Show r 0 I 1 alii irra 1 t SEWERS IN aftab P eighteen re amt t wide F fourteen norteen feet nigh and without Ot odors A correspondent of the congregationalist all t describes the sewers of paris goin inar down with some seventy other visitors ito by bv two flights flig lits of carpeted iron stairs he landed in a vaulted chamber where the visitors took seats in two large boats in the sewer which was over eighteen feet wide and fourteen feet high the sewage which is only the water discharge from dwellings factories etc the offensive sewage from closets being othe otherwise disposed of flows in a central channel twelve feet wide an d from four to five feet deep and this channel is bordered on each side by paved walks three feet in in width and perfectly dry sweet and clean giving excellent sidewalks for workmen or visitors the sewer itself is far more than an american sew sewer er it is a great and well ell built tunnel constructed for a variety of uses only one of which is to carry away the waste water of the city it is a way for hu huge e water and gas pipes for conduit and service pipes for telegraph and telephone wires and for pneumatic tubes for post office and other service by ropes attached to the boats the visitors were ere propelled along this roofed over canal from which no offensive odor was perceived while the rapid current made by the constant inflow from the side pipes and small sewers kept up the steady flow of the streams stream after a long along ride in the boats the visitors climbed up two or three flights of carpeted iron stairs having been on their visit to the sewers just an hour |