St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-22
A CONVENTION IN SESSION.
Judge Jamison Today Will
File His Decision in a
Gold Mine Suit.
DEATH OF GEORGE L. Hit.
Passing Of the Well-Kno wn
Rental Agent Miseella-
neous News.

The convention of the American
Water Works association is finally under
way. The first session was held yes
terday morning at the West hotel. The
attendance was very large, and, alto
gether, the affair was ushered in under
the most favorable auspices. The ex-
ecutive committee held a short session
prior to the opening of the convention
proper. The latter was called to order
IN the ladies' ordinary at 10 o'clock by
President Donahue, the water expert
from Davenport, 10. G. NJ. Foote. o f
the Minneapolis entertainment commit
tee, was Introduced, and in a neat little
speech of welcome outlined the plan of
the programme for the four days the
delegates will be in the city. Mayor
EustiS made the speech welcoming the
guests on behalf of the city, during
which he rendered them (fguralively)
the keys of the municipality.
1--WE want your earnest, candid criti-
clsm as hydraulic experts" said the
mayor, ION our city water system, and
also your suggestions as TO how best to
improve or change the plan, if neces-
| Sary. This is indeed a serious question
ed upon which we may confidently
work for years to come. know that
you can give us the best ideas on the
| subject, and should you suggest as a
! body any plan by which the water sys-
tenn OF the city Of Minneapolis will be
| improved, you may rest assured that
| the occasion will be remembered most
! pleasantly by ali Minneapolitans."
President DoIahue responded with
| brief and apropOs address. and the Ma
sonic quartette rendered several selec
tions. The presidents annual address
was interesting, especially to the dele
| gates, inasmuch as it dealt with mat.
/ tiers Of consequence to their association
! and profession. During his discourse
| he said:
"rhere is today invested in water
works plants supplying cities and towns
! upward of 5000, 200, BOO, or nearly une-
! tenth as much as is invested in the
| railway systems of the country. There
are over $4,000 miles of water mains,
as compared to 176,461 miles of rail-
ways. In the New England states
the mileage of water mains nearly
equals the railway mileage. Figures
! furnished by the Interstate commerce
! commission for the year ending June,
| 1898, show that the total number of tons
of freight reported by the railways was
| 745, 1l9. $50, while low estimate of the
water pumped in 1890 by but IS of over
! 1000 plants exceeds sS4. 592, $50 gallons
/ daily, which represents more than
1,345, 81, 800 tons OF water moved an
nually by these Is plants alone, and the
| pumping of these plants today is fully
so per cent more than it was at that
| time. But with the reasonably reliable
, figures of 1890, we find that these Is
cities alone moved nearly twice as many
| tons of water as were tons of freight
moved by the entire railway system Of
over 176, OO0 miles,
! During the afternoon session, papers
on various topics pertaining to hydrau-
lies were read. among them an eXhau-
tive treatise on differing" by J. B.
Rider, OF New York. The paper con-
| tanned an analysis taken last week for
| the state board of health of Massachu-
sets, which, among other items, coD-
tanned the following:
| ''Turbidity of unfiltered water, de.
cided green; of filtered water, none;
sediment, unflltered, very rusty: fill
| tered, none; color, unfiltered, O.7O; fiji.
! tered, OBS; odor OF unfiltered water.
| when cold, distinctly disagreeable and
/ fiat, and very family disagreeable next
! day; when hot, distinctly vegetable,
and next day family vegetable; residue
on evaporation, unfltered, total ~;
| filtered, 6.5; loss ON ignition, 2.35 FL
| tered: fixed residue. 4.95. Free am
monia, uhfltered, .0110; filtered, none :,
| albuenmoid ammonia, total i'll until
tered. .0526; filtered, DIGS; in solution,
untiltered, .0272; filtered. none: in sus-
| pension, untilter9d, .0254; filtered, none."
| Z. Geyelin, of Philadelphia, read a
paper Oh NIAGARA Water Power" and
William S. McHarg, Chicagoan and a
civil engineer. followed with a docu-
ment treating on 1.-THE Water Supply
and Fire Protection of the Worlds Col
umbian Exposition" Both papers were
! discussed by the convention.
In the evening reception was tend.
cred the delegates in the parlors of the
hotel. 1t was an informal affair, but
| none the less pleasant. There were
great many people who attended, and
several hours were passed in getting
| acquainted aud discussing social things.
This morning at 10 o'clock the con-
| vention will begin business again. Dur
| Ing the forenoon the ladies will visit t.
B. Walkers art gallery, and in the aft
ernoon jaunt will be taken to Minne-
| haha Falls. The delegates will continue
in session during the day. In the
evening there will be carriage drive
to Lake Harriet and around the city.