The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-23
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As they win Aprenrsi" a. work on il,

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Awsll known gen,leman Of this city recent.
y received from Mr.. James Il. Croes, @. T.,
Of New York, n blank 10 be illled on. and re.
turned to him, the Information thus fur.
n'shed to be ascd Ia compiling work on the
History ind Statistics Of American Wate,
worss"tIn thi, work It will appear side BY
side with similar statements from the water
works OF all the cities and towns OF tho co,,n.
Try. II Is not until MI attempt 10 compllo
something Of this kind Is made Tint The lack
OF anything like u seryiccablc record OF Tho
| workings OF our water system IN the past "A
seen. sone OF tho questions and tho nnswer,
Appended arc Of Interest here, and serve 10
brihy homo to the minds Of citizcnso Wheel.
! ing some facts In connection with the wstcr
WORKS which are worthy OF consideration.
Alter describing the .opog, Apply Of the town,
stating that It was scttled In 1852, and incor.
porated as aoity In $50 md that water
~0fRs were iirst built tn 1881 and giving the
source Of supply, the paper says, In answer
to the question: rs The water filtered? p :
NO not the slightest attempt Is made 10
do 50; The pumps ARE constantly troubled
with leaves, etc, drawn through the pipes
nnu the pump bnrrels are badly cut with
sand. The inhabitants take the wafer lust
us II comes from the river, at times 30 muddy
as to shock any community intelligent on
the subject" ssl' = 49,
Alter a description Of The pumping ma.
ch.nery, tho reservoir Is thus spoken Of:
"Built on the hillside; capacity, $4,000 gal.
Ions only; walls Of stone, built OIL n natural
bed Of Limestone. 1t Is $50 feet above tho
lower portions OF the city, but the houses arc
ouilt on t Q hills from twenty-five to fifty
fees above stslerel. lsisen ircly inadequate,
oniaining less than four hours supply. Ii
Is cleaned annually, IND often bls from
eighteen 10 twenty.lour inches OF river silt
Oh the bottom" r ,~ 80 r.gISf
There are thlrty.tw0 and one.half miles OF
water pipe Ibid aud 800 hre.plugs In use, and
the daily consumption il estimated at 5000.
600 ealiuns. au1.y l#I|,I 4
In answer 10 inquiries rs to the number OF
Eatcs and taps or service connections, the
cost OF works TO tntr, receipts TO date, md
other Important particulars, the brief but
comprehensive reply is given, Nobody
knows" |'l.s =. -
An inquiry MS 10 the bonded debt and rate
OF interest cats forth this comment: ut t,us
been extended from the public moneys, and
70 systematic account kept previous to 1852.
This is an OLD Virginia town and has been
run Oh old Virginia principles The same
iacb Hhs been CHARACTERISTIC oil The MaliaEe.
nient Of our streets aud alleys department,
All this has, however, been Changed by late
legislation, and in The future some more de.
finite account can be given.'
unocr the heading General Remarks tue
Information is conveyed that "rite old en-.
g'nes are nearly played out. No systematic
account WAS ever kept u the cost Of repair,,
WhlcI, have been simply immense. The
Worihius,on pump was erect ell as safeguard
against accidents, and since its construction
l'ns done large majority Of the work very
satisfactorily when It's local conditions ARE
taken into consideration. The Superintenl-
eht deserves eat cred ii for the work he has
gotten out OF the old works, which las been
little short Of phenomenal, when ils,.ag: md
shack'y condition Of the foundations and The
antiltered water is nken int. consideration"
Accompanying the paper Is III abstract. Of
the receipts andexpenses for 1880 and 1881,
which are In The aggregate Ms follows:
i!eceipts les b5 50
G:Afnnnilnth lasn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a 1W -
tSrPtr! 80 W. 10
In the latter year $4,000 was spent upon
me new buildings aud boilers, aud the new
ifrtts. ft1a{ l., 4. !.