Show THE GRAVITY SEWER SYSTEM the greatest problem with which salt lake city has baa ever been confronted to la immediately before hr her today sald said one of the staid members of the city council this afternoon vand 21 2 1 he continued itis of the utmost import ance tb that at steps be at one laken aken towards toward it successful solution not a day not an hour not a moment should be lost in making preparations to do the preliminary Il work which oun can all be done undercover under cover where the hi clemency of winter weather will not interfere then active outdoor operations can be commenced early in the spring for one I 1 am willing and ana anxious that all and unnecessary troubles and technicalities should be dropped in our council deliberations and woi wo good hardson hard sensible sible and tf t w work ork take their place I 1 refer to the di disposition of the cites city Is sewage by adopting the gravity system 02 the idea seems to conform exactly with city engineer doremus Dore mua 1 views on the matter alo is in more than anxious that the work should be uninterruptedly pushed to a rapid completion the preliminary survey of the route for a gravity sewer has already beeri made it ii will intercept the bresette pre sette main sewer at the ike intersection intellection of first west and fifth south streets from here it will extend northward and wes we ward eward for fora a distance of between four and A five ve or as much further as the council may direct it will terminate at a point north of the hot springs at which place the city has baa an option on OB a forty acre tract of ground at per acre in regard to the cost coat of construction city engineer doremus stated to a NEWS representative today prom from fourth street northward the gravity system calculating upon and building for al population of people will cost not to exceed this talk about it probably running to or even Is ie all moonshine my estimates estimated are the result of carell and considerate calculation and when I 1 say that the work all told if my present recommendations are carried out will not exceed I 1 mean it and know that I 1 am aim correct no piece of work upon which I 1 have ever figured has cost the city more or even as aa much as my estimate anti and I 1 know that this will not not a thing has baa escaped my attention the purchase of land right of way extra engineering incidentals incident alii alp in fact everything has been calculated upon and given place in the estimate how long mr doremus Y asked the reporter will it take to complete the system well every detail as to office work which means the getting out oi 0 plans and specifications specification can be lre prepared pared this winter so that in the spring when manus maccal macual labor abor will be nf cessare it will only be a matter of men I 1 shall recommend that enough men be employed to complete the work by next fall I 1 do not hesitate cosay that if this la in done that the system can be in use one year from now it is in my opinion the he only natural course to build it along the route are the railroads by which transportation of mains is made easy eagy and convenient while the mountains parallel our line and from we can easily procure at much lose leaa cost than from any other source all the rock gravel and sand necessary to secure a solid base for the mains in answer as to what disposition should be made of the sewage on reaching the terminal or output mr doremus stated that it could be used with great success for irrigating ulvi a barren plain in that section of bf country aggregating acres of land it would he believed belie yet be proven that the cites sewage would be A 4 source of revenue of a coutin continuous bous expense in caseb case he explained that the city should decide to convert the forty acres of ground referred to into four filtering tanks the sediment could be used as a fertilizer and the liquid as an irrigating stream the water that would flow from these tanks he said would be as clear as where it bubbled from the earth in the mountain spring and a most thorough analysis has failed to demonstrate aj M said mr Dore doremus iaus that it would co coo coa a tain anything that would be detrimental to the health of human beings cattle horses and sheep could araik of it with safety when we once econ con vinice vince the people owning property in that vicinity that the sewage will be a blessing to as arid and land will be made valuable our sailing will be clear JIJI 1 6 9 W what hat d do 0 you estimate the ou output of liquid sewage will be mr doremus Dore mut muo well the most comprehensive way to answer that queston would be to say eay that when the system Is ie complete all of the water of city creek tion and parley canyon will flow in to it from the thousands of pipes in the city once in the mains there can be little or no lose loan I 1 fancy that many men would gladly avail themselves of the opportunity to use those streams for reclaiming land for agricultural purposes in this the greatest county in out our territory and that to 19 within a few miles of this city I 1 am sanguine over the renaults of the scheme I 1 know that it means much to this city both as a financial investment invest meat and as a safeguard for health what proportion of the city as to area and population will be below and west of the gravity mains As to area about one tenth and a a to population considerably less tha than j one tenth I 1 should say how do you propose to supply that portion of the city with a sewerage ser ber vice iby by laying the usual pipes and pumping into the gravity mains at the nearest connecting po nt this to is the only thing that 0 n be done PY mr Dor doremus dortinus dinus further expressed himself that he be knew beyond a question of doubt from levels run by himself and assistants that there wae sufficient fall to carry the sewage of the city to the local ity chosen but was waa very anxious for the satisfaction of the council that an ex pert engineer with a national repute reputation be employed to go over the ground and confirm his findings and re presen lations tat ions it is very difficult to secure the services of such a man on short notice but if such a man can be found in any of the large eastern cities who is at liberty to come he be will be engaged at once |