The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-08

systems n STANDARD work now In Its
fourth edition. In article 40. he snys about
siphons When laid under water, ihey
earth or stone as to prevent their floating
when pumped empty ror inspection az
cleaning and should he absolutely tight"
Again he snys Unless sphou under
water is OF large size and in tunnel or
laid IN trench IN rocky bottom. 1t
should be projected from undermining by
currents, or movements by shifting bottoms
or channels; This protection Is usually AZ.
iorded by driving a row OF sheet plling on
eacn SIDE OF the pipe, the space between
them being In most cases excavated and
flled with concrete. The softer the mate
rial on he bottom, and the stronger the
currents, the deeper the sheeting should
The siphon under White Oak BAYOU has
shown itself In the same leaky condition
since the Milan street siphon has been
placed in working order
In my report to yonr honorable body of
May r. 1902, | recommended the cutting
out OF the siphons entirely. WHY they
were put in at all. Instead Of grade
ttros,.ing. Is u mystery to me and Is left
10 Nir Potter to cNplnin
INC quarter hcnts at tho down legs of
the land ends Of tho Milan street sinhnns
! nave been taken ont by ME, and vertical
cross substituted In their place 70 tho
top nange OF these crosses stand pincs have
been connected. which extend 10 tho street
surface enabling the inser Ion Of line
/ of hose TO wash out The siphons When
not go in use they have a cap screwed on
them. Detailed plans. etc. hnve been
dawn by me for the construction OF n
grade crossing when cold weather CON
inences this fall. afteY which the s'phons
| VIII be nut ont n service
They are now working n q satisfac ory
manner. except the White Oak bnvou ono
! which Is still sucking air when Ia opera
! ton. Yet all the sewerage is now Il =
| charged In the sewer tank and pumped to
tho filtration grounds
THE RECEIVING BASIN.
! This receiving basin is located on Com
! merce street near its intersection with
| Milan street. In this basin is collected all
the sewerage south Of Buhalo bayou
/ In the bottcm Of IL are located the ends
If tho Buffalo bayou sphons, being two
iS-inch cast iron pipes
There is dam In this basin. which Mr.
Potter calls a snnd catcher.
In all well constructed designs the top
Of the brick wall In n sand catcher or
sump Is at the same elevation as the flow
line Of the pipe leading to it, In Mr. Pot.
ter's design however, tho top Of this wall
came TO nearly The top invert Of the sewer
u!sEAa; slhs IN II, thus causing the sewage
! 20 patk up IN the sewer. until such u tim
Nhtn the crest an TOP Of the brick wan il
reached, whom it begins 10 discharge.
hlA hacking up OF the sewage gives II
a cuahte % purity and should iv all ncafts
he avoided. For good construction ST. q Han
ward carsous details Of metropolitan sewer
lm' tGe Woonaockctt Il L., system and
% multitude of otHpis.
As h fore stated tho Buffalo bayou
~ MS consist of two is inch Clst-hon
Now IL was "a notorious fact that thrs,
pipes worc too small 20 3iscn1lce Tho mis-
turc ~ storm water and sewage during
tuc rain which full on june - uud June u
tiHd u not bc. for th" relief valves which
! rAus' d Io Too constructed On my taking
charge, hotli IN the Milan street receiving
basin ana the one uc1r the Katy depot.
he water would have como ,ut Through
ne top Of mluholrs along Commerce aid
Milan streets.
scrocu is aow being placed bv me In
the Milan street receiving basin, and with
smoothly
THE PUMPING STATION.
The majority Of The changes recommend
"a by mc I'm previous report have been
mndc and the results obtained are graft.
, tying
However | desire to place myself on rec
, ord ny stating that the defective character
Of the work performed win be the cause
, cf n continuous source If expense to the
, city of Houston for some time to como
q The same may b" snil Of tic filtration
, grounds stat meut Of facts WIN max,
o i The roof Of the boiler housc is in 4
a very bad condition. leaking during cYcrl
/ rain, iniuriog the boilers and flooding ~
| noor Cuuard Nv poor construction
, . 1'br receiving INK on sewage tank al
/ the pumping st1tion leuE. very badly o.
t sur.ih|iignS FOR tho Instruction of IA,
a I walls uf this tfuk uro I'd. H. hut work ui
thrm w7s evidently sighted
4 Evuy umc the sew1gr tank oils M
n enough sewage leaks through The walls Il
= humcr7r Ire flushing punp located ln the
Z g. The sewage tank details such "A,
o .rtea'' Flushing pipes, etc, have been omit