Telegram-herald., 1886-07-18


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rari 90 be- Democrats aat Jolu is going
% zet -aer- Says Dun l-4I-ers.
+" j. Laulorea2E. making rash to
r-aeA tae bans before closing hoans Festef-
la sf1pped .8ns enough Oh say to a report
-f, a9- care an9 furnishes as satef 50
.ans az se s=l l-
t1lnk llat the Board VI Public Works
Eas Instrumental .u bridging those Boston
men a. lrls c1v Iast 10 sAos that other
parties have faith ia che gallery ~ siela a.
Erll as members 0f rhe Board SAYS Meu-
Der I'd tle Boarl % EevieE slattuez.
81 would be- in favor 1f the Blston syadi-
ea.s taxing hold of the city water works 50
.oaK as targ -w0ali give as good waIee.
F1uid much prefer % pay 50 Tor sopd
water han enat am pas ing n0e. say
-ed Clara
q think the people % West Virginia
xould ike 20 exchange some OF their vet
~e4ther. for oar dry. sad 5 A. Hart yes
teriay iast got letter from my brother
there an ae writes that il has rained there
every day Tor the past SIX weeks
sickness is increasing in the city bat no
more than Is usual ABOUT this time Of the
year. No. DO not attribute il 70 the bad
Mater / received 4 dispatch today stating
that hux Or dysentery vas spreading rap
idly a. CrOfton. lt IS an epidemic and The
people are badly scared. said CITY Pnysi-
cian Holden yesterday.
ION the whole The Couclaye Of the Pa
triaFchs has been very successful. There
~ere NOT 50 many visitors here as We an
uciDated bat in every other instance Was a
aHlAA .flFar r4aAE-ra ne Cldkr rAlA4l DAAtlt
coming 50 -ar interfered with many of
the members movements" says Secretary e.
A. Armstrong, Of Hebron Temple. No. l.
j ii. Jones. the West side shoe merchant
says Ne want water and plenty of it, and
the only Nay 10 secure it is 20 tap the river
No city "a the country IS better supplied
sith water than Washington and yet their
only source Of supply il the Potomac river
which =, without an exception. the dirtiest
; ream In the United States. They use the
oricS uitering system. and after the wafer Is
puuuc0 through 10 no better was ever
drank. oar riyer water could De treated
the same way and no cause Of complaint
would De heard
Il aigOcltei running a pipe from the
pumping works 10 the river many years
ago sail O. f Belknap yesterday When
~as in the Fire Department I strongly
urged such a course As a protection against
Ire when the water in the reservoir was ex
naustei Ii there had been such coEnec-
iion AZ the time OF the big Budgest. fire
mlcn property would have been saved
On the 0av of the fire there WAS only six
teen inches Of water ia the reservoir.
,gluid have done something towards IL
w leu I Nas MayOr, bat 40 tie time ihev
were experimenting with the Briggs farm
water aui % looked A. though we we're 90
.ug 90 have a good supply
Geo. g. Briggs. Of the Board of Public
Works, who has just returned from the
East, says. II am in favor Of tapping the
river without delay in order 70 afford tue
eify proper protection from IRE. have al
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ease 0f.a big IRE fhe Board would
certainly De- banel and we can't
AFFORD THAR. or course some people would
hesitate a5pgt drinking the water. but they
could boil Do and make 10 absolutely pure
something bias got % be done and very
Iaiesiy too. for the present supply would
sxntust easily in case Of ire or an accident
10 lhe pumps.