What shall we do with our refuse? : a contribution to the discussion of the sewage question, at the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association / by Henry Simpson.

  • Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.
Date:
1869
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    safely, and without reproducing “the horrid Manchester middens, for the composition of these middens is generally very complex. The fourth objection to earth-closets is the double journey into and out of town which the earth would have to make. This seems at hrst sight a great difficulty, but I believe that it would become much less of one if the scheme were thoroughly systematized. Such a scheme for any large town could not be per ec e once; time and thought would be required, but this cannot beco - sidered as remarkable in a new and extensive underta mg- difficulty Professor Rolleston thinks may tempt us to a vo ^ employment of ashes (which are better than earth), and supply would be insufficient. If this should prove to be so m the cottages of the poor, why not utilize the vast quantities pro u the various works in most large towns? If this source were ma^e use of Ido not think with Professor Rolleston t a qU . . t considerations” would prove the stumbling-block he an P • Contrary to his opinion, moreover, there is good evidence of the sue cess of the dry method at Lancaster and other places, where it is ne cess the y remember that it is only quite on a considerable scale, au . direction' with the agricultural wealth of a country, and cost magnificent money, is still an object of engineering ambition.