The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-18
& CLOUD cg GOOD WITNESSES.
Ana: T;,ey al Declare rIsat il Is Fay
Water the Company mas R-.cn
Ciyin. IT,

We are glad to know that We are
no longer alone in the kick against
the water company for supplying the
city with the filthy disease breeding
bay water. Last week the Superior
Citizen" published at the West End,
the home of the water company, inter
viewed a large number OF the gromi-
nent men of the city on that question,
and we wish to give a few OF ''testi-
m0ni3is freely gwen" The question
prupoGndod was: How DO YOU find
the water supply, and what do you
think of the recent investigation aS to
the cause Of bad water now being iur-
nished?'-
J. b. French: In answer to that
question VIII say that the water now
being furnished by the Water, Light
and Power company is as bad as have
eyer seen it. Even when we were
obliged to use bay water, before the
system was extern led to the Like, the
water did not seem any worse than it
does now. AS the recent invest iGatiou
-! have not seen the report of the COM
mittee, neither do | know the result
Of their investigation. 1t is my opin-
ion that the water now being furnish
ed by the Water, Light ans! Power
company, or portion of it, at least,
comes from Superior bay. And it will
require more evidence and further in
vestigation than | have yet seen to
convince me to the contrary"
4 3. Wiley: The water furnish
ed by the Water, Light an;D Power
company is not lit to drink. II this
evil is not renedied inside OF three
weeks you viii see a great deal Of sick
ness as the result from its use. do
net believe it is lake water"
Herbert Williams: II haven't tie
least doubt that it is bay water
think the people ought to take the of
f:cials and string them, put u hose in
each mouth and til them up with q lit
tie of their own medicine. | don t
think they would Ike it, do YOU
J, +. Patterson: Its burning
shame. Why, | would rather drink
that stuff there (pointing TO a small
pool beside the curb. Wait til Du-
lnth's experience Of Il year OF 81 ago
begins TO repeat itself here, and then
the people Will sit down on the water
company. Why, Il half dozen funerals
Il day was a common occurrence al
Duluth at that time, and it was AL be
cause Of impure water"
Geo. V Brewer: Water: No it is
mud. step this way and take look
at it, taking glass full from a pipe.
This is eXceptionately clear this morn
ing. Now what Go You call that? We
are supplied with the Elthicst water |
ever saw for any kind cf use. My wife
wants me to get lake water by the bar
rel for our household use. No, | don t
believe il is Lake water; ii is nothing
but bay water"
Il w purdy, City Bakery: NO, it
is dirty. IT is not ii 10 put into bread
neither viii | drink it. Ii is nothing
bat filthy bay water. Before using it
| put il through Il process of boiling
and c!eaESing.'
Fr&2!. G. Atherton, assistant post
master; N o it cannot be LAKE water,
it looks 10 me as though it came from
the bay"
e J. Bascy, City Hall: at is bad,
and think everybody is getting sick
of it. My opinion is that there must
be 4 large opening in the intake piYe
in the bay, and that we are getting
bay water
J C. DawkinS: 1T is neither fit nor
safe to drink. Coming out OF the ipc
il is darker than the color OF Tower
Avenue, yes, as dark as that PAINTED
telegraph polcl."
klingberg s. Nelson: I'VE are get
tin. redish-ycllow water here; must
be out of the hay. do not think the
winds can stir no such clay out of the
hard rocky bottcm Of Lake Superior. :"
r l.. Hunter: Il have no water CON
nec;i0nS ana am glad of 1t am now
boring well and viii be independent
OF the water company"
Nh Hobo, of the firm OF Walseth,
I0vdal x Iiobc: Il do not believe it
is lake water, and never drink it for
the reason that it is not it TO drink"
Mayer < Let.criaan: Nv alter: No, it
is clay soup out Of superior bay. 1t is
the worst water ever saw fuc use. :
To Offset this array of evidence, the
Evening Telegram, the organ OF the
water company, gives us the following
as coming from NJ. Mather, manager
of the company, and asks Us TO accept
his statement as true, and TO confirm
using the vile stuff called water, with
out further gru.abling:
Tile party of gentlemen which went
out yesterday with Manager MathCr,
of tie Superior Water, Light * Power
company, We're convinced before Their
return that the diScolOration of the
,y.aS duo Ia WIND optl