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  TransacHuns, 
  — 
  Miscellaneous. 
  

  

  replaced 
  by 
  an 
  efficient 
  dry 
  system, 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  

   this 
  course 
  will 
  very 
  much 
  lessen 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  sewage 
  to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with, 
  or 
  

   render 
  its 
  purification 
  less 
  imperative. 
  

  

  When 
  water-carriage 
  is 
  used, 
  the 
  following 
  methods 
  may 
  be 
  employed 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1st. 
  Eunning 
  into 
  the 
  sea 
  or 
  into 
  a 
  tidal 
  river, 
  under 
  conditions 
  that 
  will 
  

   prevent 
  its 
  return. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  Irrigation. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  Intermittent 
  filtration. 
  

  

  4th. 
  Purification 
  by 
  precipitation 
  — 
  

  

  (a) 
  by 
  lime. 
  

  

  (b) 
  by 
  sulphate 
  of 
  alumina. 
  

  

  (c) 
  by 
  the 
  A, 
  B, 
  C 
  system. 
  

   The 
  dry 
  method 
  includes— 
  

  

  1st. 
  Pan 
  closets. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  Earth 
  closets. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  Goux 
  system. 
  

  

  4th. 
  Stanford's 
  system 
  (Carbon 
  Fertilizing 
  Company). 
  

  

  5th. 
  Lienur's 
  pneumatic 
  system. 
  

   In 
  regard 
  to 
  Glasgow, 
  the 
  report 
  notices 
  Messrs. 
  Bateman 
  and 
  Bazal- 
  

   gette's 
  scheme 
  to 
  pump 
  the 
  sewage 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  level 
  and 
  then 
  carry 
  it 
  down 
  

   to 
  the 
  Ayrshire 
  coast. 
  The 
  plan 
  adopted 
  in 
  London 
  of 
  running 
  the 
  unpuri- 
  

   fied 
  sewage 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  supported 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  current 
  

   of 
  the 
  Clyde 
  tidal 
  waters. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  sewage 
  of 
  Glasgow 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  Farland 
  Point, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  lands 
  

   between 
  Irvine 
  or 
  Saltcoais, 
  the 
  scheme 
  would 
  resemble 
  that 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  

   Sir 
  J. 
  Hawkshaw 
  for 
  Brighton, 
  whose 
  outfall 
  sewer 
  is 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  

   long 
  ; 
  but 
  efficient 
  ventilation 
  would 
  require 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  carry 
  off 
  the 
  

   noxious 
  gases 
  generated. 
  

  

  Of 
  dealing 
  with 
  sewage 
  by 
  u-rigation, 
  great 
  hopes 
  were 
  entertained 
  a 
  few 
  

   years 
  ago 
  that 
  the 
  grand 
  solution 
  had 
  been 
  attained. 
  All 
  this 
  is 
  now 
  

   changed, 
  owing 
  to 
  general 
  failure. 
  Probably 
  the 
  Beddington 
  Manor 
  Estate 
  

   at 
  Croydon 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  successful 
  of 
  sewage 
  farms, 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  states 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  small 
  matter 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  disposes 
  of 
  the 
  sewage 
  of 
  a 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  60,000 
  persons 
  at 
  an 
  outlay 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  

   £1,000 
  per 
  annum. 
  But 
  the 
  situation 
  of 
  Croydon 
  adapts 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  peculiar 
  

   degree 
  to 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  its 
  sewage 
  by 
  filtration 
  through 
  land. 
  When 
  

   the 
  Deputation 
  visited 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  sewage 
  farms 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  

   cold, 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  odours 
  of 
  a 
  truly 
  offensive 
  nature 
  were 
  observed; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  

   not 
  always 
  so 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  evidence 
  is 
  adduced 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  warm 
  

   weather 
  makes 
  these 
  exceedingly 
  unhealthy, 
  giving 
  off' 
  a 
  most 
  odious 
  stench, 
  

  

  