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foot arch In case of heavy rains, by the
opera lon of automatic gates interceptors
etc, the storm water which is carried
down to the station in the large sewers is
diverted into these large storm water tun-
nels and the surplus above that handled by
the pumps is allowed to discharge by grav-
ity into the Eastern branch through out
lets al the south end of the station on both
the east and west sides.
In the event of extremely heavy rain
storms and freshets in the river, when the
flooding of the lower part of the city or of
the cellar is threatened the storm. water
pumps will be set to work and the danger
of flood will be averted by pumping the
storm water out into the Eastern branch
through a storm water discharge conduit,
which will prevent the filing up of the
sewers.
The sewage from the business section or
the city, that brought to the pumping sta
ton through the low area trunk sewer, will
be handled independently of the other sew
age. This sewage Will flow into the station
at a lower level than that from the B
street trunk sewer and the east side inter
ceptor. y separate screen chamber has
been provided for the sewage from the low
area sewer, and after ii has been screened
It will be hoisted twenty-seven feet into
thu syphon chamber. No storm water will
be allowed to flow into this sewer.
In addition to the arrangements made for
dischargfEg the storm water at the pump
ing station, storm water will also be dis
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There Is probably only very small num-
Der Of persons in Washington out of the
whole population who understand how it is
proposed to operate this great system
which Is devised for the purpose of remov-
ing menace TO the city's health and also
TO prevent destruction of the citizens
property. The sewerage question is one
that concerns every inhabitant of the cant
tai but 1t is likely that only "A few know
the method by which the sewerage will be
disposed OF when the new system is nut
into operation.
All the sewerage of the northwest and of
the southwest sections. excepting that
within the low area district will be carried
to the pumping station, located at the foot
OF New jersey avenue through the great Il
street and New Jersey avenue trunk sewer
which extends from 18th and r streets
northwest through Garfield Park and along
New Jersey avenue to the pumping station
This sewer varies Ia diameter from seven
to eighteen feet The sewage from George
town and from quite a large section OF
Northwest Washington east of Rock creek
will be carried by systems of smaller con-
duiJs TO the Rock creek and b street in
terceptor. which begins at Massachusetts
avenue and I'D street runs along 27th
street almost to the river, and, turn ng
east. joins the large trunk sewer at 18th
and + streets. The section OF the city
north OF r street between LIST and 18th
streets northwest will be drained by small
conGutts into the Easby's Point high level
iutrgce 0Jor, which extends west along f
street from 9TH TO 18th streets and thence
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charged direct into the river from the Rock
creek. the Eashy's Point and the east side
interceptors and also from the present Is
street sewer which Will be utilized eXclu-
siNely for draining storm water off the
parks in the low area district. As further
two bikes viii he built across low points
along the banks Of the river one dixie
will be constructed across Virginia avenue
where it approaches the river, and tie
other dixie viii be built along \ street in
the southwest.
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Probably few persons in Washington
realize tie vastusss of the sewerage dis
posuI system which has been In course Of
construction since lSa3. This great prof.
ecr. which means so mach to the people Of
the capital. includes the construction of
the immense - street and New Jersey ave-
nue. trunk sewer. several high level inter-
CcPtors, the low area trunk sewers, the
sewerage pumping station and plant the
twin inverted syphOnS across the Eastern
branch, the long outftl sewer along the
Maryland shore and numerous other minor
projects essential to III" proper completion
of the whole system. Some of these de-
tails of construction have been completed
and others are nearing completion. so that
if an goes well the system viii be in OPP
Grafton before the spring rains of 1907
set in
Agitation for proper and sufficient sew
CrIGe system in the national capital was
I'm the air for many years before Congress
authorized the construction OF the project
In the course OF the agitation much Was
said and volumes of figures We're presented
to Congress showing that The large death
rate I'm Washington was attributable IN a
measure to the lack 81 proper sewerage IA
Cilitics- The damage to property caused
by floods the waters of which the existing
sewers We're inadequate to carry off was
also set forth I'm vigorous manner and in
the District appropriation bill for 1889
Congress authorized President Harrison
to appoint Il board OF sanitary engineers
to report upon the existing system ~ sew
erage and to make recommendations for
the extension of the system.
