The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-02
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Ogden, July ?.
THE SCARE THAT FAILED.
Standard Man Has Severe Case of
ssWhat is It?''

drink. These impurities were said to
exist in the reservoir, and TO read the
catalogue of them one was reminded
nursery jingle, about snakes and
suails and puppy dogs tails" The
Standard reporter claimed TO have gone
up and with bucket and piece OF wire
drawn out a mess of stuff that was
simply horrible. No conjurer ever
shook such d varied assortment Of ar
ticles out of a borrowed hat as did the
scribe produce from the bucket Of
water taken from the reservoir. a
TO the Standard office and placed on
free exhibition. II was truly interest
ing to an entomologisI, but somehow
people went on drinking the water just
the same and when the subject was
referred to it was likewise mentioned
that the election for water works bonds
would occur in day or two.
Few people took the article seriously,
even if they took time TO read ii.
About the most disgusting thing con-
nected with it was that the scare
should have been attempted at this
time when a lot of Christian En-
deavor visitors are coming through the
city and might not understand the
political situation here.
The Standard article implied that the
reservoir had not been cleaned out for
five years. On this point Mr.. Krichee
of the company said TO the Herald;
Every bit of water was out of the
reservoir last January or February for
nearly 30 days, and the place given
thorough cleaning. The bottom OF the
reservoir was also repaired at this
time. I fix the date by the invoices %
lumber received by us from the Eccles
Lumber company. We have a method
of turning the water directly into the
pipes when we wish to make repairs.
Furthermore we have men go up TO the
place every morning to remove any
matter that may have gotten into the
water. The water is screened in three
places before coming into the distribute
ing system, but all the screens In
Christendom will not keep out that
sediment of which the Standard re-
porter complained. 1t exists in all pure
water. You will find il on the rocks of
every mountain stream in the world.
AS the Standard article alluded to
the reservoir as a breeding place Tor
malaria and scarlet fever Herald
reporter called on Sanitary Inspector
Moves to see if these diseases are
prevalent. Mr.. Meyer says there Is not
to his knowledge a single case Of either
of these diseases in the city, nor of any
contagious disase.
The Herald also interviewed every
druggist in the city. These Included {.
L. PEBBLES, S. P. Ash, William Driver, J
lessee J. Driver, 7. B. Carr and S. w.
Badcon.
These druggists all denounce as false
the Standards claim that the water /
is filthy or even impure. They had not |
made analyses, but said the water /
could not reek with such filth without /
their detecting it. Their investigations |
were certainly as thorough as those of
a Standard reporter. Mr.. PEBBLES said J
under
powerful microscope and found it en-
tirely free from organic matter and
nearly free from vegetable matter MI
Driver and Mr.. Tulley tested the water
for The Herald to determine if any
organic matter existed in the water
that came through their pipes. They
did not find even a trace of any for
eign substance. After this Mr. Drived
said he was more than ever convinced
that Ogden had the purest water of
any city in the United States. All the
druggists denied that there IS or has
been recently any contagious disease IN
the city, and that the health OF the
population is better now than they
have known it to be for a number Of
years.
These assertions are corroborated by
the statements of all the physicians
that could be interviewed. by the san
itary inspector and his official records.
The inspector went up 10 the reservoir
with Councilman Hill and they told
The Herald they could not find any
such conditions as the Standard
claimed existed. From the outside
there was no evidence that the water
was impure; that it was in as good
condition as could be expected in n
reservoir with an earth bottom There
was no stencil whatever and no ccor
except such as might come from any
fresh water stream. This was the
unanimous report of the citizens who
visited the reservoir during the day.
and they included several employees
IF the Standard.
1t was ascertained that the reservoir
Vas inspected on May 10 by Council
men Hill and Greenwel, with the san
tary inspector, and they had no COM
1laint to make at the time; hence the
assertion that the pool has been no
oriously filthy for five years is dis
proved.
Councilman Greenwell stated that he ,
lad inspected the bottle of slime at
he Standard Office and was convinced
hat some Of the moss and other veg
,tation was such as could not come
rom that locality. AS the Standard :
,ased a virulent editorial on the nause
lting report and printed the report
With scare headlines, the work cannot
)e condemned as that of a kindergar-
en- reporter and it is hard to under
tand what motive could prompt the !
publication of such an article at a
ime when thousands of Christian En- ,
Ieavorers are about to visit the city. ,
Mr. Kircher, of the waterworks COM
ANY, mentioned that quite recently !,
he company had sent out its bills, .
hat it had withdrawn considerable :
atronage from the Standard and that
ne of the citizens who had been con- :
inually complaining to the council
bout the reservoir had been insisting
hat the county should spend $4,000 to
onnect his isolated residence with the
ity mains; that notwithstanding his l
version to the filthy fluid, he had al 7
owed himself to become indebted to
he company several hundred dollars {
or this same fluid. However, with I
,gden proper, the attempted sensation c
ell fat and no harm will be done I'M /
ess TO disgust the number of strangers
bout to be entertained who do not =
Understand that in about two weeks Z
here will be an election here for the
urpose of determining whether this :
ity shall issue S250,000 in bonds for :
system and who may COM
rehend to what lengths a paper, So
allied. will go in its support of such a
Movement. .
SUIT OVER WATER.