The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-18
Sewage Disposal
 Yields Profits
City of Pasadena, Cal, Earns
 S14,7O7.OO in One Year
PROFITABLE PUBLIC FARM

The only objection that has been raised to the proposed legislation in this State, regarding the cleaning up'' of rivers and streams has been l the expense of installing the sewage disposal plants
 It will be recalled that an Anti Pollution measure was introduced re- gently, House Bill No. 708, by Repre- sentative J. Henry BIakeman of Strat- ford. This bill provides that all cities, towns, corporations and Individuals now emptying sewages or other refuse into the watercourses in this State shall eventually adopt leans of purifying or otherwise disposing of such waste matter.
 The opposition, however, is left without a leg to stand upon, when the successful results of the Pasa- dena CCal), sewage disposal system are noted.
 Pasadena's profitable use of sewage is described in a recent issue of The National Municipal Review.
 In 1888 the city bought 300 acres of ground as part of it's plan for dis posing of the city sewage. This par eel has been increased from time to time until now the farm covers 53o acres and is run at a profit Accord ing to the. recent publication of it's accounts for the last fiscal year the Pasadena acres made a profit of $14,- 767.60- The farm through the sale of hogs, hay, corn, walnuts, pumpkins, horticultural items, wood, sand, rock and gravel, produced $20, ,197.13, while the opera atfon cost for the same per iod only $5,329.53.
 At present the farm is divided up al follows: Sixty-five acres are de- voted to an orange orchard, no to the cultivation of English walnuts, 142 are sowed in alfalfa, and the remain der is used for grain and hay. There is also a State Horticulture Station, which has done a large amount of experimental work and which has rais- ed large number of citrus and wal nut trees, both for sale and for stick ing the farm orchards A part of the station is devoted to the growing of ornamental trees and shrubs, which are sold or used for planting in the various city, parks and street parkings. In the northwestern part of the farm is dry wash over which flows mountain torrent when the rain falls heavily, and this affords revenue from the sale of sand, gravel and rock
 The entire farm completely utilizee the sewage of Pasadena's 35,O0O pop ulattsn. The sewage, after passing through settling tank, is distribut- ed over the land for irrigation pur- poses. The neighborfng land holders have been none to cordial, and efforts are now being made to appease them by a system of qualification. More
 
 management of the farm will be ap- piled to improvements and special work in sewage disposal.
 Last year the city of Bradford, Eng land, made profit of $150,00O from grease recovered from it's sewage, and so great has been the success of the machinery installed for this purpose that $500, 600 will be spent this year for in1proveme ents on the plant. The total sales of products recovered from 77c fnd fr~ $5O0,OOO. At present Bradford Is the only city in the Kingdom which de- rived a profit from it's savage, and it's success is due to ten years pa tient effort on the part of Engineer Garfield
 The city of Boston also contem- plates making a profit from it's sew age Chemist Miles has a plan by which profit of s250,OOO a year can be made.
 With these practical examples of profit-making before the people of our State, the financial problem of sew age-dfsposa1 is evidently not one about which i've should worry" Moreover, while considering the possible money making features of sewage disposal, it should be remembered that the other benefits will be incalculable.
 By disposing of sewage shah put an end to the dangerous poIIu- ton of our rivers and streams.
 With pollution a thing of the past, the risk of typhoid fever will be re- duced to it's lowest terms. Bathing and boating will again be enjoyable. Summer homes will again be pleasant places to live in, instead of being rem dered intolerable by offensive odors rising from sewage infected waters Fishing will be what it was before the sewage drove fish from our rivers, and the former abundant supply of delicious and fu1l-grown oysters and other shell-fish will be restored.
 Surely it it to the interest of every one to write to his or her State Sena- tor and Representatives urging them to vote for House Bill 708.