St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-24
GOT AWAY FROM IT.
WaterWorks Association Did
Not Want to Commit
Itself.
WOULD NOT GO ON RECORD
AS Saying That Minneapolis
Should Adopt a Reservoir
System.
WOULD NOT GO ON RECORD
THE BANQUET LAST NIGHT.
1t Was q Notable Affair--To-
day Concludes the Ses-
sion.

convention at the West hotel yesterday
the question of the best water supply
for Minneapolis was taken up. The
natter was brought up by the reading
of paper by F. w. Cappelen, Minneap-
oils city engineer. Wednesday after
noon, upon filtration and publication of
mississippi river water and new plan
of distribution. There Is a great deal
of local interest in the question, as it
involved the discussion by experts of
the reservoir system also. and Mayor
Eustis and number of aldermen were
present.
For the purpose of giving the discus
sion direction p. d. Wanner. of Read
Ing, Pa, offered a resolution declaring
that reservoir system would be better
for Minneapolis than the present system
of direct pressure. The association,
however, did not care to go on record,
and substitute offered by ID. w. Bull.
of Quincy, H., favoring reservoir
system wherever practicable. was
adopted, in spite of the efforts of Aid.
BradiSh and Mayor Eustis to get a
more definite expression of opinion.
The discussion having lasted for an
hour, the convention then settled
itself down to listen to the first paper of
the forenoon. which was entitled "Ex-
perience With Fire Protection Lines"
by f. A. w. Davis, superintendent of
the waterworks at indianapolis. The
other papers of the forenoon were as
follows:
Private Water Companies. Province
of Ontario" Willis Chapman; "ElectroI-
yss Experience and. Opinions" A. A.
Tucker, Memphis, Tenn: Socialism
and Politics in Water Works Practice, :"
Col. l.. Il. Gardner, New Orleans, La,
and "Electrolysis VS.. Water Works
Systems" by c. Monjeau, Middletown.
o. In addition to these volunteer pa
per was read by &. II. Benzenberg. of
Milwaukee. on the subject of electricity
sis. There was no time for the discus
sion of these papers, but it Is probable
that the subject of eIectrolysis will re-
ceiye thorough discussion at the ses-
sion of today.
According to F. A. W. Davis, who
read the first paper of the forenoon. his
experience with fire protection lines
was not the most pleasant in the world,
and he cited instances of firms who
used water quite regularly from fire
protection mains which 1t had been
previously agreed should be used only
in case of ire. MI. Davis had trouble
over this which resulted In litigation
even now pending. indianapolis had
made charge of $50 per annum for a
four-inch fire protection main. and Mr..
Davis said he had written'tO elghty-six
cities asking if they thought this an ex-
cessive charge. Fourteen of these
eighty-six cities used meters on the fire
lines; fifty charged an average of $40
per 3nnum, and twenty-five made no
charge at all, but said they thought they
ought to.
One of the other unusually interesting
papers of the forenoon was by A. A.
Tucker, of Memphis, Tenn. entitled
"Eiectrolysis. Experience and Opin-
lons."
In the Afternoon
the members of the association and
their ladies visited Lake Minnetonka,
and In the evening they were ban
Quoted at the West hotel, the party in
Guiding the visiting delegates and their
ladies, the members of the local CON-
mttee, city officials, anu prominent
MiDneapolitans.
The menu was one appropriate to a
summer banquet, ices and wines being
given an undenied preference over the
heavier articles of diet, an adjustment
which was not regretted by the dele
gates after the very substantial repast
served them at Minnetonka.
It was nearly IL o'clock when ice
cream and coffee were passed and the
stage was cleared for speeches.
Mayor Eustis officially opened the
Intellectual portion of the entertain
ment, Introducing the Masonic quar-
tette, who sang one of its best ballads
The mayor then introduced Frank NJ.
Nye, Minnie's most eloquent child and
Bill Nye's brother.
MIR. Nye said that when the mayor
welcomed the visitors he expressed the
hope that they would remain here un-
til they were full. He did not know
that they were full yet. but he thought
the mayor was, for he never heard bin,
make so many bad breaks before.
He told a good story of an alleged Wis
consin convention, and then conclude d
that as the water they had talked about
percolated through the sand, or beating
against the rock. purified, so the ideas
of the delegates in their annual coming
together became clearer and more dis
tlnct. He extended the hospitality of the
city to "Our Visitors'' The MAYOR said
that as the county attorney had only met
three delegates, and could remem Der
Their names, he would leave it to the
party whether the mayor or the city
attorney was full. To respond to the
toast Our Hosts" he introduced Presl-
dent James z. Donohue, of Davenport.
Mr.. DOhahue said that the delegates
had been convinced of the advisability
of meeting for short time in a city
whose name made it city of water.
And as the water was here in the
beginning according to the Bible the
hospitality of this city was unending.
He referred elOquently to the manu-
featuring prestige and high intellectual
character of Minneapolis, casually re-
ferrlng to the ''howery mayor of the Mill
City," who had rendered some OF the
delegates the hospitality of the Kelley
institute. He closed with tribute to
the hospitality of Minneapolis and her
citizens.
Then the mayor introduced "Greek
in learning and an Indian in whoop-er-
up" and Minneapolis next mayor,
President Cyrus Northrop. of the state
university, who gave one of his fellci-
tous post-prandial talks, and was fol-
lowed by Peter Meline, who
spoke upon 1.-The Future of the
American Water Works Associations"
l.. w. Rundlett, city engineer of st.
Paul, responded for "Our Sister City,
James Gray for "The Technical and
General Press" l.. FL. Gardner for "The
LADIES'" Composite characteristics of
Eastern and Southern Members" VIII.
Ball; Associate Members" John G.
Kelly; 1.-The North and South" Judge
j. p. Rea; Pleasures of These Meet
ings," j. G. Haynes.