Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-18

NORW1CH's WATeR-FILTERER.
Couocil Commute. l.rasicy ana Ha-
gan sneak I'ishiy cf rs ,Iorits.

Hrlecf-t UNr lin an 4. oscar Hfoslny ana
his coll league ~ the Water Committee Of
Councils. James iaeau. returned yn,tcr-
6lv afternoon from trip {, Norwich.
Conn. The tHo c1uuc.iwen took tho
.ggut tor pleasure. although thur OIL
l-Ct Wcs 90 investigate il wat Ritter
lug process 90 the lutte Nutmeg State
town. Nr. Poo Icy 80 IS tnat the TYP was
even more Plea ant THAI he hal antlcl-
pated, because II Wa. go instructive. Hl5
CoTpauI0n returned with Like mind.
The Wat,r-hltrr. rs.d ~ NOrRIch j. the
samo when Nayor stuart. h. ordnance
vending passage lu Councils, VIII BE- au-
thouzel - enter iato contract for its
establishment a. thc Larjner ONT water
VoTa5 Jn Do ID .AWA.e river, 90 cost not
exceeding $4,000. the lardasr Point
work. 4spUy h'-.iugtpu mostly the out
pat being 100 0,OOJ gallons. The oril-
nance ~ question l. now IN the hands Of
tn Nat"r Committee. which VIII meet to.
morrow % consider It's value.
Mr.. bea,ey and Mf. Hagan are both im-
pressed euthU~IastlcAlit with the merit oi
The h.toring process. They spout the en-
tire day on SATURDAY studying lts ne
cham al construction and the method OF
its operation. 50 Confident T. ilr. BeH,ir,,
who Was interviewed b. Pre's reporter
Yesterday , Of IT. exceeding merit That LEE
WILL favor the passage oi the orIinanc.-
ply ii this city should be tered. and
That while IO' the advocate ot any ono
process above any other he viii agltuic tho
matter & the city providing l'sef with
some good systen OF filtration. The pro-
cess ut Norwich Is the best IA hos seen.
MS so WEAK FEATUREs.
~ am most fayorably impressed" sail
Mr.. l}caslny, with II bccau-r II has 10
weak features. according 10 expert chem
l-ts. IL j. better than the Anderson
iitercr. used AZ Antwerp. which 5
very good. With Sir. Ha.an and
myself on TIL. trip were Professor
Doremu-. the celebrated Now York
chemist. and Colonel Church, chef ensl-
ucer Of the New YORK uqueGuct. The NJ
terer IL az d big mandatory winch makes
Government paper and paper ior the great
New ok publishing houses. In order
that the paper NAV be good the purcst
water has q be employed III the manuiac-
ture. The hltcrer has given great sat'sia'-
ton 20 the big pgpcr-lnanui4cturins nTm,
which las the largest business OF the KIND
III New England.
mechanically the process l. very SIM
plc. There Is cylinder Us high as an or
binary room and about eight feet IN
diameter. This ~ the slze OF the Norwich
iiltercr. At the bottom OF the cylinder are
several iron tubes whose ends are covered
with wire screens. Above the tubes is a
bed Of broken quartz foot and q hAlt IN
depth. Broken quart IS much bet
ter than sand because the grams are
pointed. Bong pointed they grapple
with polluted water and retain the pol
lutl0ns Oh their surface. Sand grains "le
rlJhular, and their roundness allow the
water to creep through more qUcAiy.
Above the quartz bod Is "a bg beam from
which bang lot Of iron spikes. Inns
beam runs Numerically across the cyiin-
der and is revolyed around al e1is HE
spikes stir up the quartz bed
PHILADELPHIA NEEDS A SYSTEM.
Now. 10 show the merits Of the filter.
iuC pro cess, a tank of water WAS polluted
with petroleum on, the acid OF WOOD pulp.
end other things. In this way the water
wa. ,agde foul as one could imagine
Then. 10y pipes Il was allowed - run INTO
the cvlinder # the filter and the bed II
quartz was stirred. When the water came
out Of the filter II was pure a. sprlns
water-dclicioUs. There was 10 petroleum
or Wood-acid taste in II.
~ contend that philadelpLia should
have her water supply filtered. water by
subsistence in big reservoirs IS not pure.
0ul, brlckLats aud the llAe drop = the
hnttoln. Microbes are lett in tie watet.
For s2.5OO. 900 the entire water supply OF
The CIV can De purified by q splendid syS-
tenn OF fltration. That f.tratlon purities
water is a scientific fact. II Is not wise
that S2.75O,00O should be spent upon an
other reservoir, in which the purliication
depends upon subsistence. Tho city en-
JOYS yearly profit OF si'OoO OQO irom VAR yer
rents. That money should Dc spent loI
Improyements in the Water Department
and IN no other. People pay water rents
for water.
" The cost Of maintenance OF a complete
system of filtration would not exceed
= 0OJO yearly at the utmost. General
Wagner SAYS II costs twice rs much Tor re-
pairing our re~erYoirs a II wou!d 10 man
a system OF filters. Personally ihteh1
- aritate matters for the adoption 1t
tlters for the entire wnter-supply Of the
city. They are needed for tho better
healfh OF Tho cltY.'