Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-24
THE SEWER TRIP
Commissioners That Made Il
 Are Pleased With Work.

The last section of the prelimin- ary work of the sewage disposal works has been finished and yester- day the board of works with City Engineer Cairns, Engineers Taylor l and Mounton, and few reporters 1 inspected the job. All the commis- sioners were present with the excep- tion of Martin Scully; the mayor was | also absent.
 The part of the big sewage carrier just finished is known as section No l 5. It Is three quarters of mile in l length, about one third of the entire length of the sewer. The average person, unless he goes through the tunnel, which is just like a subway cannot realize the gigantic undertak- l ing this scheme is The preliminary work Is just about finished and the cost to date has been about $200,- 900. It will take three times this amount before it IS finished. It is d very intricate piece of work and shows much ingenuity and original ity upon the part of the engineers. Although there is likely tc be some litigation over the part of the sys- tenn the engineers do not seem to think the city will be obliged to pay anything for using the septic bed process of the Cameron company. The inspecting party started yes- terday at the point where the plumb ing station will be. The tourists had to climb down into a hole 9pd' some of them had much difficulty in get ting down. This plumbing station will be one of the principal parts of the system. There the sewage will go through several processes and after leaving, will start On it's final journey. The main carrier IS considerably wider and deeper at this point, and the velocity of the ] sewage decreases to one fourth which allows much of the suspend ed matter to precipiate. The refuse which goes to the bottom is then cleaned out with dredging buckets
 There are three chambers or ca nals running from the pumping sta ton. The main carrier, the main in- fluent and main effluent. The main carrier is the safety valve for the entire system. It IS fou. feet five inches high and four feet six inches wide. One can imagine the dimen- sons when it is possible for four per sons to ride through on truck. Seated comfortably on low chairs up on the truck, the inspectors were l pushed along by a couple If work
 men. Through six months of the
 year, from December 1 to June I,
 when the city does not have to pur-
 fly its sewage, it will go tearing along through this main carrier.
 1 The main infuent is that which
 runs to the septic tanks where the
 sewage is partly purified. The eff
 fluent main is that which connects the septic tanks with the filter beds
 the last part of the process.
 | The controller house is where the
 sewage is finally disposed of. From
 this house several gates will be op,
 erated The sewage can be turned
 into the river at this point or it can
 be sent along the canal further and into the river some distance below
 It is here that the "sludge' will be
 taken from the. tanks and carried tt , the "sludge bed" located on an ele'
 vation some distance away. There will be no work done on the system
 this winter All the contracts that have been let have bc,I finished and
 it now remains for the board to is sue bonds for other contracts. From now on the money expended will be
 gin to show itself as practically al
 the work will be above ground There will be 10 acres of beds ant
 each acre will purify 100000 gal
 Ions of sewage. There will be 120, : 900 tons of crushed stone, of the 1.-two inch" kind used In the beds There will be four and one hal acres of reservoirs.
 The total sewage of this city a present amounts to 10,000,000 gal Ions daily. This plant will be abl' to take care of 53,000,000 per day consequently when the plant is fin ished it should be good for year and years. The sewage when it leave the plant, while not really fit fo drinking purposes, will be pure than that which now flows throug. the Naugatuck. Of course there | no telling how pure that is. A maI has no regard for one who would take a bath there bright and earl, every morning.
 The commissioners present yester day were pleased with what they say and the novelty of the trip, althougl Commissioners Walker and Hocl i found it almost too much of an ex perience Before they entered tn , main carrier to tsfe their seats ol , the truck they had to cross planl i about ten feet long. It was stretch ed over a chamber about fifteen fee ! deep in whiah there was a goodl, 1 quantity of rain water. The planl . was very Timber and Hook as wei
 as Walker was scared out of his life It really looked as though the planl might cave in for it apeared to b ! very thin. Hook was the first 0
 the heavyweights to cross and heav
 ed a sigh of relief as he made tn
 last step. He did all the work witt . one foot. Walker did the same.
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