The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

The attention of the citizens of Bridgeport has been called many times during the past several years to the modern sanitary sewer systems of cities in foreign countries, especially pso since the so-ea11ed Herings exper- mental blue print, double sewer sysT tenn has been agitated pro and con In our city as regards the necessity aof re building our present single sewer sys- tenn and adopting the so-called Her ingss experimental blue print double sewer system. The following ex- tracts in relation to the subpect of sewage disposal in European cities are taken from our American Consul re- ports, which show a vastly different condition from that which our citi- zens have been led to believe existed.
 Tn Birmingham, England, the house. hold wastes and street sweepings How through a single sewer system. More than half the houses in the city are connected with the. sewers, consequent ly the other half of the houses in Birmingham have no sewer connec- tions.
 In the city of Bradford. England. with a, population of 28s, GOO people the household wastes and street Washings are run into a single sewer system.
 Nine-tenths of the sewage of Liv- erpooI England, is discharged into the Mersey river without treatment of any kind The remaining one-tenthS com prises the sewage districts known as West Derby and Walton Sewage Farms, being a plan on broad lrriga- ton without chemical treatment.
 The Derby Far mhas POT acres and receives the sewage of about 56 600 1n- habitants-. The Walton Farm has s1o3 acres and receives the sewage of about 61,s0O inhabitants. The crops consist chiefly of rye grass, cabbages. potatoes and beets- This shows that nfne-tenths of the sewage of Liverpool, which nine-tenths represents nearly 100000 inhabitants, use no sewer pur- idcation methods of any kind.
 A single sewer system is used in Belfast Ireland
 A single sewer system is used in Glasgow, Scotland.
 In Dusseldorf, Germany, population 4oo, coo Household waste and street washings are carried off in single sewer system
 In Brunswick, Germany, the house hold waste and street Washings are carried off in the single sewer sys- tenn, to sewage farm, which is laid out in beds for raising vegetables. This sewage farm is drained by under ground pipes, otherwise the soil be- comes matted and foul The vege- tables grown on the Brunswick farm are remarkable for their size, but the quality is inferior. It is said that when COOk0Q, LHS NS66ldO1CS ! " LII o excremental nature of the fertilizer in odor and taste. In consequence, they are consumed only by the poorer class of the population
 Hamburg, Germany, with popula- ton of more than 100000 inhabitants, household waste and street washings flow into the same sewers and before being discharged into the Elbe river, pass through collecting basins, in which swinging dredges continually remove solid and floating materials. which is then transferred in barges to a low lying island in the river, the level of which is being slowly raised. The balance of the waste sewage then flows into the river. No general att tempt is made to steriIize sewage at Hamburg.
 In the city of Rheims. France, with population of 115.O60 the kitchen sinks in the modern buildings are con nected with the sewers and in about 200 buildings of the 13,221 buildings in the city. the water closets are also connected with the sewers, leaving about fssooo buildings in the city with ouk water closet connactlous. Thza