During June. 1854. there occurred one of
the most notable foods in the history Of
the capital. Peunsy Ivania avenue and the
lOwlaHds were submerged under several
feet of water and rOwboats and canoes
were utilized to navigate the streets This
incident probably served to emphasize tse
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one of the interesting features Of the
sewerage disposal system which will soon
be IN operation in Washington is that all
the sewage Of the entire city viii be car
ried 10 one point and there ii will be raised
twenty-five or more feet by means of i'm
mense pumps and forced through inverted
syphons across the Eastern branch and
into the outfaN sewer, from which it will
be discharged into the Potomac Several
miles down the river at point q short
distance north of the naval ma gazlue. In
other words, sewerage from dwellings and
business houses located in Mount Pleas
ant Washington Heights and Georgetown
as well as other parts of the city, will be
discharged into the river several miles
downstream, so far away that it cannot be
born" back near the city by the tide and
hence the waters of the Washington and
Georgetown channels and Of the Eastern
branch will not he polluted by foul sub
stances. as they are at present.
To pump the entire sewage of a large
city might AT first appear to be an almost
impossible undertaking, but there are ex-
amp!es where all or much of the sewage is
thus artlhCially raised, notably Boston and
milwaukee, in the United States, and Lon
don ana Berlin in Europe. 1t might also
seem proposition of questionable merit
20 have sewage pumping plant located
within city OF habtatiOuS but in London
ana Berlin sewage pumping plants of large
capacity are located In the interior of the
city and are not found to be in the least
offensive. In the Washington project every
possible preCaution has been taken to pre-
vent the pumping station from becoming a
nuisance 10 the surrounding neghborhood.
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No more interesting feature in engineer
ing work has been presented in the capital
for many years than that of laying the
great twin syphcns across the Eastern
branch. This work is done beneath the
water by divers.
The twin syphGns constitute a double line
of pipe, each line being five feet in diam
eter, large enough for a man to walk
through without much difficulty. From the
syphon chamber 10 the beginning of the
outfaH sewer across the river the double
line of pipe describes a half curve, in
other words, the syphons are inverted.
The lines of pipe go down from the sy-
phon chamber with Il steep slope to dis
lance of twenty-six feet below the surface
o. the water. The channel of the Eastern
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On both the east and the west sides of
the pumping station there are twin tunnels,
each of the four tuGHe.s icing a twelve
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gates, etc, IN the whole system and wher-
ever located, whether near the pumping
station or remote from 1t, viii be operated,
raised and lowered by means Of hydraulic
lifts, all of which Will be manipulated by
one man located IN the engine room at the
station. Some of the immense iron gates
weigh from four to seven tons. but by
means of the hydraulic lifts they are easily
operated.
After the sewage has been screened in
the chambers for that purpose the screen
ing cages viii be LoisJed to cleaning room,
where the solids will be removed from the
c9ges, pressed in a machine and then
loaded into n train OF immense buckets
which viii be operated by overhead wires
by means of electricity and carried through
a ConVeyor tunnel either to the crematory
or to the south end of the plant, where the
screenings will be loaded on ScoWS noored
il the slip. The sand, sticks etc. that
cCmc into the sediment chamber together
with the ashes from the engines will also
be removed from the plant by means of
the train of buckets running through the
conveyor tunnel. This 'conveyor tunnel ex-
teEds around the east and west sides and
across the north end of the pumping sta
tion, and 1t will also serve as a ventilating
tunnel 1t Is expected that the screenings
will be burned. but this has not been def
itely decided upon as yet
The pump room at the station furnishes
an interesting sight. In This big room,
which, by the way, is about twenty-five
feet below the bottom of the river there
are thirteen immense centrifugal pumps.
which resemble gigantic snails with their
| heads extended into the walls of the room.
| On the west side are eight pumps which
| will be used for pumping storm water.
| Each of these has a capacity of 90 600, 900
| gallons day. Two pumps in the north
| end on the east side have a capacity of
| 20 oooOoD gallons each a day and they will
| BE- used for pumping the low area sewage
| The three pumps in the south end Of the
| room on the east side each have a capacity
| of 6j,000C00 gallons a day, and will be used
! TO pump the sewage brought to the sta
| ton through the b street trunk sewer and
| the east side interceptor.
