Main Drainage And Sewage Disposal Works Proposed For New York City Reports Of Experts And Data Relating To The Harbor PDF Download

Excerpt from Supplementary Report on the Disposal of New York's Sewage: Critical Report on the New York Sewer Plan Commission on the Plans of Main Drainage and Sewage Disposal Proposed for New York by the Metropolitan Sewage Commission and Reply Thereto; June 30, 1914 Honorable Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City of New York: Gentlemen - The Chief Engineer of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Consulting Engineers of the Boroughs, constituting the New York Sewer Plan Commission, have been asked to criticize the plan of the Metropolitan Sewerage Com mission for protecting the harbor of New York from pollution. In the short time available1 it has not been possible to go into such detail as would be de sirable, but we simply have described briefly the scheme as we understand it in its latest form, stated in what respects it is concurred in by us and presented a frank statement of criticisms and suggestions for alternative schemes. The Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, as at present constituted, is composed of five members and has been employed continuously for a period of six years at an expense to the City of about in an endeavor to find the most suitable solution of this problem. Previous to its appointment, the New York Bay Pollution Commission and an earlier Met ropolitan Sewerage Commission had together been engaged upon the same problem for five years. It is reasonable to suppose that in this period of ap proximately eleven years every question relating to this problem has been carefully considered and that all investigations which have a bearing on it have been made. It is understood that in addition to the voluminous reports which have been published, a mass of data has been collected which has neither been published nor otherwise made accessible? A formidable array of scientific counsel has been employed. Each is an expert in his own Specialty and his opinion upon subjects within the range of his particular investigations is undoubtedly worthy of respect. A number of these experts are proies sors of chemistry and bacteriology and one is a doctor of medicine, but only three or four are sani tary engineers and experts who are fully equipped to advise upon the whole problem in all its scientific features.3 Two of the latter, whose advice is of especial value, were employed only a few months ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.