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Show IN COLORADO. of waste. The plumbing whiob lends directlyto the sewerage system han, far each washbowl, every sink, and every bath tub, a trap betweeu s ~ ~ voehss el and the floor, inside the house. The waate pipes fromthese arelead,andeaoh one leadsto aniron waste pipe. Earh "ioi~nt o~f th-e i ronnine waa firatnrsoked withoakurn, after which nreltedload was ~ $'~';'t.d in, \rl~iehi, trdn'roal~~~\Crn,k pnrked wrrh ;t lumping rut1 lmmmersd \ritb &: n1:~llet. So ril.~I~nn. vt, I r'onnd~oa>eothi 6cjuint'i, tul,on 1nliir1g0t~r90t~tool'rhepoipne on< occasion, that ir wan ~ I ~ ~ ~ O S ~ I I ~ I P I O B ~t~l H~~i tR~I iOnDtb~su ,t \ \ * ~ S I I U C ~ R R : I Tt~o rake ilaledsv hanlmernodbrcak tllu r~ctionr. Ewb of thesoiron~.il,cs is trapped wlwrc it Ir;ive- 111~L ,nlildin~,a nd a ret~tilntmgp ipe is ~nr r icdfr om tba wnare pi!,", i,ntxvee~~ tL. trnu ant1 the cursnuol. ICI, ;tbovc tlln roof. Th13 is the rouditlon ui evots \VaRtu pipe 06 the place. 'I'hesa Gaste pipes are buried from 3 to 6 feet, as the fall msy Iequire. Frow laundry and bathxooms tho WBi8tC ran through the traps mentioned direct to the eeaspoola. From the kitchen the arrangement is different. The waste passes through tho traps mentioned, aud about 6 feet fuomwhere the waste pipe learns the \mil of the building I made au excavation and boarded it up, planking the bottom aud sides. Inside of this I placed a heavy stron4 box, yh!ch, as I remember it, ia 30 inches deep, 30 inches wide, and 10 feet long. hisis dlvldecl into tllree compart-ments; the first i8 4 feet long and is filled with cobblestones from the river. into this the wastewater falls from the sink, is cooled, and mast of the grenseis deplsited upon the cobblestones. The water then flowsu~~dtohre partition into thenext oom-partment, which is tilled with smaller stones andgravel. From this the wster psssss thmugh a, perforated partition into the third compartment, thence t l~roughth e bot-tom of the box into the waste pipe, which oandnots it to the cesspool. This box of oobblestoues and gravel is taken out from time to time and emptied, refilled with clean rookand gravel, replsoed, andcovered with boards, upon n.hiehisplseed s, fbot of fresh earth. The cesspools are at least 30 feet from the buildings. We dig t,hrough about 6 feet of adobe soil, then 1,uild casings, for the next 6 or 8 feet is through loose, water-warn, rounded sand that will oarre badlp if not supported. At from 10 to 12 feet from the surface we reaoh coarse mater-worn gravel, which is succeeded by water-worn oobblestoues. At from 16 feet 2 inuhes to 20 feet we fitrike the sheet water which underlies the entire valle of the Grand River. This water we dip andpl~rnp out--all the time digginetill txe inflow forces us to stop. From the tirile of strik-ing the smd the casing is driven down as rapidly as the material below is removed. When we have finished we have from 2 to 3 feet of this sheet water at the bottom of the excavation. Into this the waste water from the kitohen, laundry, and bathrooms is poured. The water and the loose porous material at the bottom and the loose absorbing sand make an almost ideal eesspool. The pools are then covered with strong timbers, npou which boards :we placed and finally 2 feet of earth. It is an almost idgal cesspool system, IU my jodgment. At the same time it is bad. I t ia huI beoanseof the imruenli~a mount of labor necessary to maintain it. I t ia bad because of the immense amount of tedious, arduous, sloppy labor necessary to con-stmot it. It is bad beoause--while T thiuk we hlwe an almost perfect cesapoolsfs- |
