The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-28
THEY WILL LAY
ORDER RAILS.
Capt. Pzzin's Promise for the Old
Electric Company.
FLAT RAILS WILL BE REMOVED
The Question of Clearing the Water
It Receives Earnest Consideration
az the Hands of Two Commit
tees-After Health Employees.

! Finance Committee, tie object being 10
/ get that body 20 recommend an appro-
| priatiou OF 1000 10 make some necessary
! experiments.
/ Captain Andrew Pizzini, Of the Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company,
! appeared before the committee, and ask
I ed that mis- company be given until Mo-
/ vember lst 10 make changes IN certain
! portions Of its lines for the preventative
/ OF eiectrOlysis.
la this connection, he made the interest
! ing statement that the company proposed
within the next year TO replace all Of its
fiat rails with girder rails.
THE REQ EST GRANTED.
His request was granted. and the
| Traction Company was also allowed
! similar length of time Ii had been the
committees intention to have both COM
! panies summoned before the Police Court
within thirty days for noncompliance
with an ordinance which requires all lines
TO be double bonded TO prevent cleo
trolysis
The committee met at 1890 o'clock
| Chairman c. W. Tanner presiding, and
! present Messrs. Ferguson. Winston.
| Whalen, zimmerman, Cutchins, Mont
/ gomery and Mills
A request vas received from Mr.. W. II.
! Armstead for the extension Of the water
| main on Grove avenue from strawberry
/ 10 NtlHf street, lN oIttL ll-dt ne IiilE lL
! have water iu his house. ar. Armistead
obligated himself TO pay the city 4 per
! cent. per annum on the amount expended
/ in laying the main. and TO continue so 90
] do until the water rent on his square eX-
I ccolcd that sum.
The request Of Mr.. Armistcad was
| granted. on motion Of Mr.. Winston, on
condition that he pay instead Of I per
| cent.
F.,tofr Ar1~o-. ufggf-f T. reprocrvf-
ing the Richmond Railway and Electric
! Company, appeared before the committee
! i'm regard to notice served on his COM
! pany that unless the damage done by
] electroysis 10 the water pipes on Sew
enth street was repaired IN thirty days It
would be summoned to appear before the
/ Police Court.
PAY FOR DAMAGE.
I Captain Pizzini asked that the time al
! lowed LIS company De extended TO jan
/ uary ISL. and that any damage done %
, the pipes meanwhile by electroysis
would bc paid for by his company. 1T
was their intention 10 replace every fat
/ rail in the city with girder rails within
! the next year
/ AS TO Seventh street he said. the work
! there had been delayed pending the ac-
J tion of the Council on HIS cOmpanys re-
/ quest TO be allowed 10 change its route.
! Captain Pizzini closed with repetition
, of his request for an extension OF time,
: and again pledged his company 10 pay
( for any damages done meanwhile.
superintendent Boiling, briefly and
clearly, explained 10 the committee the
damage due to electrOysis. and the
/ status OF the case at present. lie also
! cited the ordinance bearing on the sub
J ject.
/ CAPTAIN Pizzlni said that it would be
: absolutely impossible for his company 10
/ bond" an its rails so MS % prevent cleo
! trolvsis in the time given and be thought
; So hard that his company should be
+ hauled up before the Police Court when
! the other company was equally cuipaole.
"The Traction Company has received
! the same notice that You have, said
! AIR Boiling.
"Then probably they intend 90 ieht it,
I said Captain rizzini I'VE DO not intend
/ 90 resist il. however. but We only need
! time"
captain Pizzini then went on 20 say
! that the matter of eiectroly-is was "a
/ very serious one. both 90 the city and the
! electric companies.
{ "If Won require the Traction Company
| TO put in the double bond required by
! ordinance" Dee said. "they viii have TO
( dig mp their line from end TO end
"They might have double wire over
! head" suggested Mr.. Boiling
! "That would neeessitate an entfe
| change OF system said Captain P.zzini
( Finally. on motion OF Mr.. Mills the
/ extension of time asked by Captain Piz-
( zini was granted. and the Traction Com
/ pauy was included in the motion.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEES.
! At this point the committee adjourned
10 meet the Finance Committee, when,
at the request OF mir. Tanner. had as
sembled to discuss the request OF the Wa
ter Committee that 5000 be appropriated
to make necessary experiments in cOnnec-
ton with tests preliminary TO putting IN
a water filter. The members or the RI
nance Committee present were Messrs.
| Hardwicke chairman, Drewry' harrel-
son, Zimmerman. Camp, Cottrell and Al
len.
Mr.. Tanner opened the discussion by
STATIC that il was possible 70 tell just
how much money would be needed 70
| make the experiment. but no more would
be expended than was absolutely neces-
sary. Il was necessary 10 make the eA-
pertinent on a larger scale IL order 70
Judge Of the extent Of the Deterioration
OF the water.
The superintendent stated that one Of
the basins of the reservoir could be used
for sedirnentation, and thus consid-
cradle expenditure would be obviated
Mr.. Boiling then made an interesting
statement in regard 20 the matter under
discussion. He recommended strongly
| the construction Of a setting BASIN. ne
explained various methods OF filtration.
and told of the various cities now clear
INK their water in different ways. The
mechanical method he endorsed on ac-
| count Of economy.
! Inquiries from Mr.. Camp as 10 the
| possibility Of piping clear water from
some point outside the city. and OF Mt
Allen as to artesian wells. were repned
to by Mr. Boiling and shown TO be i'm
practicable.
At the request Of Major Allen Mt.
Boiling again made the statement num-
Der OF times published In The Times
regarding the perfect purity or James
river water, assertions 70 the contrary
having recently been made IN medical
journal. lie cited the ANALYSIS made by
DR.. W. H. Taylor, state Chemist Pro-
lessor Mallett OF the Universityof Viz
ginia. ana others at different periods the
last having been made by Dr.. Taylor on
september Goth last He stated that the
water still retained its excellent char
acter for purity The ARCHAEOLOGICAL
showed no typhoid fever bacillii
After some further discussion or an
| interesting character. the joint session
| 49, foa AL fror