Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 179
ear and colorless but with a bad odor. As the beds gradually silted up, better results were obtained, and inside of a year the cold effluent had lost its odor. Mt. Pleasant House, Jefferson. This is a family hotel, having about 150 guests in summer and 20 in winter. Originally the sewage ran to a… … $485, not including the cost of the sewer pipe. The beds are located on the hillside, about 500 ft. east of the hotel and 40 ft. below it, at the only point where filtering material could be found. Satisfactory results are obtained even though the material is not especially good for filtering…
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