Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-26

necessary nuid FOR toe future. and everv
citizen would rejoice. Our old time water
system, Inadequate as 10 now seemed. 1
had been source OF much CONNER
eiSi aud Misunderstanding benedt 70 tho
city, aud he saw no reason 10 doubt that
IN tue iuture ADVANTAGES equally as
great would be reaped Ia this une.
The Mayor was several times inter- /
rupted oy hearty applause.
Az the conclusion Of his remarks he /
called upon Hon. A. w. CSmuheu, who /
ma9e a most Interesting address.
HON. A. W. CAMPBELL
Mr. Campbell began by saying he had |
not anticipated, when be accepted a
seat by the side OF the Mayor.
that he was TO be called upou
10 address the company before him.
lie referred 10 the remark OF toe Mayor
that the old pumping station had neen
In operation for sixty years and said il
recalled 10 his mind the fact that wnrn
that station was erected there was out
Que other csty 10 the whole OF the United
State which furnished water TO its citi-
z rs by pumping. aud that city was
Na'hv,he, Tenn. At that time neither
New York or Philadelphia, nor any OF
the other great cities OF the Atlantic
seaooard furnished water for putab bic
purposes To their population. IL
was after tho Inauguration OF
the Wheeling Water Works
that the Manhattan Company
OF New York City, was chartered. with
the power TO supply the city with water
as well as to do othor things, and that.
company Is IN existence to-day as n
great banking concern in New York
CRY, and stili maintains in its charter
Its business rs u water company.
.k..IN IA
esting reflections upon the fact that wa
ter, now used In such abundance, and
which has become necessity ia large
| quantities in modern city life, W.
largely modern necessity, and
| then, recurring TO local history,
| be said that sixty years ago
| our people recognized the great
desira6iity OF an abundant water sup
| ply, and went TO England for the money
with which the works were built. aud
said when he first came To this city the
water works were still known as the
! Rothschild works. because they had
] Quilt with cash secured from that great
/ firm oil bankers. That tho people OF
! Wheeling recognized the necessity for a
water works TWO generations ago was n
creditsble thing, and to-day IL was
| equally creditable TO the desce ndents of
| the men Of 1894 that the necessity for a
| better water supply had been recog-
| nized and the works built so promptly
] and 80 well.
Mr.. Campbell drew life-like and In
terestlng picture of the old time
method OF supplying households by
water barrels, in vogue In many river
towns decades after Wheeling was
we'll equipped with water system, and
from that went on to show how the old
I'm Eaf hFfe Asan
and contrasted II with the present
time, when a man did not concern him
self about fire. even In tho dead of
night, until he telt the wall alongside
his bed growing hot. lie dwelt for
! some time upon the fact that Wheel
ing's early water system had done
much To build up the city as
manufacturing centre, attracting en-
terprising. progressive and wide-awake
people from the East, aud argued from
that historic fact that even In this
later day some benefits OF q
like nature might be reasonably
expected to follow increased facilities.
lie pointed out how the per capita use
OF water had increased ia late years,
and said that at this day IL would be an
impossi billy to depend upon the town
pump or supply OF water hauled from
the river. Water was now so largely
used, that even In the household OF the
poor man, IL the old system was TO be
returned TO, 10 would take the constant
services Of one member OF the family "a
supply water for the others. Now the
supply was unlimited A twist OF the
sDiggot, and the housewife had an
abundant supply, without worry, with
out care, and without loss OF time. and
this abundant supply of water meant
| hu Il .rtla 4 4.
health and a lower death rate. No ele.
meDt, next TO air. entered so much into
modern urban life as did wafer, and as
! illustrating the healthful tendency OF
abundant water. he said he had visited an
| Old World city In which the deaGh rate
was higher than toe birth rate, and which
was only kept up by the influx OF
strangers,aud said the recognized cause
was a scarcity OF water and an absence
OF a sewerage system. aud Cairo. Egypt,
with a death rate of 81 per 200, found
this awful mortality due to the same
causes. London, with a splendid water
supply and good sewers, had death
rate OF but IL per 1000, while ST. Pc
tersburR, just the reverse, bad a death
rate OF 4S per LOCO. He said:
III any community Is To be great ana
! prosperous In this age OF tho world
and desires to preserve the lives and
health OF It's people, 10 must have an
abundance OF water. The time has
gone by when 10 Is enough 20 take a
bath once or twice year. There was
time not far remote when n bath or
two annually was enough. Then the
/ bathing season opened along about May.
! 10 the contiguous creeks, and closed in
| Septembe Now, no reputable life In
| surance agent will take a risk on a man
| who doesn't take a hot bath at least
/ once week. 10 has been found that
the people who live longest are those
who live Ia cities. The rural dwelIer-
| the farmer--is not the loagest lived. lie
has plenty OF good air aud an sbund-
auco OF water for ordinary purposes,
although IL Is obtained With difficulty.
| but there Is usually an absence IN the
country, by facilities for bathing. and
that fact runs up the death rate
Mr.. Campbell continued ia this Inter
! estinR strain az considerable length, and
then, after merited and humorous
reference 10 the quality OF Wneellnu