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is kept up until near the mouth, when it is
transformed into an unromantic reality. A
stone wall, rank weeds and thistles, with rub-
bish of all kinds, found in such places, and a
back-ground of green turf. Another stop was
made at this point, the lamp trimmed and
some fresh drinking water eagerly swallowed.
The distance from the mouth of the sewer to
the lower end of the James creek canal is 7,389
feet. It is walled on either side to its mouth.
and navigable for sand and wood boats up its
entire length.
The same illusory vista view of the city and
harbor of Naples repeated itself on the return
trip, and it would make a pretty photographic
picture. About two hours certainly passed
quickly and pleasantly away in the first re-
portorial excursion through the Tiber and
James Creek tidal sewers.
No swarms of rats, not even a single one,
was seen during the entire voyage, nor any
other living animal, not even a fly, spider nor
any insect; so that the rat horror is merely
imaginary so far as these sewers are concerned.
The sewer laborers say that there are a plenty
of eels and catfish in the sewer water, *thou-
sands of them."
THE B STREET SEWER,
The day following THE STAR man made a trip
up the B-street sewer from its mouth, at the
foot of 17th street, in a skiff as far as the mar-
ket house, looking into the large sewers of
14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th and 9th streets
where they empty into the B-street sewer.
This sewer was constructed by the board of
public works; is of the same form as
the other two sewers described; the floor
being of heavy plank. It is kept pretty
clear from filth, and although the water
is very sluggish most of the light substances
float off by the force of the free discharges of
water from the laterals which empty into it.
The New York avenue intercepting sewer,
which passes diagonally under the White Lot
and is discharged directly into the
outlet at 17th street, has greatly diminished
the immense flow which years ago used
to be discharged into the B street sewer, no
water north of that avenue now entering be-
cause of the New York avenue sewer. All of
the lateral main sewers running up through the
city north of B street are of large size, most of
inconclusive Aze fant internal dia meter
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