The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-20

invested interests any or oil of us can
have in this life. next TO an abiding faith
in happy future hey ond the grave. strange
as it may seem to many. Is IN the enjoy
inert of pnie drinking water to maintain
good health and live long, while in sick
ness this agent may be the most potent aid
toward recovery, by virtue of its solvent
and purifying powers. Ii the money
that has been spent on chemical
analyses and other water-purity in
company and by private parties Il know
one doctor who sunk $500 that way had
been devoted to applying the only known
absolute remedy, and the newspaper space
heretofore thrown away were likewise
utilized toward securing that result. the
whole question would now have been
solved and We be enjoying the blessings.
What is the remedyf it may be asked; and
| will soon outline it.
hope the foregoing will not be taken as
TRADE against our efficient water COM
pany. but for what it is-a cogent recapltu-
IStion OF the reasons for the self-ayldent
TACT that river water. as ordinarily used,
is not at all times safe beverage for man.
The company has builded well, probably
as well as 1T knew. and, as now known.
even better than it knew, and if it will
make one more addition il Will have attained
absolute perfection. for it will then hey ond
all peradventure, fur aish water absolutely
wholesome at all times. Indeed, the appa-
Tatns to be spoken of would allow the city
water supply to be taken from the river
directly opposite the north part of town,
If through accident necessary, or even
from the canal at the power-house door,
and yet render it perfectly safe. Its water
is now largely spring and undercurrent
water into which percolates water from the
river and creek. The ground between its
gallery and the streams is good filter
temporarily. but what filters the filter!
Even temporarily high water III the river
will roll our drinking water.
HOW To OBTAIN PURE WATER.
Many extensive fine manufactures abso-
luteiy depend upon steady supply of puri-
fed water at all times. notably white paper.
threads. textiles, dyeing. laundry work,
and even iron and steel, to say nothing of
beer. as prominently exemplified at Hol-
yoke, Mass. 1.-THE country's paper-mill), the
Clark aud Willimantic thread mills, and
at the great Cambria iron-works. and
many others that could be speci-
fed. which are fitted with the apparatus
alluded to. This is q filter made. In many
sizes, at Newark. y. j., which cOagulates
and removes all impurities and forcibly
8rates and filters the water. and so ar
ranged that return current can at all
times keep 1t clear of the entangled mat
ter. / should be glad To thoroughly de-
scribe it, but space does not permit. Many
experts have reported their entire inabili-
ty 80 find, or develop by culture, a single
microbe In ordinary samples. filtered by
this apparatus. of water that had been lit
orally full of them before filtration" Among
them were such noted names as DR.. ked-
Zie, of Michigan State University: Prof.
Austen. of Rutgers College; Prof. Long. of
Chicago; DR.. Norton. chemist of the Massa-
ehusetts State Board of Health; DR.. Wood.
of the North Carolina Board of Health,
and many others. Many cities and towns
have put them in, Atlanta. Ca, reporting
that their ruddy water. never fit To drink,
Is now as clear as diamond, though twen-
ty feet deep. II is the universal report
that the worst water is at once rendered
the best. Some places have had them in
use six years. and they are always reliable
and remarkably cheap In operation. The
passed a law requiring all drinking water
to be filtered. Raleigh has chosen the
above filter; Oakland, Cal, has u four
milliOn-gallOn daily plant; st. Thomas.
Can. million gallon plant, and the Pitts
burg postOffice is fitted with 10000 gal
Ion plant, while many private parties in
Pittsburg and Cincinnati have small ones.
L mention these places SO that
any one interested may write to
friends there for information regarding
and add the following cities and towns To
the list: Bucyrus. o.; Chattanooga, Tenn;
East Saginaw. Mich; Elizabeth. New
Brunswick Newark, Somerville and Long
Branch. n. j.; Owego and Lakewood. y. Y:
Greenwich, Conn :Belleville and Carlyle. H.:
Paola. Kan; Nebraska City, Neb.; Mt.
Pleasant. Ia; Gadsden. Ala; New Brighton.
Pa; Sedalia, Newport, Holden, Rich Hill,
ChIllicothe and CarroltOn. Mo-: and they
have been recommended solely on their
merits by engineers and committees for
Memphis. Tenn. and Washington. ID. &.
The company has control of the eighty
patents for purifying water. all. in fact,
that are of any particular value. The fore
going article has been made up after ex ten
sive readings of scientific books. and medi-
cal and sanitary journals. | do not wish
il to be understood as a "boomer" per Sc
for these machines. my allusion to them be-
ing in the nature of duty to the public,
whose duty 1t IS In turn to investigate the
subject dispassionately and in all its bear
ings upon public health. which. We are told,
is public wealth. w. Il. CLARKE, NJ. ID.
INDIANAPOLIS, July Is.