Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-18
SUBJECT OF WATER.
uur oLARrFIoATroN OF THE SUP
PLY STILL THE QUESTION.
Committee MAY GO TO ELkIRA,
-. rtItration Plant There May he
inspected with View 20 INSTALL
10 n similar One in Richmond
,.utrntton Discussed.

.,s rrcIminary to the adoption Of means
:, rroy.de clear water Tor the peo-
-. OF richmond. the Water Com
go ~ the Council will probably send
committee to Elmira, n. Y. 10 in
80 the filtration plant In operation in
fiat city.
mis- step has not been decided upon. but
=, has been suggested and is under ad-
....~eut whether 1t viii be taken will
,-.nsh.y be decided upon at the next
,-.sanr Of the committee.
.rss rlant in use at Elmira is one put
g. fy mo New York Filter Manufacture
a.. company. and I'm view Of all the OBJ
,..-,es 10 be overcome is regarded as
.-.sItly the most satisfactory in the
...-,rv. The water supply at Elmra
,t.t comes from the Chemung river,
.s extremely impure, owing to having
{. 70 Che sewerage from a number OF
,.,-s on it's banks above. Analysis
So, shows that IL is as pure as any in the
country
r- s. l. Morrison. general manager
- ... New York Filter Company, has
,..., iu the method OF filtration used by
ST.. .,moany. He has succeeded i'm doing
..t- "a very marked degree, and it is due
ibis EFFORTS that the probability of the
r.-.t.rn tour of inspection exists.
SUBJECT or FILTRATION.
n Morrison discussed the subject OF
V-t.r filtration at considerable length
vrt a Dispatch reporter at the Jefferson
Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Morrison dwells
Am the purity Of Richmond Mater.
1. repeated to the reporter the state
mans be- had made before the committee
,r-.-frv that he believed Richmond water
o. r.re as any in the United States, and
,.-rs which he exhibited seemed TO
,.r..rta that IL was the purest. The death
r... from typhoid in Richmond Is
,..r 30 in 10000. while in every city Of
INV size in the country, without eNcep-
+..r 10 Is much higher. in some instances
five times as great. But in every case
where filtered water Is used the rate Is
about. the same rs I'm Richmond.
Tho cost of altering the water. accord
e. Old the plan advocated by Mr.. MOrri
sr would De about 1890 a year. This
S. almost entirely the cost Of the sui
rtala of aluminium used as Mr.. Morri-
Son found. after inspecting the city's
rr~r.ug stations. that very little, II any,
additional labor would be required If his
filtration plant were put in The first
cast of the plant. complete I'm every par
t..lar would De about $4,000. Il would
take six months TO put I'm a plant capa-
PIE ~ Gltering the supply for this city.
rhfs estimate Of the cost OF the plant
s.rr0scs that the amount of water to be
filtered daily will be j. 1000 gallons. II
"a larger. or smaller plant is desired. the
total cost can De ascert8ined by esti-
mating the cost OF the plant for filtration
at $1,000 per million gallons. The estl-
mate Of S27 600 supposes plant capable
a. IMPLYING 100000 gallons daily.
Tho system which Mr.. Morrison proposes
forces sedimentaNon. while that Favored
ly superintendent Boiling, Of the Water
Works proposes natural sedmentauon.
T.eard.ng the danger of the water be-
coming putrid by long exposure In settling
basins. as proposed by Mr.. Boiling, Mr..
Morrison said very frankly he thought
such did not exist. He had recently eX-
,mined such basins at Covington, KY
and found that the water exposed Tor
weeks was stin perfectly pure.
CITIES THAT NOW USE THEM.
Mr.. Morrison's system IS now in use IN
1ei OF the cities and towns of the country
poltimore's Water Committee has decided
TO adopt 30: Philadelphia has appropriated
$4,000 for a plant: one is being erected
I'm Albany at a cost Of $4,000; Providenc,
and Louisville have about decided to pu
them in. and Mr.. Morrison feels conhden
they win 90 so.
The cities OF Cincinnati and Ilouisvill
are making very costly experiments wit
fha filters. and the Ohio state Board o
Health. as we'll as many other cities, ar
now experimenting with them. The ma
chinery for a plant ordered by Nichola
SimIu Chief Engineer for the Russia
Government, has recently been shipped
and viii be put I'm Moscow.
il SIS not known how the committee wi
REGARD the filter when they see il in opeI
ation. but they are highly interested now
and. 10 IS thought. majority favor goin
TO Elmira for the purpose Of inspectn
.fr s.I4pf thqrD