The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-04
ELEorIoY or 4 DIRECTOR.

ihe Directors of the Water Company May | wake Selection TO-morrow Afternoon
 To Try Alteration of City Water-The
 Future Use of the Lake for Pleasure Pur- poses.
 A meeting of the directors of the New
 Haven Water company will be held at
 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at which
 1t is possible that a director will be elected to fill the place of the late Eli Whitney. Three owners of stock in the
 company, who have been prominently
 connected with 1t, are mentioned as candidates. They are General Samuel D. Merwin, 10, Hayes Trowbridge and Thomas R, Trowbridge. General Mer- Win owns considerable block of the stock, and the ability which he has shown in acting as president of the Yale National bank shows his fitness for the vacant dictatorship. E. Hayes Trow- bridge also owns a large amount Of stock, and as trustee represents a larg- CT portion and has had years of expert. ence in important financial matters Thomas R. Trowbridge is a large holder of stock and his well known business capacity fits him for the position. Gen eral Merwin is, however, said to be the probable selection.
 At the last meeting of the Water com pany a committee consisting of Presi- dent Eli Whitney, jr., Hon. John H. Leeds and Richard M. Everit was ap- pointed to investigate the matter of fil- tration. Although this would be an ex- pensive innovation, the board had vot- ed unanimously to try the experiment.
 President Whitney is to investigate the matter in general and MT. Leeds, on his coming trip to Europe, will make most searching investigation of the water systems of the larger cit ies with reference to this special subject of filtration. MT. Everit will investigate in eastern Massachusetts and eastern New England, where experiments have been tried. The work of Investigating will require about one year; so nothing will be reported on Thursday, save in the way of progress. The directors be- lieve that the New Haven water sys- tenn affords as pure water as can be found in any artificial supply in the country, but if anything can be gained by a thorough system of filtration they want it.
 THE FUTURE USE OF THE LAKE.
 The Water company, by it's acquisi- tion from George H. Townsend of his large holding of land Surrounding Sal tonstall Lake, is now substantially in possession and control of the waters of the lake. Whether the company will allow the use of the excursion boats and steamers on the lake after this year is a problem not yet decided. The steamer Cygnet, Captain Baldwin, is still mak- ing many trips back and forth up the lake daily. The trips are very enjoya- ble and much enjoyed by many small parties, and it is thought that there will be no objection raised to this use of the lake Whether large picnic excursions will be had after this season is a matter of doubt. The Water company is now the owner of the little steamer Cygnet and the big barge Saltonstall. About the only piece of property the company did not acquire in it's purchase referred to was the little electric launch used at the worlds fair and which is still the of MT. Townsend All the res.. boat houses, wharf, buildings, picnic equipments, etc, passed to the Water nDmpany