The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06
COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT.
Recommendations Made as Result Of
Their Visit to Washington
Expert to Come.

III" on Wednesday night. At this
meeting ;he report Of the committee
| from y"lncil. the board of health and
the commissioners Of public works.
which went to Washington to investi-
gate different systems Of sewerage,
submitted their report. The report
was received as Information. The
report is published in full in this
connection.
The mayor was authorized to cor
respond with Mr. McCombe and get
him to come to Newberry in order
that he might investigate in person
our sewerage system. and make the
necessary survey and recommended
tions as to just what is necessary to
be done in order to perfect our sys-
! tenn Of sewerage.
Mr.. .Chas. Moore, an expert ac-
countant, was engaged to check up
the books of the city clerk and
! treasurer. Mr.. Moore is Newberry
boy and has been in the city for sew
eral days. He will begin work in
checking up the books on Monday.
This is a proper step by the city
council. It is matter which should
be attended to every year or probab-
ly twice per year and the report of
the accountant should be printed.
The city council should also arrange
to have the books and accounts OF
the treasurer Of the commissioners
Of public works audited. These off,
cials handle large sums Of the peo-
pies money and there can be no OBJ
lection to having the accounts audit
ed. and also to having the report OF
the auditor published for the infor-
nation of the public.
Mr.. McCombe is an expert engin-
eer of the city Of Washington and
Indicated to the committee that he
would be willing to come to New
berry and make investigation.
The following is the report of the
committee mentioned above:
Newbery. S. c., Nov. 80. 1907.
To the Mayor and Aldermen Of the
Town of Newberry, s. G.
Gentlemen:
Having been appointed commit
tee to visit the City Of Washington,
D. c., to obtain such information as
would be beneficial in reference to
disposing Of the town sewage, we
beg leave to submit:
Upon arriving in Washington we
first visited the War Department,
and was there referred to the Quar-
| ter Master General Department;
what information We could "obtaln
through that source was, that. the
septic tank system had passed the
experimental stage and was being US
ed at several military posts through
out the United States. We were also
informed by this department that
there was another successful method
by filtration through large sand-beds
Of an acre or more each; though this
was not practicable except where the
sand was five or six feet deep; that
the septic tank method had proven
to be best, if properly constructed
and looked after. This department
also stated that the length Of the
sewer line added to the benefit Of
dissolving the sewage before 1t
reaches the septic tank.
After this we were referred to Mr..
D. E. McComb, superintendent OF
the sewers Of the City of Washing1
ton. who has spent several months
during the present year in Europe
studying the different methods Of
dispcsing of sewage. He also stated,
that septic tanks had gone beyond
the experimental stage, and spoke Of
the methods of constructing septic
tanks; the necessity Of having them
Of sufficient size, to enable them to
dispose of the sewage properly, as
well as the care and attention requis-
ite to keep them in good working con-
dition; and was Of the opinion that
the septic tank system was the most
advisable one for the city.
Upon visiting Baltimore, where
they are instituting the largest sew
age filtration plant system on this
continent to purify he City's sew
age before it is emptied into the wa
tiers Of the Chesapeake Bay.
We found that according to the
report Of the Advisory Board Of En-
gineers. approving the reports of the