What Alls The Sewer

The special committee appointed to take its life in its hands and conduct an autopsy on the body uf the main sewer, after examination of expert witnesses and others, has submitted a voluminous report to the council - too voluminous indeed, for the space of one issue of a newspaper. The facts and circurastances were very thoroughly comprehended in the report. The gist of it is, however, that a large number of tile are cracked - many of them theír entire length - resulting from laying the tile in clay and packing them with chunks of the same material; that there are sags in the sewer; that in places quicksands are found to have invaded the sewer, necessitating the taking up and relaying parts thereof; that in places the cement had been forced through the joints, forming obstructions of a formidable character, but their removal has been effected from William street to the mouth of the sewer, by the street commissioner; that in the sags, from five to eleven inches of mud and water was found. The committee believes it has struck the vital cause of the difficulty, viz: that the work of building the sewer was bossed to death - that is, it had too many bosses. "Too many cooks spoiled the broth," in the estimation of the committee. It is advised that that portion of the sewer in the deep ctt't by the Michigan Central railroad be taken up and relaid with iron pipe, frora the Central baggage house to the gas house. The sewer from William street to the mouth, the committee believes will be ready for service as soon as the paraat the point of relaying is finished.