The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1903-05-03
A FULL REPORT
ON THE SYSTEM
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anime them.
Mulle some of the Joints were not
az IuIl ana wed cemented as good
work would require, it was up TO fair
average. The alignment and grade
| of both drains were wood. An in
spect.on OF these TWO drains, however,
could by 40 means warrant one in
arriving at the conclusion that all OF
he drains laid were of the same char
auter-some may have been better
constructed and others Wprse. De
fective construction in house drain
however viii bring about such con
ditions that the detects can usually
soon be- detected. either from OBJ
structior and stoppage of the flow in
the drain or by breaking and dis
/ charging into tho soil, when settle
ment of the surface OF the ground
will indicate that something is wrong.
House drains should be as carefully
laid and the joint as we'll and tightly
made as any other part of the sewer
system, but it is only the most rigid
inspection and careful and skillful
work that this can be accomplished.
In this connection it is proper to
refer to your pumping rules and reg
ulatiOns and methods of making the
house connections with the sewers as
esecting the general efficiency of the
sewerage system.
Your city ordinance regulating these
matters is, as a whole, an excellent
one. If all its provisions could be
rgidly enforced the results obtained
would be the best known to sanitary
science 1t is we'll known, however
that it Is almost practically impossi-
bic to obtai4s a rigid compliance with
all the terms of the regulations, and
for this reason | think it well to mod
ify and change some of the features.
It is my opinion that the best re-
suits can be obtained by the city max
ing the house connection with the
sewer, and laying the house drain
from the sewer to the property Of
the street. The conditions existing
in Brunswick make it of the most
vital importance that every part and
adjunct Of the sewerage system should
be Of the highest type of design and
best workmanship that is possible to
obtain. None but skilled and care
ful wOrknen should be allowed to
do the work And all work should be
intelligently planned and thoroughly
inspected
The laying Of a house drain. while
apparently a simple thing. is in fact
a most important matter 1t requires
not only skin in doing the work, but
intelligence and judgment in planning
and locating it.
For this reason I think it best that
before any plumbing is done or To-
Gated in a building or lot, that the
parties owning The propertys f2r i Aka .Ilas-
iiig me plumbing put in, should be
required TO make application to the
proper city authorities for the house
drain TO be laid to the building or
iot The city should adopt such reg
ulatiOns as may be deemed best as
TO whether the property owner or the
city should pay the cost of laying
the drain. but the work should be
done and superintendent by competent
and skilled labor employed directly
by the city. Such a method of course
require that the city employ none but
competent persons to do this work,
and the entire work should be under
the responsible direction and manage
ment of one person fully qualified
TO attend to it.
BY far the most important matter
or 10
proper maintenance and management.
1t can. and will accomplish the pur
pose for which it was designed and
constructed, if it is properly managed
and operated. No system of sewers
has ever been, nor ever will be con
strucjed, which will stay in perfect
condition and do the work required
OF it without inspection and mainte
nance of all its parts. This is es
peciaily true OF the Brunswick sew
erage system. On account of the
nat grades on which it was necessary
TO lay most Of the sewers, deposits
are liable 10 form in them and thus
obstruct the flow of sewerage. By
constant in pection these deposits can
he detected and removed before they
have accumulated to sufficient extent
10 cause serious trouble
! Would say that the entire system
should be some over at least once a
month and a sufficient number of man
hoie- and inspection pipes opened ana
examined made to see that the flow
is good and that the sewers are clean
ana clear of obstruction. The mere
Sact that water continues to pass
through a sewer is not positive evil
dence that it is in god condition. OBJ
structions may be forming at some
place which, although not completely
stopping the foW if allowed to go on
viii eventually do so, and cause ind-
nitely more trouble and expense to re
move than if it had been attended
to when it first began A systematic
record Of all inspections should be
kept and fled in the city engineers or
inspectors Office. describing in detail
the condition at each inspection of
every part Of the system. In this way
those parts and places in the sewers
where trouble most frequently occurs
can be detached and study made of
tho cause Of the trouble and a posi-
bic remedy, or the best manner of
DEALING with the matter can be more
satisfactorily arrived at
One Of the most serious and difficult
problems confronting the city in the
maintenance of the sewers is that
Of preventing the deposit and accumu-
lation Of sand in certain portions Of
them, and of removing the deposit
when it cannot be prevented from
| formirg The question naturally aris-
cs how does this sand get into the