New Britain herald., 1914-07-09


 II do not, at this time, wish to comment upon MT. Fuller's report. l would rather leave that to the com mittee for investigation.
 Il would, however, request that you carefully read MT. F'ullers report in order that you may understand the two systems mentioned and familiar ize yourself with the conditions of our present system"
 When Mayor Qnigley concluded reading his message Alderman Law yer moved that 1t be accepted. AL derman Christ introduced resolutions covering the points in the mayors recommendations.
 Pres. Humphrey Talks.
 President Humphrey of the board of public works stated that he agreed with Engineer Fuller regarding the great problem. the iron in the sewage. He said the Stanley Works had spent thousands of dollars in experimenting in an effort to remove the iron at its source. The sewage question is one that confronts every inland city, and no city in the country has plant that Is completely satisfactory. he said. It would not be advisable to continue to make repairs every year. MT. Humph- rey thought. The only way to get right at the roots of the matter is to build a permanent plant.
 Councilman Paonessa suggested that it might be a good idea for New Britain and other cities to build a big trunk sewer to the sea, but Presi- dent Humphrey stated that in the near future, he believed, Hartford will be ordered to remove it's sewage from the Connecticut river and shore towns will be ordered to remove theirs from the sea.
 Alderman Christ said that while he did not want to shut of further talk, he did not believe the council could get any more light by discussing the matter, as it Is composed of laymen who have no technical Knowledge of the subject. He called for the adop- ton of the resolution regarding the appointment of the committee. This was done and 1t was also decided to vote the committee s1,000 from the incidental fund.
 Engineer Fnller's Report. The report of Engineer Fuller fol- lows:
 Pursuant to your request visited New Britain on June 27 last, inspected the system of sanitary sewers, and particularly the sewage disposal works, with a view to recommending the most economical and effective means of remedying the Unsatisfactory conditions now resulting from the overioa ding of the present sewage treatment works. ...aas.s,eg.
 1T have received from William H. Hall, city engineer, various data bear ing upon the local cost of materials of construction. as we'll as maps and records showing the existing plant, and particularly information bearing upon the manufacturing plants in the city now discharging trade wastes into the sanitary sewers.
 1T have also received from your chemist, M. w. Davenport. a memo randum showing typical analysis of the sewage in earlier years. as we'll as records of weir, readings and analyses of sewage as shown by sam ples collected at intervals from g a. m., June 30, to 8 a. m., July ?, 1914.
 II shall now proceed to state the facts with respect to the existing works and the problem with which
 
 my advice as to improvements needed in order to secure most economically the proper degree of treatment for the sewage of New Britain, which in 1910 had population of543,916. New Britain Sewage Disposal Works.
 These works have been in service some ten years or more and consist of two small settling basins with earth embankments and bottom. and some thirty-seven acres of intermittent filters, the material of which consists of gravel and sand intermingled with more or less clay. At the present time filter beds are quite thoroughly inn pregnated with iron rust coming from the pickling liquors entering into the sanitary sewers.
 These works are located in the town of Berlin about one-half mile east of the main line tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The gravity outfall sewer from the city to the plant extends for about one and one-half miles be- yond the built-up portion of the city. The Middletown branch of the New York. New Haven and Hartford rail- road passes through the plant, as Is true of one country road. A second country road with a number of houses upon it runs parallel and fairly close to the disposal works.
 The amount of water consumed by New Britain is said to approximate 4.5 million gallons daily. Storm water has been separated completely from the existing sanitary sewers con- veying the household and trade wastes of the. city to the disposal works. Together with the spent water SUD- ply, there is some inf1lteration of ground water into the sewers, as we'll as some liquids obtained from man. ufacturing plants which have water supplies of their own. During hot weather it is said that about 5.5 to 60 million gallons daily of sewage