Show I 1 ri OR I 1 I 1 1 I 1 i ISI C k y collner Coll nei p rasps I 1 TWO BIG J 1 sewerage age and the borrow ing of money A SPLENDID jeroni councilor jacksons Jack sous committee greater borrowing capacity are reported upon by alderman west CITY COO I 1 of the serap system ly the city fathers the city council met a t 4 p in on veni ug havi venius a on the belat ed U J V train WAS not present on motion of alderm a n reeve alderman dee was elected I 1 ernp chairman after prayer the minutes were read I 1 and approved tito minutes of a special meeting in which the new city I 1 all was under consideration were read abero were present aldermen dee watson est reeve councillors councilors Counci lors brown clark and jackson A the f ol lowing petitions were read oynex utah jan 3 1983 T fhe Honorable Mo maters of the ayden my council az we the undersigner undersigned under signed residents and taxpayers of the city ol 01 ogden beg most res trully to rug gest to your honorah ilia propriety of the reer now running along south main street to a point at least as far south as eidth street the advantages to be derived would be first an outlet for stagnant water on the surface all tile year round and which y our petitioners Petition ers believes a fruitful soul of dis cao second the cellars of of your petitioners petition ers are entirely useless in the arri aaion season through the large quantity quan titi of water which lodges there and for aich there Is no outlet your petitioners petition ers are also of the opinion thattie extension of this seer would corria a part of any general system of sewage which your honorable body may in tile future nud would thus be permanent ask inz for a i early and favorable coil side ratio n of this question your pe kitione rs will ever pray the above petition was signed by john L J and 41 others referred to ilia committee on public buildings tile city pound keeper bif brown 1 as colloms fol ni represent that the city ordina ce in relation to the pound requires the pound keeper to receive and take good care of all animals committed to his charge that tile estay pound in use at the present time does not afford any shelter for stock 1 therefore recommend that y our honto body authorize out of till Impound fees received tile construction impounding st 0 a small shed together with it suitable manger in the astray pound that better care may be taken of animals referred to the committee on pub lie buildings elation tio asking that a certain 1 copI sidewalk near the second ard in eai g house be mended was referred to the marshal S 0 stevens and 11 G stevens made a it lo 10 to furnish forty eight T p u r water suitable for culinary purposes for the sun of on motion of alderman west the report was tabled the reason ang the price ask ed REPORTS public baws alderman west ro ported that the committee bad been considering certain propositions for the amendment of the city charter extending the borrowing capacity of the city for the purpose of accomplish ing public improvements the form of amendment to be asked from the not yet been do aided n 31 r west further statch that I 1 h nm attee had agreed to sub anit a proposed amendment to the Crit rits act in regard to bail bonds in cuse of appeals also requiring ilia appellant to docket the case with in a certain ap edified time amendment I of the ordinances were also under c on accepted claims alderman reeve asked for further time on mhd electric light shortage account granted firemen alderman dee stated that an understanding being arrived at the petition of the county court concern referred to this coin atee need further con at present accepted water auppl aiderman west ro ported having canted tile cost on tile contemplated extensions the water works ere in good order I 1 no trouble having been experienced f rom frosts accepted andermatt reeve reported S expended on the streets the tile colorado coal alenin 9 co h ild been built and paid for by co pany public councilor jack bon gave the following report mr Clu sirman and Gent katen 70 matter of sewerage which was referred to your committee some time ago has received some consideration but perhaps not the amount due to a matter of so great importance for on a sewerage system con needed with a complete water oystein and pure water depends the health of our citizens and to a great extent the prosperity of our beautiful city I 1 ive therefore the follow lAg for you consideration i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 I 11 I 1 1 w t the first thing to be considered is hat van u 0 do w ill ur a W vie natural it a con v and ell cat I 1 dt to Is into lit a vu r I 1 lver mo ha a the right to discharge Is not for your coma atte to et ermine but it we c an do so and it is done by nearly all other where it river is convenient e will have no trouble in se our town neither N ill the cost be great com ith other towns ad vanta 1 w a will have Is that me can build il at is kno wilas a drain temer tile top of ou r inabin sew erwill hava to be or be below tile bottom of the deepest cellars to get to that dalah m 0 mill have to lower or drain the water ile b 0 atom of our present drain flohic tiliva a ld render it useless go by it in a drain sewer into N aich m a an train all our surface water which mould help to carry tile r m c mill do away with to I 1 rouble ulla expense of making special drains to carry off tile w a ter 01 I 1 t N mild greatly in tile n t 0 t liquid mattir running through tile pener and would not be advisable if we have a 0 vido other means of taking ca r ayr the sewage it we cant discharge it into the ever there are other ways of dipo sir of it ono which tile riven pollution commissioners of fridland Fri gland and was reported on by the british association coil as doirin good ferdico Fer vico is the fellow ing merthyr tydvil has a population of 1110 fruited abut according to information the committee the mental matter of not inore tha I 1 i two fifths of this number Is discharged into the sewer although the and other liquid from a aurther like number is stated to be admitted an area of about 20 acres has been converted into a