St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-13
GLENWOOD sPRlNGs.

Madame Fursch-Madi.
Observation-Disclosures .......... agnef
GLENWOOD SPRRNGS.
Am Excited Meeting Held by the
Water BOARD.
The two all-absorbing topics now before
the city government are the sewer tunnel
and the Glenwood springs ordinance. Yes
terday afternoon was mainly devoted to
discussing the latter by the water board
and interested citizens. The projectors OF
the enterprise exhibited samples of the
springs water and of river water, drawn
from faucet in one of the leading mer-
camille houses of the city. The springs
water was clear as crystal, and reputed as
absolutely free from any impure proper
ties. Mayor Pillsbury occupied the chair,
and the discussion was spirited and exceed
ingly interesting. The council has enacted
the ordinance, but the mayor has withheld
his signature, upon the claim that it will
materially conflict with the efficacy and
value of the present water works system
of the city.
Commissioner Foote, the orator of the
board, took a position against the measure.
He stated that the franchise granted in the
ordinance covers territory of about two
tifthS of the entire city. He argued that
the measure would injure the water works.
The water from the springs, it is proposed,
| will be used for domestic purposes through
out the northwestern portion OF the city.
He inquired what revenue the city would
receive from the springs.
By and by the people receiving the bene-
fit Of the new water mains will want fire
protection and the mains will have to be
laid from the city water works system, and
gates will have to be put in and a man will
have to be kept under pay to open the gates
in case of fires, and to shut them as soon as
the fire is out.
A. L. Ankeny thought the water commits
sioners were vigilantly laying back to pro
tect the water works system from some
danger
PURELY IMAGINARY.
The company organized to open the Glen
wood springs proposes to lay the pipes and
bring the water into the city at it's own
expense, saving the taxpayers who are given
the benefits of the water so much
in taxes. 1t is the sheerest nonsense to
talk about our fire protection. 1t extends
over comparatively small area. This
company offers to furnish water for the fire
department in case of a conflagration.
None can afford to use the springs water
for sprinkling lawns, for watering stock OF
kindred uses. Water-workS mains must be
laid side by side with the springs pipe fol
uses other than domestic. The council
says in ten years we will cOnfiScate the Sys-
tenn. Idon't look upon it as profitable
enterprise. 1 think they are doing
it principally as phianthropists.
Col. lines eXpOstulated at length upon
the merits of the water. and made com
parison with the river water drawn from
the faucets of the West hotel for the guests
of the city, and he held up the bottles con-
tanning the aqua pura from Glenwood and
the aqua impura from the river. The first
was as pure as crystal and the latter dis
colOred and
1MPREGNATED WITH IMPURITIES
visible to the naked eye. He argued that
no one could afford to use the spring water
for washing dirty buggy, because of the
cost, nor could they use it for watering g
lawn. He cOmplimented the action of the
aldermen and berated the water board fol
the latter's opposition to the project.
Thomas Lowry made few explanations
He was not familiar enough with the ordi-
nance to tell whether it sufficiently protects
the citizens or not. He acknowledged thai
| it is well known to his fellow townsmeT
that he is not an expert OH water. The
proposition provoked considerable laughter
Col. Innes suggested that should he try the
water as a beverage he would
| fall desperately in love with it
For five years Mr.. Lowry ha(
used the water from the Chalybeate
springs on the East side i'll his office HI
appreciated the necessity of providing al
who drink water with as nearly pure water
as it is possible to obtain.
MAYOR PILLSBURY
stated that if he should not approve of thu
ordinance he should not take the step for {
selfish purpose, but in the interests and il
protection of the city as whole. The gen
tlemen who ask for the franchise are hi:
personal friends, and he should be very gla(
to accommodate them. He stated tina
the legislature had authorized the issuance
of bonds for $3.50, 600 by the board for ex
tending the system. The city can only
TAX THE PROPERTY OWNERS
| for six-inch main, and all larger pipes
have to be proportionately taxed to the city
at large, and the citizens who receive ne
/ possible benefit from it consequently have
/ to pay for the improvement. The commits
! sionerS are determined to extend the main:
to all parts of the city as rapidly as possible
In speaking of the project being purely
philanthropic the mayor wanted to say thai
he was familiar with the characteristic at
| tributes of the gentlemen engaged in the
enterprise, and he felt warranted i'll saying
| that he knew that they will not engage ir
| it unless for profit. In few years the city
will be obliged to purchase the spring:
system at the price to be set by arbitra
ton. The city will have to pay fol
the mains. the right to use the
water and the franchise, and there
is no determining at the present time O
how valuable it may be considered at tina
time We have had our water analysed
said the mayor, by Prof Dodge of the uni
versitv and other scientists, and they al
pronounce our river water healthy.
THE HEALTH OFFICER
was called upou to explain. He said The
city had suffered typhoid epidemic, anC
there were numerous hypothesis advanced
| to explain it. 1t was customary for owners
of drive wells to bank up their wells in the
winter to protect them from the frosts will
any materials at hand. Often manure ha:
been used; the rains and the melting snow
conducted the matter down into the well
and it is then pumped up, sowing, undoubt
eddy, the seeds of disease. He knew
nothing of the relative merits o.
the springs water. 1t looks nice, and evi
IDENTIFY has not suffered at al
from friction with the earth
as does any river. Yet hi
felt free to aver that the river water is no
deleteriouS to health. He then read sta
| tistical compilation to show that the city O.
Minneapolis is in an excellent sanitary con
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