The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-06
vAAP ADDRESSES ENGINEERS
urges proper Handling Of Sewage and
Water plants.

course a. he address before the
Oklahoma society Of civil engineers
Dr = Hahr. state health officer.
POINTED on. that the engineers have
supplied adequate sewerage and vat
er plants IN many cities. but they
have fallen short o. their full duty
. b. no, making IL plain TO the city
authorities that these plants can On-y
perform their full functions when N
the hands Of capable, skilled men.
7 He showed that the bacterial content
/ Of the average surface supply Of
water can be practically removed by
| chemical treatment a. cost Of, s.
. for million gallons Of water but
/ that I requires 4 skilled man 20
handle the plant u It's workings Is
% be safe and satisfactory. II Is q
mistake 10 build water plants or sew
age disposal plants and tell the city
authorities that they will run them
selves
Dr. Mahr also discussed good road
from the public health standpoint,
and drew comparison between
western Oklahoma, where The roads
are naturally good with the east
side. where they have not been made
good and are naturally bad much Of
the year He pointed out that the
health Of the people in the section
with good roads that enable the doc
tors to travel rapidly and far is bet
ter than where bad roads are han
dicsp, that there are fewer and
more prosperous doctors whore the
roads are good and fewer /ck.
people
The Importance Of civil engineers
seeing the necessity Of enacting leg
islatiOn To make more efficient the
good work that is being done by the
engineering corps was impressed up
on his hearers in the course Of the
address. A part Of the address on
Lhis line was as follows
The legislature Of Oklahoma has
passed laws during the last seven
years under which they fine both
public and private nuisances. These
laws further provide for their abate-
ment and Tor penalties II they are
not abated Our public health laws
go further and provide for protection
Of our water supply from pollution,
yet today we have throughout the
state Of Oklahoma many places
where sewage is empticd into run
ming stream, and very few places
where sewage Is treated satisfactor-
rs before it Is permitted to drain
into stream Of water
our people have become inter
osted In public health questions, IN
the danger Of soil pollution from the
outdoor privy, from It's being fac
tor in many instances in causing
typhoid fever Many Of our towns
are unable to put in sewage dIS-
DJAdl Dldl. anu tll' Il''l ''''' -
the question OF sanitary priyies, pro-
per disposal OF night soil. cesspools
or septic tanks in connection with
houses and institutions. The great
est obstacle that you viii have 10
overcome in your efforts to protect
the public will be the INSCRIPTIONS
contractor. who viii guarantee his
work to prove satisfactory for at
least Il year, never advising the peo-
pie OF the danger that may follow
inattrntiOn to the plant and its iunc-
tiOns These patrons frequently be
come on obstacle to yonr progress
in a community Their unpleasant
cA prricncc makes them antagonistic
10 the installation of sewers and sep
tie tanks. Their experience has
been disastrous And yet If they had
been properly instructed and their
faculties handled by experts the eN
pericncc would have been the re
verse"