THE CITY SEWAG QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11188, 10 August 1898, Page 3

THE CITY SEWAG QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR.

i sib, —In reply to-letter signed "Glasgow ; on the above question I can certify to the great tidvintage'. it would be to ,the'citizens if, as \' Glasgow " states, the City Council set about disposing of theisevrnge for other purposes than allowing it to accumulate in the. bay and be a ; donrce ot annoyance to the Harbour-Board. ! '; I would go further than " Glasgow " states, j and'suggest the following *« the best method j of dealing with^he sewage qaestidn ':—'•' • ' :j■.! First, to l*y;a'large coticrete ; se,wer« startinjt ■j-.frpm near !Polichet Bay or the-Leith, and j.formed, so a^ Vtb- have a Blight fall to carry away all deposits. 'The sewer-to pans along ; near the -foob of Frederick street and Stuart 'street7extep3ln?"al6'n'g"Oumberlapd street to. say, four or'five chains past: the Farmers' Agency Company's' stores, then to incUne under the .railway line 'to near the- railway engine ' sheds, tapping .the swamp at the. back of the engine sheds.; It .would*, of. course,- be neces-. sary for. all street sewers to tap the, main sewer ; and at the swamp, opposite the \~ Caledonian grounds, . and«'behind tyin kerosene ' Wondsy I wdrild propose 'that -ft' wall be••• erected iat low ■ water ,TOMk'.->v'Ehfi v'fstone-^or,.:-cow ■crete; ;wali'.to1 -ptact. at ,tbe ros,d behind .the : :engipe shfds.slny ;follow low-water marie untii, i rpppbeite the gasworks,-:and then\c6nuecb with* the railway "Jine. and f qrqiie'd aldngj theJioe baok to the etigine, shed^; fencing iol^or 15 seres. Then.erect; ,«^\reral, concrete dams .of nob .less . ,-than one to leaying "onepr two acres betwpeß.;each- dam."fpVredaiiniDg" purposes. Bach" dam to be connected by a draia and floodgate, and also to be connected with the , s harbourby.thel.same inean.s^;,....!'i'j-j,.-. .'-1.,-,.. ~.' ■' : /. Secondlyi-'"^tt tbe end of'theww.firJt-.Tvdnld" be neceMary'.lq bav'e^'ejected a.High brick-buildr' ■ Ynßchinery for?ctrrying "up o^'t'bf"the sewer'ali' I Qepqsits, which' would undergo a sort of churn- ; iug or .rainciDg :>^he' solids' would'pass out : through RRhdptin'^he.building.jntp ttuaks and '.the liquid* wpuld pass.into- a concrete race below and flQW..6utJnto..the..daras,"and be there ■mixed with salt water; Jet in from the harbour. The water or ,J,i(juid would'bb psrtly purifmd, and by allowing it toflowinto No.'2 dam, which would likewise,contain a quantity.of salt water : from the'harbour. By .this', you, will see the : liquid matter, would be so purified that it could then be alloi*eil fp pass'thrpugh pipe* along the B»y road arid'.Queeb's 'drive; to the ocean as Jfar as 'low-water.'iaark,1 somewhere between Lawyer's' Head' and tbeV.Ocean ]' t Beach Hotel; ' If sufHoien't'dainS -Were'erectlsd''it 'might be } allowed to pass put into the harbour. It; would ; in cither case be quite .safe and:free from any ■ bad'results; :.ii'..■.'.".■..--.■• ■■-.:'".'■' ! Thirdly. The solid matter received' into the , trucks conld-be!»ent out to the farming districts ;. as mahnre, or,- better .still, for the council to '.' stait a sewage farm. and take in 'all the Green : Inland Swamp, .which is well suited for such ; work. -.' '. !'^ s "■. ' , -, ... ! Fourthly.,, la,; reference to the ashes and I rubbish deposited v t^rpugh the, medium of the <!ustcairtß' and^o'thers in and around, the city, and especially'its ''tb'e vicinity of Peliohet Bay, i 1 would suggeiit that fha City: CpuDoil erect a turnace, where all rubbish is to.bo carted, and there it-■ would -be burnt' up 'into ashes and made fit for sending for the farmers as manure. • The cotiil ; ■ ndt per very great^ and both ' thesis-qirttudpi will- ispon;ri?qu\re:the :a<Jteßtioa- ! .of our city fathers if they have .the welfare; of >■ \ iiU iniiabitiiniß»f hetet.-^I ain'^&c.i-"/: l s ••;•;.■•. I