The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1903-05-03


ton and general plan is well and
properly executed. While it is not
such a system as woiad be selected
by choice, as before pointed out, the
existing conditions made it imperative
to use the plan adQRed,
There are ~ses eral features of de-
tail in the system which might be
criticised, and certain features which,
since the SEWERS were constructed
and putin use, have proven defective,
and had to be altered and recon
structed. Such criticisms, however,
could be made of any entire plan
THAT could be prepared. The points
OF difference often being mere matters
of individual opinion or treatment
OF particular features, and not eff
fecting the general principal of de-
whole, and it is doubtful if even
these defective features which sub
sequent experience rendered it neces-
sary to chance could have reasonably
been foreseen and provided for by
the authors of the design. The type
OF joint used in connecting the terra
Gotta pipe has proven to be the most
defective of the whole system, but
this is rather a matter of construc-
lion than Of design
In What Condition is the System
Now in?
I have made a careful and personal
examination of sufficient portion of
the system to form competent and
correct opinion of both the physical
and sanitary condition of the sewers,
and it gives me much pleasure to be
able to say that, with a few eXcep-
tions, these conditions are, at this
time good.
| find that in the southern part of
the city, or that portion lying south of
excellent condition. They are eX-
ceptionally free from deposit and ac-
cumulation and the flow is free and
unobsuucted. In the northern part
of the city, or all that portion lying
north of Mansfield street, the con
dition OF all the sewers is not SO sat
isfactory In some of the mains l
found an accumulation of deposit of
sand in the bottom of the pipes, eX-
tending throughout their entire length.
This is true of the Mansfield street
and Cochran avenue mains. The de-
posit in the Mansfield street main was
very slight being nothing at the pump
we'll, and gradually increasing in
end at Cochran avenue. Deposit is al
depth, or amount, towards its upper
SO aecura alati,ng i'm ,Tsl,sa-d -die,s;sEaa sis
nue. main from L TO G streets, the up
per end section of the main, it is ex-
ceedingly and excessively great, SO
nluCU So ludI IL oHOulu pC iSiAiO' NN''
or it is liable to reach such a point
that it will o0struct the flow sufhclenL-
" to back I'D the sewage in the G st.
sub-main, which it enters at this point.
There are other sewers in this dis
trict in which slight deposits of sand
has formed, but il does not appear to
be increasing at this time. | was par
ticularly impressed with the sanitary
condition of the sewers. and the ab-
sence of fetid ana foul odors. When
the manholes were opened, only III
a few instances was there any odOr
noticeable, and in most OF those open
ed NO odor at all could be detected.
| attribute this condition to the large
volume Of flow passing through the
sewers. which is composed to large
extent oil the discharge from the flush
tanks and inflow OF water. This so
dilute the sewage and keeps the
sides Of the pipes so clean that 1t pre-
vents composition OF the sewage, and
consequently the generation OF loul
doors In the sewers, and also produces
d GOOD velocity OF tow which keeps
Ithe air in the sewer in circulation.
and the pumping plant i'll good con-
dition ana OF sufficient capacity to
nandie the coiume OF sewage now re-
quired to be pumped.
/ opened several of the flush tanks
and those examined We're well and
properly constructed and in good CON
diaon. some OF lEem were not dis
charging properly, due to slight
iaerangement of the air pipes and 81
phons. II is well known and reco-
! gnized. however, that all flush tanks
| are liable TO these slight deranSe-
nlents and that they be constantly
and periodically inspected in order TO
secure their satisfactory operation
Have the House Connections or Drains
Been Properly Laid?
Ii would practically impossible to
satisfactorily answer this question
without uncovering all the house
drains and actually inspecting them
To 90 this is equally impracticabie
and the exigencies of the situation
do not seem to require it, There
were two drains pointed out to me
! hn1na-n. .uhinn II seamel desirabla