New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
THE MANHANSET HOUSE, SHELTER ISLAND

he visited Was PASSPORT. Me. In conversation WIN
,h Landlord of the hotel al which he stopped. the
ouestion Of the best appliances in the way OF "d-
ter-pipine house came up To his surprise INC
landlord Of the hotel told him that his ehtne ho"se
was piped with iron pipes. They hah h"' useu d
particle Of lead even in the turns Inc guest nav
urslv thought that If iron pipes would stand the
freezins tendencies Il u hotel way down III NAME
he had even been In error upon the one POM
which he had yielded In his discussion with the
water purveyOrs.
With reference TO the second point, the digging
I'm of the streets so frequently he thought that n
pipe that had done duty for twenty-five or thirty
years could not he considered public nuisance
That there is such thing as lead poisoning
everybody will at admit. Records when eS-
tend over period of five years in England, RECORD
%. deaths from lead poisoning go males ara
nincty-six females This IS about ~ per cent ~
the deaths from all poisons Only one OF the 90
WAS accidental and none were criminal Tine same
authority says: Lead poisoning. either IN l's 90
scure fern (producing uric acid In the hlooh a"o'
as a consequence Indigestion and other evHs), or
the acte form (as lead collie, and various nervous
afections). IS most frequent among those VINO are
habtually exposed 10 the influence Of the metal In
It's various prcpar atiOns-namely, workm"n OF lead
house painters colorists typefounders. ypesetters
shot founders pOiters. faienc" makers "r"~eiS
and many others. Recently. In the white iean
factories OF London. so larS" huiHprt va Wv vi"
ployes suffered from lead poisoning that 1t has
been one Of the most common maladies 70 he seen
in certain East End hospitals and infrmaries. ana
has excited the attention Of the Government
lead seems TO be one Of these nsidous poisons
that can be taken into the system Tor long ui''e
before the harm that is so slowly being done APP
pears"
DR. T. H. BARLEY. chief chemist on laboratory
work done in relation to the food supply for the
.,l,b cod n
ing the sickness OF the captain and all the crew
of the Norwegian bark, Donna Zolga. The water
tank OF this ship had been painted on the INSIDE
with red paint and it was filled with water The
vessel had been out some time and the tank had
been rehlled at various ports where they ran H.
but no one had suffered. The assumed reason Tor
this is that the frs. water with which the tank
had been filed was what Is commonly known as
..hard' water Hard" water has less ability to
dissolve lead than soft water. The last place al
which the tank filled was on the coast OF
South America from river or stream OF soft
water after which the captain and all the crew
were taken III with decided lead poisoning symp-
toms. - u
Here was shown the danger OF even small
quantity Of lead in articles OF Dolly consump'ion
trace OF lead When stirred up, as i would be ~
the motion Ct the vessel II was o W ,b y water ter
was heavy with lead. which in quietness would
ment as sulphate A less careful chemist might
have ignored the lead hero found suphate OF
lead was for long time thought to be non-poson,
Gus. But here the cause rure enough. ana
the men treated By Dir. Belcher, at That time
house surgeon of the Long Island College Hospital
THE water mains themselves. all through the
city are of IRON then why not the feeders?" asked
the applicant all 10 no purpose. Lead the pipes
must be- and lead they were.
An analysis made OF water In 100 feet OF lead
pipe, that had stood all night. then the water was
allowed TO stand two hours and another analysis
made Again perfectly clean water was passed
through the lO0 feet OF lead pipe. Each analysis
showed traces OF lend. the proportion OF carbonate
OF lead OF course increasing as the time In which
the water has 10 act upon the pipe Is heightened
DR.. Henry a. Mott, one OF the experts In the
Fleming trial. when asked for his views on this sub
ject. said:
1T is a well-estabshed fact that If water is per
mtted to remain in lead pipes for any length OF time
the lead Is attacked. Carbonate OF lead Is formed
which, though insolube I'm chemically pure water.
does dissolve In ordinary drinking water.
count OF such water containing some free or dis
solved carbonic acid For this reason the wafer
standing in pipes. night should be drawn
of before the same is in suitable condition for
drinking purposes The risk OF drinking water
tanning lead salts is obyaed by the use OF tn-lined
lead pipes. and II would be wise precauton TO In
slst upon the general OF such pipes.