The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-18
WATER AND SEWERAGE,

condition Of Canton with recommendations Bs Il
the best and cheapest manner In which to obtalr
a pure aud adequate water supply and the estRb
lishment Of good system OF sewerage has beer
received by the City Council, but as yet no def
mite action has been tat en- in the matter
THE WATER SUPPLY.
ConceInir 9 the manner In which a good supply
Of water for city use can be obtained he has con
sideTed SIX different measures. They are:
lst. To draw the supply from wells sunk into
the gravel near the pumping works.
3D. To raise the level of Meyers Lake so as to
cover the lower parts and its overh1wed shores
to depth Of several feet, and to take the whole
supply therefrom.
81. To abandon the water power Of the creek
ard to remove also the mill dam above the water
works dam; to rectiiy, cleanse and serate the
stream, and to raise the water Of that creek by
steam pumping alone.
4th To provide some means for aeratlng the
present water Of the creek without interfering
with It's use asa power for pumping
5th. To collect the water OF springs south OF the
town and west Of the west branch or at some
other COL veDient point remote from the occupied
area Of the city.
9th. To bring the Supply from Congress Lake,
Having carefully considered the different sug-
gesLions he makes the following observations:
Ist, Ifwells should be sunk they should be 10.
Gated for enough away from the creek to make
sure that its waters will not fad their way to them
without sufficient filtration, and far enough away
from the built up area Of the town not to be con.
taminated by sources OF dehlement existing out
side Of the sewer district.
3D. 1.-THE second method be adopted impervious
banks about 6ve feet in heighth should be erected
about the lake and thus deepen the shallow por-
tions Of the lake besides increasing the capacity.
1t ls thought that there enough OF the surround
ing country tributary to the lake to keep It's water
level up except during the dry season and II the
banks are made imperVious the amout In sore
would be sufficient to supply the city until the
wet season In the fall would again replenish the
supply
3d. To secure good and a permanently good
supply Of water for the city, is In my judgment, q
measure OF absolute necessity, and II you decide
to use the water Of the creek you cannot afford to
withhold the small appropriation required to
make this water as good now and for the future
as 1t is capable OF becoming.
should advise that the absolute control OF the
stream be secured II possible for distance OF two
miles above the pumping station; that an artificial
channel with secure stone banks and of 'uficeDt
width to carry the current with shallow depth
be constructed for the whole distance; that then
the whole bed Of the stream be covered with
coarse gravel or, what would be much better and
much more durable, be roughly paved with laid
stone or with very coarse broken stone so that
the stream should flow for the entire distance
over course entirely free from vegetable glowth
and with bottom so rough as 10 cause o constant
agitation of the water.
4th. The desired effect can be produced BY
pumping the wafer to height Of 20 feet above
the intake Of the supply pump and to carry 1t
through an artificial channel along the hillside
for distance Of one.half mile. The sides and
bed OF the channel being laid In cement and
made water tignt,and the bed being very roughly
constructed 80 that In its descent 40 feet to the
mile) the effect of a very rapid and much agtsted
stream would be produced.
s. To resort to this source OF supply would in.
volve the expense Of establishing new pumping
station and Of rearranglng the main supply pipes
II seems clear that there is at present no sufficient
knowledge as to the amount of water to be obtain
ed from this source and as to the degree Of It's
hardness TO Justify any definite recommendation
being based upon 1t.
g. II seems to me that 1t would be unwise for a
town so small as Canton to go to the very great
expense that would be necessary to make use of
Congress lake as source until other probable
means Of relief have been at least much more
thoroughly examined.
SUMMARY.
On q careful consideration Of the whole subject
am disposed to recommend as most feasible the
abolition Of the two dams and the construction Of
a.clean, walled and we'll paved waterway from
above the head ofthe upper pond to the intake
ofthe pumps.
As an alternative, think that the choice lies
between the artstlHclally raised channel for aera
ton, wells sunk into the gravel (aiter the sewer
age Of the city and the cleansing and filling up
Of all vaults and cesspools and the raising Of the
bank Of Meyers Lake.
There Is much to be said in favor Of each Of
these schemes and each is subject to some doubt
as to hardness or other quality Or In case Of the
Lake, to the impermeabillty Of the banks above
the present level Of the wafer. Doubtless those
banks would In time become puddled by the &C
tion Of the wind and water, but there might for
several years be a serious loss by filtration. In
the present state information on the subject, sup
posing that the dams cannot be done away WITH
the decision between the three alternative meas.
ures would involve much investigation and
study.
THE SEWERAGE PROBLEM.
In regard to this very important question which
involves the health and lives Of our citizens Mr..
Warlng is decidedly Of the opinion hat thor.