Mr. Gardner. You discharge your raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River?
Mr. Irving. It all gets in there ultimately.
Mr. Gardner. Have you ever considered any plans for its purification and sterilization?
Mr. Irving. Practically we have not; no, sir. We have in a sort of a desultory way spoken about it, because we can appreciate what a necessary thing it would be, but we have never seriously considered any plan.
Mr. Powell. Have the State authorities ever urged any plan upon you?
Mr. Irving. No. Of course there is a general proposition always floating about by the State authorities that the best way would be a sewage-disposal plant of some kind, but it has never been brought absolutely before us in concrete form. There has never been any mandate issued that we should do that. As a matter of fact, within the last year consent has been given to us to still empty the large sewer into what is practically the St. Lawrence River.
Mr. Gardner. What is the assessed valuation of the city?
Mr. Irving. I think it is about $6,000,000.
Mr. Powell. What is the population?
Mr. Irving. We consider it to be 18,000 people. That includes the State institution down here.