filter bed or what is known as p sewer farm for ilia practice of 0 system of downward filtration sewer farming this land has been pipe drained at a depth of about seven feet the pipe 3 are concentrated at the loer corner where the efficient effi tient water is discharged into an drain which leads to the river the soa age before entering tho farm is scree ried through a bed of slag which arrests all ilia coarser matter which is readily disposed of at remunerative prices for fertilizers tito land is divided into four plats or beds age is turned on each bed far bix hours at a time leaving 18 hours for rest and aeration 0 i the soil I 1 the su of the land is cultivated to a depau of IG inched and laid up in rid gesin order thattie sewage call run doin the furrows N hile the ridges arc planted with cabbage beets etc this system was reported oil by tile commissioners and also by the british association com dittoe and both buts of examiners re arte ty d the results as being quite satis prof al A says that many sewer firms are not drained at allbut that tile plants grow ing on tho soil take up c I 1 abera roi tile sewage atiel tile I 1 aes is pure to work ta i is syleem syl tem if we bad a farm low elou g 11 tile sewage be taken to it by gravitation if not it douht have to be raised by g which mould incur an expense it is alo heto eseny in connection with the far 1 13 have a piece of fallow land to be 1 1 sed a a a f ea t rt urns but simply with a view to pui the sewage there is another system which i nay be dorthy of consideration in this inland country where cement is almost out of tile question for any building purposes on account of tha freight charges bringing it out of ilia reach of any millionaires but it is what is general scotts as and consists in mixing the demag th U certain amount of lime and e C 2 lay about 1200 pounds of lime and of clay are added to ig bunds gallons of sewage this mix ejiro is added to ike sewage in the sem era before it gets to the tanks the result I 1 a that the sewage is entirely deodorizer deodorized it is allowed to r ettle in tanks the the suspended matter including tile lime and clay which have been added are deposited at tile bottom of tile tanks this d posit is run out in a deml liquid condition as soon as chere Is enough of it it is or it may be coin by what is known as need pressed lains anat kites press which has a number of canvas bags in it into which bags this mud is thrown or run they are then Ir essed together by a hydraulic press as much of tile water as possible is thus squeezed out of the mud leavin in a compan jait dively dry state it then taken up in lumps dried by cicat if necessity necess aty and placed in a kiln A fire Is lighted below it with a small quantity of coal and it burns the sewage deputit m ith the clay and lime ig supplied to the kiln at the top and it is gradually taken out as it is burnt in in bottom and no me Is red as organic W latter 1 the deposit to keep it burn once lighted for any length of time the replat is after grind n g alls redaction is an excellent cei his cement can be anade of 4 and tile process causes no offense the liquid matter C be of in tile way tie ascribed scribed bed in the second system we now come to the ion of sewers or ilia manner in abi ch they hould be constructed conceded on that it Is better to construct all sewers over eighteen eight eon inches in diameter of brick laid in cement mortar and thobert shape is oval bregg shape with the small end down WO should have at least one foot in feet fall and if we can I 1 mt two feet or two feet six inched so much tile better and no small should enter a larger one on the same level but 0 butila have a greater fall for a short Ji stanco all pi pe drains which inest 9 glazed earthenware or soni lethin should I 1 I 1 r ti pervious and set in cement have at least a fall of ono foot in sixty feet 1 I am speaking of house or closet drains and should be properly anti with conductors to carry the sewer gasses above the tolls lf the MR oar main sewer be at le asta feet 9 inches by 3 feet 6 inched deep of course a smaller one would aisner our present purpose but a a dont want to change viewers every year and a that size will answer our wants for many years to come it is absolutely necessary to late the sewers and it is claimed by engineers that ventilators rs are best constructed to open at the level of the street and are best made in connee tion with manholes M that as it may ilia perfectly assured that a certain amount of air as it Is called is contained in all bewers and is given out from the sewage whether there is much stagnation or not get it out of tile sewer it backs up into and doea more damage I 1 than I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 it we had no sowa at all if on ti lit are t he manhole it a necessary to build a shaft by the side of tile M aich is to be covered ith a grate inthis shaft are inserted trays oi charcoal through which like air passes and is deodorizer deodorized before entering the street As mg arding the cost it will be to make survey to arild out the length of the sewers and amount of digging e to be be alom if IOU genalo gent lo i conci r it of sufficient importance v aich 1 its 0 no of tile council 0 O 1 ader a survey made we anvill ifie rito 0 o nake it d raft of the best bouto for our main and give you an of the cost JOb Elif in behalf of the committed teo the subject was and oil motion of west tile coni was instructed to continue their labon to ex pond tho necessary money for survey ln c plans ther time was granted tile cora cittee on ilia city dilall subject fleance reeve recommended tile refunding of the utah national tax as estment on ac count of as per petition af pf air adams ilia matter wai laid over III I 1 the next ine eting recorder stevens reported 2200 in tile treasury miscellaneous on motion of councillor clark tile sum of 00 for each of the fire coin banies was appropriated councilor iteen risked about the avater carts and tile committee through air wet t asked further time to consider tho subject of allaying ahli summer dust the bills bere road and allowed |