Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
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.DEAE s1E-I notice the sermon so
eAIsd, OF Rev. Mr. FlaaTer Ga the
water question Ii yoar paper 0f Mon
day. March u. As one Esaas the lzsI
CT the discourse he IS almost loe % be
lleve th4s the Hylrauhe Company IA
sp-red that part of t. but - the Rev.
gentleman name : ABOVE TepfOsch
SIS not % Be thoughl OF for moment.
"AsIam . resident Of the city ana
hold some property interests here, and
the spring elecu0n beng ~ near, 90
/ n0t ike g. see suea al article 90 before
( the Bub.ic without some reply fTOm the
STANDPOINT OF one VINO believes III the
+ CITY owning & own water works.
III the clam made and supported by
men Whose names carry as mucn
weight as the Rev. Mr. Fluhrer's, that
I the Hydraulic Company g using Is
8 inch main Of ryeT water 10
Their well, and arc taking that
/ water from the shore where
IL s much more contaminated
/ thai IN the current portion OF the river,
I can { be pOss ble tne Hydraulic Com
pany water will be 50 much purer 8
and IT times than the city water taken
F from ike source; aud can anyone be-
+ heye that the one river water viii show
! less organic matter under analysis than
I another quantity taken from the same
stream, alter being filtered. even il said
I filter Is a failure, as claimed by Mr.
\ Fluhrer7 Also, IS be not mistaken when
I he states upon authority that the Hy-
| drauhc COmpany's water is purer than
! Lake Michigan THIS does not appear
possible.
Il have seen no denial by tic Hy-
| dTaullc Company OF their using rlyer
water, as claimed by John ;. karr and
others, nor have | seen u DENIAL OF the
reported analysis OF their water and
city water made tor the friends OF the
city water works. Until the hydraulic
| Company does make denial and prove
| such claims 10 be- false, 10 is presump-
tive evidence that they admit the facts
as stated.
Further, it is not reasonable that
| they can supply the amount of water
| they require from springs and bitches,
| OF the KIND they use, and they must 20
TO some more constant supply. What
Is more natural than 10 20 10 the river
close by, then, for that supply
II tnlnk the citizens Will agree with
| me that 1t is much preferable To use the
| river water as furnished openly by the
city as coming from the river and its
other sources Of supply, than to use
Hydraulic Company water, expecting
pure spring water, and at the same
| time having a suspicion while using it
that it may be river water and that one
ought TO filter Il before using.
GAS to the statement that the city
| water contains three and One-Quarter
| times more organic matter than the
Hydraulic Company's water" / will
| here state that | viii stand the expense
OF an analysis OF samples OF both waters
| taken from faucets at random, and by
any two reputable citizens, one from
the city and one from the Hydraulic
Company. providing the results can be
had and published at least three days
before spring election.
"Any one believing that it is best
public policy for q city to own its own
works of this nature. can not but view
with alarm the repeated onslaughts on
the city water works, and invariably in
the interests of the Hydraulic Company.
"If, as admitted by Mr.. Fluhrer, the
Hydraulic Company can not get the
entire supply OF water required, and in
case they had the whole city to supply,
they would be compelled to go to Lake
Michigan for that supply, why not give
our Board of Public Works the author
Ity and means 10 so to the same source
of supply, and by so doing forever
settle the quantity and quality OF the
water supply of the city. l can not help
thinking an analysis Of such water,
when furnished, would discount the
water now in the mains Of the Hydrau-
lie Company.
81 would suggest that the reverend
gentleman and others of like mind, #
they have not done so, read the article
IN the March Century on "The Munici
pal Government of Glasgow" and of
the remarkably cheap and efficient
service rendered the citizens of thai
city IN many forms besides ve ter"
:. FROST.