacn'
ing this trunk Inc
Buffalo Distrirt-ThIs district was con
stIuCteu ON Tue goIio'u leu sSsegin anu Ha s
diametor ~ nine ropgcs frorn cigbteon 70
twenty. foUr Inches for main tr,nk sever
when nre emtirolv inodeouate fo, Storm
water DRAINAGE
Tho combined system conducts in one
channel botb rain vntor and sanitary
sewage while in the sensrafe system n
complete network Of drains IS provided for
the sanitary matter, occasionally including
ram water from roofs Tor nusnlng Pur-
poses Nhere nnSh tanks nave not oeen pro
yiaed, Som'tlm5s part OF INC Frount
water is admitted, hut such practice is not
consistent with the principle Of complete
separation,
Az OF INC ABOVE named districts are con
ntg.eu WIN ny inLeIeguI.hs sewers con
sLucteu uHdef ESElheeI fotter pans with
the exception OF the Budalo street sewer
ana portion OF the caroline street DIS
trlCt
nccted 10 the intercoptng sewer until an
extension is made from La Branch to Buf-
fao street on the Commerce avenue inter
cept, hence all Of thc eNCrcmcntitiOuS mat
ter now flowing in this sewer viii so con-
I tinue to flow Into the bayou, even II the
present syphons are placed In order.
There are also quite number OF private
sewers used for sanitary purposes. having
outlets into the bayou. which. however,
under our sanitary regulations can be pre-
vented at any time doomed necessary and
the premises connected with the ctty's sys-
TEN.
TNTERCFpTING SEwtp
THE .o,,.a. - i.t..s., -
cbor,o ~ i N' Tt. ~ so,tsgl {ne W.
conysv II across 1 T,toS "i 'V W, JE 6 anG
tI.arl ~ ass hul'lu anu Nhl'e YAK
LAY LAY Jus in.' w It,tl.iu- oASh Ht pump
t tos S'o,.JJn' anu ~ OH nv tnsre convey II ny
NO r,iios t ",S.uSai !. "'""s' SOME
~ '''n''''
THE SYMPTOMS.
There is a great prejudice against invert.
ed syphons but II properly DESIGNED there
is no reason why they should clog more
quickly than an ordinary tran I'm n house
pipe.
In my opinion, the lower part Of these
syphOnS should have been designed 10 give
with its net inclination between the two
manholcS, in which the Syphol., terminates
u self-cleansing velocity. and there should
drop from manhoes to bring away sIudge
that may have been deposited to that point
as l39 catch basins connected with sewers
discharging storm water. street refuse,
sand and other matters in your sewer sys-
TEN, and with the present arrangement.
without means 10 catch sand, and other
debris, there will he StOppaCe Of the svphCn
after every heavy rainfall
70 clean ont the manholes and syphons rs
a SLOW tedious and expensive job and for
the nrst syphon over Buffalo bayou | would
recommend straight crossing on what Is
called hydraulic grade line" and II the IN
terceptnS sewer has been designed to carry
on Storm water, 1T Is imperative that sand
catchers he constructed, and IL not de-
signed 10 take care Of this storm water, It
VIII nave 10 be excluded and prevented
from reaching the interccpting sewers
~. "a petusai OF OF the report Of Engineer
Potter to city council dated February 81.
49, SHOWS that' under the heading OF
IrcSent sewerage Facilities he recon-
mendS that some of the sewers now used
Tor conveying the household wastes in cos
}unction WIN inc ram water viii have to he
sewers constructed alongside Of them to be
usSu exclusively as separate sewers.
FROM What information can oh
tam, without making a thorough and
condition Of interceptluc the eow ~
soyo,, 20 A., a." ~ ~ ln,I.lng the sanitary
! N,,'nHN ." ~" 'A'o iHlV4NtpilnE sewer is as