Show THE INE CRAZE OF THE I 1 HOUR WHEN a craze sets in for or against any measure or project calm reason cool logic and quiet common sense have very little influence against it still those who are not carried away with the current ought to do what they can to stem the tide one of the latest crazes in this parts part of the world is the sewerage f furore aurore situated in a basin with no natural natura I 1 outlet for accumulations that ought to be removed a demand is made for the rueth methods in use where nature has provided ample means for their disposition let any ady reasoning practical person stand upon an eminence look over this broad city glance at the surrounding country take into consideration the number of inhabitants and what it is likely to be for many years to come estimate the immense cost of competent sewers for this vast area the distance the main drain would have to be constructed the scarcity of water for flushing the lack of any safe place of deposit or conveyance beyond a point of of danger then think of the ability of the people to meet the tremendous outlay for this impracticable scheme and will he adt no conclude that the cry for sewerage is a craze of course we expect this question will arouse a storm lof passion starting from a point where speculation waits for golden opportunity but we do not c are a cent for that it must be obvious that a general system of sewerage for this city of magnificent distances and small population is out of the question all that should be attempted by practical men would be something to relieve the bus business ineis part of town in fact the wants of the hotels are the most pressing needs in this direction and the cry commences in their vicinity this city is required to go to enormous elpe expense u e involving a heavy debt t to take aw away ay fro from in the hotels a and nd stores the ref refuse a e which ch is no doubt very harmful to health if not to business and carry it under ground an immense distance without any definite knowledge as to what shall be done clone with it when so conveyed but with the certainty that it will require the use of a large quantity of water for flushing of which there is now such a scarcity that everybody is crying out for more trees are dying vegetation is perishing families are arc compelled to work themselves half to death to obtain enough for culinary purposes and it is proposed to adato add to the scarcity by turning volumes of water through a great drain to carry sewerage to nobody knows where tor for the benefit of a limited locality it maybe may be asked do you mean to say we want no sanitary measures here but that things shall continue as they are we answer no we do sot mean to say anything of the kind we have never opposed any rational and practical method of sanitation what we oppose appose is the notion that we can adopt the same means that are used where rain sare are common or water is abundant and are rivers that will carry away what sewers turn into inte them we contend as we have done for many years in these columns that for the greater part of this city a dry earth system for closets and out houses bouses and a regular inspection by appointed pol ned officers with a service of dump carts for refuse material will answer the needful rieda ul purpose for hotels and places where much illiquid refuse accumulates cemented cisterns or cesspools ces spools may mav be built as required by ordinance and they can ue periodically emptied by pumping into water receptacles afes on wheels all the refuse 0 or this city can be deodorized deodorizer and turned into ferdl fertilizing izing materials which will be valuable to farmers instead of fermenting ment ingland und rotting and poisoning the air and spreading disease and death dry earth not ashes will take from matter all foul scent and not destroy its virtues for manure its use an be made compulsory A small quantity sprinkled in an outhouse every day will ade keep it free from smell A box to receive deposits Te deposits posits can be removed as often as necessary and the matter either carted away or used to enrich the soil where there is land enough close by A box of dry earth with hand shovel can be kept in the closet or by a simple contrivance above a cord pulled will drop down the dust as water is used where there is drainage nothing decaying should be allowed to lie on the surface of the soil ll 11 the earth is a natural its offee r at soi ry converting into its own use th that t which is wholly committed to it and out of filth sending forth sweetness inthe shape of fruits and flowers and green herbage which will impart life instead d of death and health instead of disease it if drainage is needed lor for the main part ol of town though the cartage plan can be made all sufficient for years it should be so built thata stood good fall will be given and the mater material al deposited near by and deodorized deodorizer and utilized not conveyed for mil a and miles at preposterous expense and dumped down to become a stink and a reproach or turned into a stream that nearly runs bryor will phew it over the land when f full all to be a source of horror and of pestilence some immediate measures are necessary for the public health and the public nostrils every fall the odors that arise from neglected outhouses out houses in different part this city is so something methin beyond description fruit is allowed allowed to rot on the ground instead of bei being 9 gathered up and given to people who have none or fed to animals or when spoiled put under the surface of the ground if it cannot be utilized for some good purpose the city council can take measures to abate all such nuisances A general inspector inspect oj ai with a few assistants and a few dump carts can keep this city as clean and as w wholesome holesome as any on the continent much less than the interest on t the he money which would have to be borrowed for sewerage that chat would be a crazy and conspicuous failure would i pay 1 aay all the expenses of a practical s system of common sense sanitation we tore bare nothing tor for a popular cry when the noise is without reason sewerage seems to be in demand because it is said to have worked wonders in formerly unhealthy places we will not dispute the data though there is another side of the question but we say y our situation circumstances and n needs aads are altogether different f from rom theirs and the plans that have been clamored for by some hasty or inter ested persons would plunge lunge 1 this city into a whirl whirlpool 0 01 of deat debt from which it Is doubtful doubty at ff ft it would ever be able to extricate ezi cate itself and the question of outlet passing by the question of water waste would be of very formidable character ever rising to plague its projectors suffer itself to be carried away with this craze take time in spite of the growlers prowlers grow lers the speculators the theorists and the hubbub raisers dont imagine that a town in a hollow with no natural outlet can be treated in the same way as one on an eminence or near a big river or with a channel to thelea the sea and while ways and means are being considered take up pressing needs and see that waste matter is properly disposed of all the city or moved away and turned into fertilizers for the strengthening and tying of the face of nature diff diffusive using f fragrance rag ranee and beauty with the very t things hinge that now are noxious and that c carry arry sickness and destruction in their b reath breath i |