| The whole system, including the pumping
| station, has been designed to adequately
| handle the sewage of city Of s02,000 per-
| sons, so that the city will have TO grow
! col sderably before additional facilities are
| needed
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WI, al -, -, ,,,,7.,..,.. o., I,-- +to MIN,
~ '''i - '- i'i
IN position Tie vHilhS about me t'iS7't
and pipe are Iousened from the s!oop, and
the heavy pipe rolls over into the water.
with the caissou ON ton. The Divers then
~" NV va '''
SNe the signal 10 inc "NsISlailS Oh '''C
siCop to let the water mt" the ctlsson, ana
as this is done the pipe and tie wooden
rov gradually sink 10 rse he'd OF niles
- d., lie, 49,, tl,,, ,..,,tf.,,, e. 20,
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need Of better sewerage facilities and made
Congress the more ready to act favorably
upon the report Of the sanitary engineers,
which was submitted in June, 1890.
This board Of engineers was composed of
Rudolph Herring, Samuel NJ. Gray and
Frederick +. SteaTns, and the recommends
tons and plans outlined by the board
have been followed in general. although
many minor changes from the original out
line have been made IN the execution of the
project The detailed plans of the system
We're worked out in the District sewer de-
partment of which p. E. McComb is SUI
perintcndeut, The plans for the sewerage
pumping station, one Of the most interest
ing features Of the project. were devised
by Assistant Engineer Asa +. Phillips, who
is experimenting the construction of the
station.
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takes a diagonal course toward the river,
the sewerage being intercepted by the Rock
creek interceptor at 22d street.
The sewerage from the northeast and
southeast sections will be carried to the
pumping station through the Tiber creek
and New Jersey avenue interceptor, which
begins just north of the Capitol grounds,
and through the east side interceptor which
runs along the shore of the Eastern branch,
beginning at Goth and T. streets northeast,
where the boundary sewer will END.
The sewerage from that part of the city
described as the low area district. which
includes Pennsylvania avenue and the adj
jacent low land, the Mall and part of
Southwest Washington between list and Az
streets will be carried to the station
through the recently constructed low area
sewer along Pennsylvania avenue.
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The total cost Of the sewage disposal
project of Washington. when completed,
will be in the neghborhood of 5000. 600.
In comparison with sewerage systems of
other cities this amount is small. Lon
dons sewerage removal interceptors and
pumping stations cost more than $4,000, COO
Berlin spent more than Sl5000,000 for
improved sewerage facilities some years
ago The total cost of Bostons system for
city and suburbs was about 100000 600 and
Chicago's sewerage removal works cost
over $25, 900, 010 Providence and Milwaukee
have each sent about 100000 for i'm
proved system, il is stated.
But whatever the cost, 1t is conceded that
adequate sewerage facilities for Washing
ton have been an absolute necessity, and
when it is considered that provision has
been made for a future population of S00-
600 persons the cost OF the system now I'M
der cons true ton is not unreasonable.
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BY means OF the b street and New Jersey
avenue trunk sewer the east side inter-
ceptor and the low area trunk sewer, prac-
tically all the sewage of Washington is car
'ried to one point-the sewage pumping
station.
In ordinary times. that Is when there is
no rain. the sewage from the street trunk
sewer and from the east side fnterceptOr
flows into the junction chamber in the
northeast corner of the pumping station on
equal levels From the junction chamber
the sewage is diverted, by means of gates,
around the large sediment chamber and
into the screen chambers where all the
solids are removed. The sewage, minus
the solids, then flows into the sewage con-
duit and thence to the immense pumps,
where 1t IL raised about twenty-five feet
into the syphon chamber, whence il is
forced across the river through the invert-
cd syphons and into the outfall sewer,
through which 1t flows by gravity to the
outlet near the naval magazine and is dis
charged into the Potomac river.
In case of rain the sewage is diverted by
means Of gates into the large sediment
chamber, where the sand, etc. are removed
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r lTH the completion Of the great
sewerage disposal system of
Washington the business men
and residents Of the national
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28
Dr.. Darlineton's Conservation.

