Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-05
DAN nu,sArcs- REPLIED TO
To the Editor of The Eagle:


fellow citizens who have survived the
shock.
By reference 20 back files of the EAGLE
and comparison Of the dates Of that verbose
gentleman's previous illusions on this sub
Jet with the almanac. we will find tina: they
always Occur at about the same phase of the
moon! This is suggestive. Il robs the jere-
miads Of our modern prophet on the Little
Arkansas of half their terrors, and even
arouses suspicion, with some, that the
oracular utterances Of this nautical celebrity
are not always inspired by an un-
selfish devotion 10 the welfare
of the corporal systems Of his fellow
men. With this comforting philosophy to
sustain US We are therefore able "a survive,
even when the commodore hnIls at Is such
a boomzkell as this. to-wit: The sparkling,
beautiful sand Of the rivers bed Is covered
with rotton 81, forming nutritious founda-
ton on which grows IN eguatic bras moss
and flag which when disturbed 1T The bot
tom enlits an odor 50 offensive that the least
sensitive ncstril OF stomach rcvolts at is IL
hilation. In other words, that the waving
Of this brass flag causes an odor TO be
emitted from the bottom Of something,
which, being inhaled into the
stomach, is dangerously dele;erious
We shouldn't wonder. But why shouldn't
the Commodore stop the waving OF this
'equatic brass flag and thus keep the bot
tom from emitting odor: But cur venerable
sage complains further because this dam,
having been built four miles north Of town,
''the entire flow of beautiful river i totally
perverted from it, natural channel for 4
:. .mean-ioing' flow of some ten miles; that
'manv valuable mill sites were thereby de-
''stroyed; that the city of Wichita Is hereby
..defrauded out Of valuable advantages
sthe.e power sites would offer to our much
'needed manufactures In short, the Az
gument Is, that, if the river had been
damned lower doWn-say about opposite the
Commodore's premises there wouldn't have
been any ''putrid pond, any rotten >ilt, amy
''brass moss nor "malarious decoctions,
and our much needed manufactures would
have flourished upon these power sites-in-
stead of sguandcring about one-half of the
"beautiful rivers waters, a, lowest tide
one-fourth at ordinary stages-upOn the
Hydraulic Roller Mil. 1t Is true, doubtless.
that the Touring mills of Wichitr, which
have given her an euviable reputation in
dozen states for superior goods, and have
for years enabled farmers to realize almost
s.. Louis prices for their wheat at home
saving them hundred, Of thousands dol
lars every year-are hardly to be classed
among our "much needed manufactories"
and ought to be wiped out to give place
to some of the commodorc's manufacturing
enterprises! But the mill Is not the only
victim. This naval officer of nigh rank no
sooner gets up steam, than, like the infariat-
ed bovine quadruped in the china shop, he
smashcs and annihilates things in general.
The committee of the city council, COM
posed, we presume, of a physician and Il
druggist, to whom was referred the matter
Of abating this dam nuisance" are knocked
into smithereeRs by the whitening charge
that they "slumjered the KNAPP OF DEATH
and there would ''rest so long a "a demand
for :nalarial prescriptions can be stimulated
or the sale of pills and quinine enhanced. -
II Is further to be inferred from the art.cl-
that this same committee are bankerine
for an approach Of the Asiatic cholera,
the yellow fever and the presidential scoGrgc
Of Kentucky and Virginia. in order to in
rre;i~. business The water works next ex-
tit. Ike the waving of Il red rag, the terri
BILE charge Of this irate bossy. He main
taius il,-t the water which caused the almost
instant death Of thousands in Virginia the
pa: summer. are identical with the Gle
mental Vai"r,' whatever those arc) ''uf the
Little Arkansas river, from where our city
water supplies are ROW derived" OF course
this j. true and being true. il follows that
the thousands Of Wichita people who have
drank water works water exclusively for
nearly two years have all been dead a year
or more. but per~is; in walking
about tue streets, and even at times lifting
their hats Is the stately commodore passes
by. But few weeks ago prominent ice
dealer Of this city-one who annually cuts
his thousands Of tons of zee from this so
called "putrid, sinking pond''-one who
sympathizcS largely with our modern Jere-
miah, and, Ike him, attributes all our woes
to the much abused dam, and would even
vote for Republican prince or peasant"
in order to tear il out-but few issues Of
you find the only deep water from the upper
ice house to little below the lower one
This Is owing to the many springs between
those points. and have always been there
making It difficult to get ice, unless in very
cold weather, for the springs cut air holcs.as
they are termed, the first warm day. This
is where the whole Of the ice was taken and
must be # the pur-st kind. 1t
was AT great expense to US TO cot "a channel
down to the water works to float It up" This
ace King as he mas been appropriately
called. gives the weight of his evidence as an
expert TO show that the water from whence
the water works derive their supply Is en-
tirely spring water and makes see Of the
''purest kind" We would recommend TO
these worthy sages that they compare notes
before maxim. another diagnosis
We would further call their
attention To- the fact that the water works
company make a standing offer to the city
or any interested individual, that they will
pay all costs for analyzing the water drawn
from their mains by any reputable commit
tee Of citizens and sent &c competent chem
ist, if the same shall no; be found Absolutely
free Of MI delyiyTious matter. and a. pure.
wholesome and swee; as any hydraut water
in Kansas.
After laboring through Il whole column OF
blood curdling prophe.ies, ,eathing icuun-
Citations, magni!oqueat appeals and startling
clinaxes. that read vcIy mach Ike hashed
dictionary, drawn from bag and
set up at radon, our f..vid
correspoudent-eiated with The success If
his etfor;-plessed IS the pull,t tina, cacs,les
over is first egg-excla;'ns with par,3auab,e
esoiism, These criticisms 90 some may
seem acute. We hope they do-y,ry cute
iudeed-bu; it J. not common with euIineu;
writers 10 invite compliments in this way.
lie then proceeds % hi, Peroratiou by a.
lading to the pleasure, enjoyed by this