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"Perfection" Sewage System

Disposes of Waste Scientifically

You can eliminate the dangerous, unsightly outdoor closet, the unhealthy disease breeding cesspool, and make the home as modern, sanitary and convenient as any city residence.

You can enjoy, every day, in the home, the convenience of modern plumbing—the best appointed bath room, a handy sanitary kitchen sink, and convenient plumbing connections with the laundry.

These modern conveniences are made possible by the "Perfection" Sewage System, which will give every country home equipped with a water system a PRIVATE sewage disposal plant—a system that will not merely carry sewage away, as does the city sewage system, but will transform bath room wastes and kitchen slop into clear water, free from filth, disease germs, and offensive odors.

Hundreds of country people are already enjoying the conveniences of this system. The health ot thousands of people is being protected through the elimination of typhoid, scarlet fever, and diphtheria dangers, which come from outside closets and open cesspools. Many owners of country homes have installed water systems in order to enjoy the protection and convenience of a sewage disposal plant

Of all systems there is none equal to the "Perfection" sewage syytem. It can be built by any plumber, with the assistance of a competent concrete builder, but, as it is patented (and the manufacturers' charge is very low), I advise plumbers to get in communication with the manufacturers and get their prices. Plumber will find that he cannot get one made—and made of reinforced concrete—as cheap as he can buy one from the manufacturers and get their guarantee besides. They build hundreds of them every year and ship them "knocked down"; all the plumber has to do is to assemble it. according to makers' instructions It is manufactured by the "United Cement Products Company," Indianapolis, Ind . and can, most likely, be gotten through your jobber.

This is the very latest and best system for disposing of sewage waste The illustration gives the dea of the construction of the septic tank It is made of reinforced concrete in three or more compartments, according to capacity required, and is air and water tight. The residence size, for eight people, and less, is 7'-4" long, 32" wide and 27" deep inside. Larger sizes are in proportion to increased number of persons. It is also suitable for factories, churches, schools, and public buildings.

How It Transforms Sewage

All sewage contains bacteria, insects so small that they can be seen only by means of a powerful microscope, which are the kind that thrive in dark, air tight places. In the "Perfection" septic tank they multiply to millions and literally eat and digest all the wastes entering it, reducing them to their constituent parts, which in all pure sewage are 998 parts water in every thousand. Nothing but water leaves the tank. After it leaves the tank it passes through a bed of gravel or broken stone where it is aerated and all offensive odors are eliminated. It then passes out through the earth or empties into a dry well, tile drain or stream.