New York, April 26.-With impos
ing ceremonies in Christ church
Brooklyn, today the Rev. DR.. James
II. Darlington, hitherto rector of that
church, was consecrated a bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal church, un-
der the terms of his recent election
to be bishop of the newly-created di-
ocese of Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop-eect
Darlington was attended in the SOL
emn procession of the Rev. DR.. f. M.
Clendonnin, of West Chester, and the
Rev. Arthur w. Wilde of COatesvlle.
The attendants upon the ceremony
were Bishops Potter of New York,
Burgess of Long Island, Whitaker of
Philadelphia, Whitehead of Pittsburg,
Talbot of Central Pennsylvania. and
Seymour Of Springfield, Ill.
Bishops Seymour and Burgess pre-
sented the candidate, and the sermon
was preached by Bishop Potter. The
consecration itself was performed by
Bishop Whitaker, assisted by Bishop
Whitehead and Bishop Talbot.
The Rt. Rev James Henry Darling
ton the new bishop of Harrisburg. was
born in Brooklyn in 1856 and received
his early education in the university
of the city Of New York. He was or
dained deacon in 1882 and a priest
the same year He was appointed an
assistant pastor of Christ Episcopal
church, Williamsburg, in 1882, and
year later became it's pastor. He
was an archdeacon Of Brooklyn from
1896 to 1904, and for several years has
been rector of Christ church of that
borough
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28
Education in the South.

Columbia, S. c., April 26.-Colum-
bia is playing host to a most dis
tinguished gathering of educators and
others who have assembled here to
total of several hundred for the
eighth annual session of the confer
ence for education in the south.
Prominent among those present is
the party of educators, philanthro-
pists and others brought from New
England and New York as guests of
Robert c. Ogden, the founder and
president of the conference. Others
among the visitors are state superin-
tendents of public instruction and the
presidents and professors of leading
colleges and universities from Mary
land to Texas and from Missouri to
Florida.
This afternoon there were meetings
of the various committees to complete
the final details of the conference pro-
gram. The formal opening takes
place in the Columbia theater this
evening. Governor Hayward will
greet the visitors, President Ogden
will deliver his annual address, and
the session will conclude with an ad-
dress on "A Southern Interpretation
of the Conference for education" by
Professor George S. Denny of Wash
ington and Lee university. The reg
ular business sessions of the confer
ence will begin tomorrow morning
and continue through Friday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28
Workers in Y. w. c. A. Fields.

Detroit, Mich, April 2G.-The open
ing session of the tenth biennial con
vention of the American committee of
the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation was held in the association
building in this city this afternoon.
Three hundred delegates were pres
ent representing an aggregate mem
bership of $4,000 young women.
The work of the conference, which
will be in session five days, will be
Bible study and discussion of asso-
citation work in college, city and mis-.
sion fields Mrs f. w. Moore, of Lon
don England, representing the worlds
committee of the association, is the
special guest of the conference.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28

Knoxville, enn. April 26. - Knox.
vile was garbed in orange and white
the university coIors, today, marking
the Inauguration of new president
of the University of Tennessee, DR.
Brown Ayres. The governor of Ten.
nessee presented the symbols of au'
thority, the keys Of the university
and Bible, to the new president
whom he formally introduced to the
gural speech Of President Ayres, con.
gratuatory addresses were delivered
on behalf Of the faculty, students and
alumni and by number of the visit
ing educators.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28

sic and readings by the class. includ-
ing some especially clever selections,
will he a feature. The members OF
the class are now selling tickets at
nominal rate and the funds received
will he used In a good cause at the
school There are many members of
the class and all of them will un.
doubtedly appreciate the support of
! their friends.
The rainfall during the twentyfour
hours up to s o'clock this morning
was one and quarter inches, making
total for the month of three and
! three-quarters inches. The ground Is
now thoroughly soaked and all that
is needed is some warm, sunny wealth
er to make crops fairly boom. There
has been some development in spite
of the lack of warmth and sunshine,
the grass and pastures particularly
showing remarkable growth for this
early in the season. Other vegeta.
| tion has also developed considerably
and is ready to spring up and boom
ahead with a touch of warmth and
| sunshine bitches, ponds and low
places are full Of water and the frog
| chorus Is large and increasing
The marriage ceremony uniting
! Miss Annie Parker, formerly of this
city, to Mr. Oscar Hauser of Neigh,
was performed by the father of the
bride, Rev. J. !. Parker, at the Con-
gregational church in Plainview at 6
o'clock last evening A number of
Norfolk friends, together with friends
from Neigh, were present for the
ceremony. The newly married couple
left on an evening Shortline train for
O'Neill and from there go immediate
ly to Neigh which will be their new
home Mr.. Hauser is in the telephone
business at that place. The ceremony
was to have been performed by Rev.
