The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-06
IT HAS HEART DISEASE
The Water Smells as If It Should
Be Buried.
SAME OLD KICK AGAIN
Water From the Reservoir Has the
Ancient Smell Recent Changes
Have Not Made Any Improve
ment In IL.

Now that the Fourth is over and the
people of Butte are down to a water
footing C more, ii is noticeable that
the water now coming to he city
through the water company's mains Is
pretty bad. IT Is certainly discourage
ing to a nan trying to get over Samp-
sons victory TO be confronted with
to II, but that is the ease Just now. The
belief was expressed by Superintend-
ent Carroll in the Standard a few
weeks ago that the water problem was
solved at last, that hereafter not only
would there be plenty OF water In all
seasons of the year, but 1t would be
good water. The people hoped this
belief would prove a fact. and the
Standard hoped 1t would be relieved
forever from the disagreeable task Of
criticising the water.
The water furnished this city has
been very good during the early sum-
mer up to a few days ago. In fact, it
was good so long as IL came direct to
the city by iume from the mountains,
but ii seems that about a week ago
the company turned the fume water
INV IA z VI ubbtl lNNFi NpAi anu
began furnishing Butte with water
from the old reservoir. This reservoir
had been emptied and thoroughly
cleaned and then filled up once more
with fresh water from the mountain
streams and ii was supposed that /.
would be all right. But this reservoir
water has the same old smell.
Last Saturday the mayor wrote a
sharp note TO the water company, call
sn~ nttnnFtAa % tho Tnfnr Tha nAAa
was as follows:
Butte, July 2.-Gentlemen: Several
complaints have been made to me
about the unpleasant odor of the wat
er yesterday and to-day. Water mus;
be furnished to the city direct from
the water f1ume at once or an investi-
cation will be commenced tomorrow
Yours truly. p. s. HARRINGTON,
Mayor
To this Superintendent Carroll re-
turned the following reply:
Mayor Harrington: Your favor OF
even date just to and l can assure
you everything has been done to rem
edy the evil. which at present is ar
entire mystery TO me. The water Is
now being furnished directly from thu
hume, n l can assure you thai
every precaution will De taken to pre-.
vent a recurrence OF the accident oi
| TINS nlOIIlHb- iouIS lIuigs
EUGENE CARROLL,
superintendent"
The water improved for a day or TIVE
| but yesterday was as bad as ever. |
is supposed that water is being fur
nished from the reservoir once moro
And 1t is likely that the matter will b
brought up in t~o-night's city council
The serious consideration is that ap
parently the problem of keeping tn
water stored in h reservoir In goo'
condition has not been solved in spit
of all the efforts that nave been made
BY using the fiume water the city ca
have a drinkable supply during tn
summer, but eventually IL will be nee
essary to use the reservoir water, an
IL doesn't smell as though II is fit I
drink. If the people don't drink 1t nov
they will be forced to drink IT befor
the winter is over, and in all proba
bility it will be worse the than 1t
now.
The council will probably go out I
the reservoir in a body in a week d
two 10 see what, II anything. can b
done.