Ontario Board of Health Annual Report 1906, pg. 20
Report of the Committee on Sewage and Water Supply (West) on the Proposed System of Sewers for the Town of Fort William (Ont.)
To the Chairman and Members of the Provincial Board of Health:
Gentlemen, — Your Committee on Sewage and Water Supply (West) having read the report on the drainage system for Fort William, submitted to the Mayor and Council of Fort William by John Gait, Esq., Consulting Engineer, and having studied the plan of sewerage submitted to him, are of the opinion that septic tanks should be used at the twelve outfalls of the sewers, which appear in the plan, so that only clarified effluents from these sewers would empty into the rivers.
Should at any time any just cause of complaint be made as to the fouling of these rivers by the sewage of Fort William, it must be the duty of the Town Council of Fort William to take suitable means to secure satisfactory effluents from the sewers before they discharge into the rivers.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
(Signed) J. J. Cassidy
Alex. Thompson,
Chas. A. Hodgetts.
Toronto, January 31st, 1906.