W. ]. Turner of this city, but he was
too ill to attend. The wedding was
pink and white one carnations and
lilies predominating in the decora
tions. Prof. Scott of Neigh acted as
best man, and the ring service was
used. The wedding march was played
by Mrs. Williams, of Neigh sister
of the groom. The bride wore a vel
and her gown was of white. Doro
thea Mote and Margaret Parker were
two pretty little flower girls. The
bride received many handsome pres
ents. The young ladies of the Ken
sington club of which she was presi
dent, served at the wedding supper
Among those from Norfolk who at
tended were DR.. and Mrs. G. S. Par
ker, Miss Eta Durland, Miss Matte
Davenport, Miss Laura Durland
Seventy-fye persons were present.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28
AINSWoRTH is BOOMING.
Many improvements in Brown County
Town This Year.

"dI1 w DID"l SbNIAJ
Town This Year.
Ainsworth, Neb., April 22.--Special
to The News: This Is town in north
west Nebraska which is booming.
There is much Improvement Of proper
ty here this spring. Thousands of
dollars have changed hands. Five
fine new residences are going up now
and other additions being built. A,
w ScattergOod has just added $1,000
worth of improvements to his resi-
denCo, Munson a. Howe have bought
IA new corner and are erecting fine
cement block 55Xl00. II. NJ. Lucey, a
wealthy MssOurian, has just bought
the southwest corner of Main and Sec
ond streets, where he will improve.
Judge Ramsey bought the j. G. Spcn'
Ger property and Is now changing II
it for boarding house and restaurant
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-28
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

C. w. Mes was over from Wayne
yesterday.
p. f. Taylor was down from Ran
dolph yesterday.
w. B. Mayes was in Norfolk yester-
day from Tilden.
Rev. Theo Braener was down from
Hadar yesterday.
f. II. Brenton is in the city from
Neigh on business.
]. w. Risk was in the city yester-
day from Battle Creek.
Geo. C. Stevenson was in the city
yesterday from Madison.
J. L. Rynearson, county assessor,
was over from Madison yesterday
Otto T. Schauble, cattleman from
yesterday.
Jas. M. Mair was Norfolk visitor
from Scribner.
A. A. Wekle was in Norfolk Mon
day from Wayne
Rev. J. F. Poucher is in Blair and
will return tonight.
e. B. Nels and George Drebert We're
down from Pierce Monday.
S. M. Cate and VIM. Hall were in
the city Monday from Pierce.
j. N. Anderson and j. H. McKim OF
Clearwater were in the city Monday.
N. A. Rainbolt, w. NJ. Rainbolt and
NJ. d. Tyler returned on the early
train this morning from Center, Neb.,
where they had been on business.
Andrew Mapes, little son of Mr..
and Mrs Burt Mapes. who has been
so seriously ill., is now improving rap
idly
The West Side Whist club was very
pleasantly entertained last night at
the C. S. Bridge home on Norfolk av-
enue.
Otto +. SChauble, manager of the
Elkhorn Valley farm from Pilger,
passed through Norfolk Wednesday
morning enroute to Ewing, Neb., with
1855 fine choice Hereford cattle of his
own raising.
w. Fl. Boyd and family, who have
lived in Norfolk for many years, left
today for Santa Rosa. Cal Mr.. Boyd
has business interests to look after
on the trip, besides pleasure. He may
decide to remain in California perma.
nently.
The Neigh lodge of Odd Fellows
will tonight celebrate the anniversary
of the founding of the order in con.
junction with a number of neighbor-
ing lodges. the affair being of a dis.
trict character. A big program has
been arranged and many Odd Fellows
from surrounding towns will be in
attendance. A number of Norfolk
Odd Fellows have made arrangements
to attend the celebration.
The freshman class of the high
school are planning for very excel
lent program to be given at the high
school building Friday evening. Mu-