Show HOW TO DISPOSE OF IT A Sewage Can be Used to Reclaim Re-claim Alkali Lands BENEFITS TO BE DERITED 4I Mora Arguments Pro and Con by iV Property Owners in Sower District No1 Unfortunately for me I am out of the sewer district said Mr D L Davis to a HERALD reporter yesterday Were I on the list I should take considerable con-siderable pleasure in voting in favor of its establishment however The objections objec-tions made by many are it would appear ap-pear to me not well taken Those who object to the idea because of a lack o1 water do not I fear thoroughly understand under-stand the subject neither are they conversant con-versant with the amount of water that ToilTT rnvio inJn th < oflssnnnls of this city The solid matter of the sewage would not 1 believe go over 4 or 5 percent per-cent and would be easily carried away Admitting for the sake of argument that our present water supply is not sufficient for flushing there is every reason to believe that it will be at least doubled by the time the sewers have been laid and are in operation Now 4is to the disposal of tin sewage I most heartily objsct to its being emptied into the Jordan or into the Lake There are several good grounds for this obj ection In disposing of the sewage we should do nothing that 4 f < would lessen the value of any stream any lake or anv property of any kind no matter to whom it belongs Mv idea as to disposal is as follows I have eighty acres of ground over the river it is too far away however how-ever to expect the mouth of the sewer to ever reach there Were it not so situated I would rt be perfectly willing to enter ii to a contract con-tract with the city to dispose oi all the sewage and in such a manner as would effectually prevent any stench arising therefrom I would plow my land very deep and then harrow it until for afoot a-foot or so in depth it had become thoroughly pulverized On this let the sewer be turned and I am sure that the earth would absorb the sewage and do it in an effectual manner but would also destroy any odor that might exist at the time of discharge from the mouth of the main sewer As I said before my land is too far away to be used for such a purpose pur-pose but there are various tracts near at hand that can be obtained and used for that purpose But what as to the odor that all suppose will naturally accompany the discharge from the main sewer There will be none or comparatively comparative-ly none I venture prediction that from the mouth of the main sewer before be-fore the sewage has had time even to be deodorized by the earth you will find a less offensive smell than surrounds the average outhouse used by a moderale Seized family Old Agricultural Park rwould make an excellent dun ping ground prepared in the manner I have named above Now it is utterly worthless from an agricultural point of view Pow five acres ot it turn the sewage upon it and in a short time the land will beccme yaluable it will be reclaimed and made productive As to the odor I do not believe there will be any to speak of By adopting this plan sewage oan be made useful instead of detrimental as is now apparently ap-parently feared by so many Several other holders of Jordan property prop-erty have also expressed themselves as baing willing to take care of the sewage if the city will but see that it reaches their places W C Mounts I t link that the business portion of the citythat is from West Temple to First East street should be sewered but for the rest of the city the dry earth system would answer for at least five years yet Another An-other objection that I have to the proposed pro-posed system is that we have not got sufficient water to carry off the sewageat least that is my opinion of it IIN N A EMPEyl think sewerage is all right but would like to know where the water is to come from havent had enough for sprinkling this summer and in the eastern part of the city any number of trees are dying simply for want of water This being true where will we get the water from to carry cff the sewerage It seems to me that the Wwater should be provided first and then II take up the sewerage W H FOSTER I havent had time to consider the question and am hardly prepared to Fay how I shall vote I can see that it will burden us with a heavy tax but if its necessary I suppose I will have to stand in with the others MRS C I KmllyIlOf course I favor sewerage but the present plan dosen t strike me as being practicable and it would bi better to leave it alone than to male a failu of it I Cannot see how n c m oe carred out until we have more vvrtter aud think tnia subject should he gvvea consideration first Dt DCNKOPD I think the two tiers of blocks between West Temple and p First East Streets should suwered but outside of those blocks it isnt really needed |