| Show FOR THE GRAVITY SEWER the gravity sewer scheme Is still agitating the minds of the city councilmen an expert engineer from new york is here looking over the field with city engineer Ene ineer doremus Dore Dorer mue rius and although he has hag made no official report it is ie generally understood that he will recommend the construction of the gravity sewer the council is in somewhat divided and those who oppose it declare that when the matter comes before them again they will knock it out and order the purchase of another pump so as all the sewage can be coo con keyed across the river A gentleman who claims to have given the question a good deal of consideration writes to the NEWS over the now nom de plunge of rustler 11 for the benefit of the public I 1 have made a tour of inspection carefully looking into the unitary sanitary methods method of taking care of the sewage of curbeau our beautiful ticul I 1 city pint first I 1 visited the old sewer dump on the bank of the river jordan and investigated the capacity of the pump T found it wholly inadequate to handle the sewage of the city even now and there is in only a very limited number of our population connected with the present system py etena compared with what there will be if our city fathers don dont it stop the extension of sewers of the city the pump is able to handle about one third of the brewage the other two thirds where does it go into the river think of it and its effects I 1 also went to the present terminus of the system where it empties into the surplus cana then I 1 followed it down to where it goes under the north point irrigation companes company comp anys Ps canal near mr goss goes P farm there it spreads out and covers considerable laud land forming quite a small email steed sized lake then it comes a little closer together on mr chores farm which it flows sluggishly through to the north end then rhen it runs rapidly for some distance until a level stretch of country is reached causing it to sluggishly find its way into the lake so 89 you see that if the city fathers increase indrea the pumping plant that the sewage of a population of people will soon contaminate the river and canal to that extent that it will be imi possible for people to reside any where near their banks and the city itself will certainly get the odors from this vast volume of pestilence breeding filth and furthermore the waters of the great salt lakie lake will ore ere long become so befouled that it will destroy its palt industries which now amount to thousands of dollars annually again the fair name and fame this mighty inland sea has attained so as a loathing bathing and health resort will be for ever blasted bladed and untold damage will result to the surrounding country therefore you can see at once that the pumping system should be abandoned as it is in impracticable as weil we ap pp a expensive mud and wholly undesirable now the proposed prop gravity rawer system is the only way to diacone of the sewage of the tb city aud and kettle this vexed question quee tion forever lot liet the city council purchase say ay one apu dred and fifty acres of land aud and tart start ia a sewage farm arm and I 1 will guarantee agrant bhatla low than two years w wl havo have a dozen propositions from men to purchase geoage for irrigation and fertilizing the arid rid laps along the jordan the krpata fram such sales ralea will entirely pay the Inte on the outlay in contracting the sewed i and pay all running ulpen of the sya tein ij |
