There are, above the Cincinnati pumping works, six sewers discharging their filth into the Ohio River, besides the fœcal drainage of no less than five thousand privies, all within a radius of less than three miles. Now, the quality of such water is readily established, for we are putting the sewage into the water knowing there are no means to get rid of it.
OHIO RIVER STATEMENT, SHOWING THE HIGHEST, LOWEST, AND AVERAGE STAGES FOR EACH YEAR AT CINCINNATI WATER-WORKS.
=====+========================++=========================+=========== | || |AVERAGE FOR YEAR.| HIGHEST STAGE. || LOWEST STAGE. | THE YEAR. +-------------+-----+----++--------------+-----+----+-----+---- | DATE. |FEET.| IN.|| DATE. |FEET.| IN.|FEET.| IN. -----+-------------+-----+----++--------------+-----+----+-----+---- 1832 |February 18 | 62 | 11½|| | | | | 1847 |December 17 | 62 | 3½|| | | | | 1858 |June 16 | 43 | 10 ||October 3d | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 1859 |February 22d | 55 | 5 ||September 19th| 3 | 3 | 17 | 7 1860 |April 16th | 49 | 2 ||October 3d | 5 | 4 | 16 | -- 1861 |April 19th | 49 | 5 ||July 13th | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 1862 |January 24th | 57 | 4 ||October 31st | 2 | 4 | 17 | 5 1863 |March 12th | 42 | 9 ||October 6th | 2 | 6 | 15 | -- 1864 |December 23d | 45 | 1 ||August 6th | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 1865 |March 7th | 56 | 3 ||October 19th | 5 | 8 | 21 | 10 1866 |September 26 | 42 | 6 ||August 17th | 4 | 9 | 19 | 2 1867 |March 14 | 55 | 8 ||October 19th | 3 | -- | 17 | -- 1868 |March 30th | 48 | 3 ||July 21st | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 1869 |April 2d | 48 | 9 ||August 21st | 5 | 4 | 19 | 8 1870 |January 19th | 55 | 3 ||October 4th | 3 | 10 | 17 | 10 1871 |May 13th | 40 | 6 ||October 12th | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 1872 |April 13th | 41 | 9 ||October 14th | 3 | -- | 11 | 8 1873 |December 18th| 44 | 5 ||October 1?th | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 1874 |January 11th | 47 | 11 ||September 22d | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 1875 |August 6th | 55 | 4 ||September 19th| 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 1876 |January 29th | 51 | 9 ||September 4th | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 1877 |January 20th | 53 | 9 ||October 9th | 3 | 3 | 15 | -- 1878 |December 15th| 41 | 4 ||October 24th | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 1879 |December 27th| 42 | 9 ||October 23d | 2 | 6 | 14 | 6 1880 |February 17th| 53 | 2 ||October 28th | 3 | 9 | 17 | -- 1881 |February 16th| 50 | 7 ||September 18th| 1 | 11 | 16 | 11 =====+========================++=========================+===========
