The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-01

and pure water is demanded for great
many Of the operations Of the useful and
mechanical arts.
OF the three essentials to human life,
air, ,nater and food. the one, water, which
should be specially and earnestly consd-
cred by the people of Bozeman, has for
its physiological Office to maintain all the
tissues of the body in healthy action.
If the water received into the system
"a unfit for such special duty, all the anil
NAL functions suffer and are weakened,
air then but partially cleariies the blood,
food then is but imper:ectly assimilated,
and the body degenerates. ! will here
state that few days ago l was shown a
sample Of the water which is daily being
consumed by the citizens Of Bozenan.
l had seen taken and placed in bottle
with a few spoon fulls of sugar added,
when after standing short time it be-
came very thick, and its oder was any
thing but pleasant. This fact will l think
alone explain the cause of the many cases
of sickness in Bozeman, during the last
year. For
Mans inhumanity to man
Makes countless Thousands mourn.
Sanitary laws and regulations are in
tended to gvo power to communities,
which single individuals cannot possess,
to promote measures for securing or inn
proving the state of public health; and
the extent to which good sanitary meas
ures are carried indicates, in degree,
the state of civilization and refinement.
Sanitary Improvements are, therefore,
among the first and chief duties Of public
officers and guardians.
The modern works of water supply
have been experiments for improving the
health, wealth and comfort of commune
ties and it is evident from public records
that they have largely accomplished the
end for which they were designated.
Water has thus far proved the most
efectual and economical agent, as sani-
tary scavenger, in the removal from our
hal .itations of water slopes and sewage,
and also the most effectual and economi-
cal agency in the protection of life and
property from fires.
The necessity of a judiciously executed
system of public water supply increases
as the population of town increases; as
the mass Of buildings thickens; as the
land upon which the town is built be-
comes saturated with sewage, and the
individual sources within the town are
polluted; as the atmosphere over and
within the town is fouled by gasses aris-
ing therefrom; and as the dangers of
epidemics, fevers and other contagious
diseases increase.
No town or city can submit to con-
tinued want of an adequate supply of
pure and wholesome water without
serious check to it's prosperity.
Capital is always wary of investment
where the elements ofsafety and health
are lacking and industry breads frequent
failures and Objectionable quality in its
waoer supply.
In the experience of all large and thriv-
ing cities, there has come time when
an additional or new and abundant water
supply was necessity, terribly real, that
would not be talked down, or resolved
out of existance by possible meetings, or
soait for more Convenient season; time
when twas not possible for every citizen
to supply his own household or his place
Of business independently, or even for
majority of the citizens to. do so, and
when prompt, united and systematic
action must be taken to ensure the health,
prosperity and safety of the people.
The necessary capital honestly applied
to the construction of an intelligently
and judiciously planned effective public
water supply has almost invariably
proved. the directly and indirectly,
remunerative investment.
The construction of water-works is
almost sure to enhance the value of prop
erty along its lines. under-its protection,
and awaiting of its conveniences. There
is, also, a perpetual reduction in the
yearly rates Of insurance.
In a recently adopted schedule of the
National Board of Industries, there are
additions to minimum standard rate in
standard city, which is provided with
good water supply, fire alarm, police, etc,
as follows, termed deficiency figures:
Minimum standard rate of insurance Of n
standard building, 25 cents.
II no water supply. add Is "
II only ciGterns or equivalent. 10 ''
II system 10 other than gravity 05
II no fire department.......... .
II no police organization. ........... 05
II no building law enforce........ 05
The financial value of the enhanced
fireworks, az deduced by the board from
an immense mass of statistics, and the
additional premium charged on most
favorable buildings is sixty per cent with
out good water works, and forty per cent
if only fire cisterns are provided.
With all the advantages to be derived
from system of water supply; why
then should Bozeman, with all her nat
ural advantages for the introduction of a
complete and effectual system of public
water works, which could be built at
cost that could not but otherwise make
it paying investment to its constructors,
be without them?
There are many benefits to Ike derived
from liberal supply of pure and whole
some water But the most important Of
all is the value of the sanitary results
growing out of the maintenance of health,