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Show I SECOND PLACE ESSAY WRITTEN BY MORRIS JONES m The second place in the Lott Kssny Contest, which terminated H( last week, wn won by Morris Jones with the essay entitled "Value flf of a Sanitary Engineer or Plumber to a Community." Some very flf strong points are brought out in the article which follows: Hflfl ' VALUE OF A SANITARY ENGINEER S OR PLUMBER TO A COMMUNITY HE Tho world Is coming to realize HE mora ovory day tho valuo of snnl- HJ tatlon. It Is tho dominant issuo ot our ft ontlre political, Industrial, and cdu- Br catlonal situation, HE Looking at oursolvos from a bio- He logical point ot vlow wo llnd that HJ evolution lias mado us conscious ot a M future, Iiub shown us how to attain It, HE and most of all has mado that futuro HE' a mattor for our practical concorn. HE Our highest boast Is coming to bo that HK . wo, tho present generation, nro living HH not only for oursolvos, hut also for HE the generations that aro to follow. HE The first stops toward sanitation flj aro th& safe disposal ot sowago, and BB tho securing ot a wholosomo water BB - supply. BB Every well organized town has Its BB Sanitary Engineer or plumbing In- BB spector, whoso duty It Is to Inspoct BB tho drinking water supply, the sowago BB system, etc., of tho town. When tho BB plumbing In n building Is completed, BB tho plumbor or his ropresontatlvo HE: shall securo for tho ownor ot tho BB building, from tho Sanitary Englncor, BB a cortlflcato of inspection, slgnod by BB theCommltteoof Health, certifying that BB tho plumbing work has boon proporly BB inspoctod and tosted as required by BB tho sanitation laws. Tho Sanitary BB Englneor will boo that tho city hub an BB ; abundant supply ot wholosomo water, BB , Ho will boo that tho many small wells BB of tho town aro built so that surfaco BB dralnago will not contamlnato tho BB water In tho well, for undoubtedly this BB evil caudos numorous casos of typhoid BB fovor and othor wator-borno diseases BB ovory year. BB Sowago omptylng into a river or a BB lake, or scoping through tho soil into HE a shallow well, is ono of tho chief BB sources of contamination of tho water BB supply, all sowago as wo know Is llko- BB ly to contain dlseaso germs. For this B reason tho snfo disposal of sowago is BB ono of tho greatest nocossltlos that Is BB mot by tho enginoor for sanitation. B The Sanitary Engineer examines B every plumbing Job to boo if tho drain H pipes loading from tho houso aro tight- HR ly Joined or if they consist of a poor B material, as porous tllo, through which HB the sewage will jscapo from tho leaky BB Pipes into tho ground Immodlatoly BB ' surrounding tho houso. This sewage Bfl soaked soil is liable to bo a constant BB , monaco to tho health of the household. Bfl Pew pooplo rcallzo tho danger of sow Bfl, 5r- ago gases, which escapo from theso leaky pipes, and foul tho air and en-dangor en-dangor tho hoalth ot a family or ot a city. It is unquostionod that tho Unltod States Is tho cleanest, moHt sanitary and most treo from tho plagues of pcHlllnnco, of any nation in tho world, a condition which is duo to bettor sanitary methods in houso plumbing and tho handling of wasto sowago. Modern sanitary engineering had lis origin In England, but progress there aB in all other parts ot tho world Including America, had boon slow and tedious until tho association of plumbers plumb-ers got togothor and exchanged ideas, making a remarkable chango in this branch of engineering. Through this tho American pcoplo havo boon educated to tho valuo and necessity of modurn sanitary appliances. MOIIUIS JONKS. |