Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-25

.., rises tO-mOEIoh az q 90
-" If $40. High water at 0'oo g. H.
spi sill n -
~. ruEg rRoBABLITIEs.-For this
~ hA 80: 20 to.niehc and Thursday warmer
sse,ton Ia. f,esh 10 brisk sou herly winds.
faar;day l'eSu -
No.. w ,rER SUPPLY.--As anticipat-
Iha u"1dsy's Gazstte, the Mayor last
ga IL --l,1mIlied to Council the report
sPls ~. - Louis Kraft aud H. K.
q ~ who. under resolution OF
] 'll.' ,,,niojpted a committee TO investi-
sPsl' aFT report that the city was being
ga.s Win water drawn from Hunt
.sul n-eak marshes. As heretofore
:ip5 me report was voluminous and
He'4- .sin ~ analyses made by several
4 'l ..aa-ioIoeical experts OF Washington
p'o'T P'iti@ore. The committee stated
sl.. 80 -.ay oscertained from the president
i' 'S '4> gster company, Mr.. Benoni
r., \ and afterwards from an exam
], Lon Of the premises, that there was
- In mining from the pump house
r. t Uniting creek, and that the water
= ~ ns1 did not own q right of way
J ~ mar works TO the creek, but they
4 - nine which ended a short dis
NO No.. shove the high water mark, lead
'I' rom the pump house, which had
>, laid for the purpose of flushing
, 80 --.aryoir and pumps. All the wa
f,rnisbed the CITY is taken out of
e. y. mill race. The committee further
t'stsi bat deeming microscopical
svsmi1a.ion of the water necessary Tor
comprehensive report, samples were
- and submitted TO meteorological
srnar.s both in Washington and Balti-
tn5,e The analyses submitted indicate
( si while the water furnished by the
s,ansnv is not a0solutr ly pure,i it is bet
Ibap that furnished in many cities.
faac learned that some thou lands OF
ysr.oDs now lived on the watersheds
wbjca supply Cameron ruO, where
soms hundreds lived half century
~ when the waterworks were estab
i.5-j This, in the opinion of the COM
riItse would tend to vitiate the water.
Nh committee report that while the
sxsm.uaton of samples OF water taken
i October 1897, showed the uresence
\ intestinal organism, the analysis it
Ssd made by Doctor Schweiniz, chief
- bio.cnemlcai division OF the Ag-
rcp..ursl Department, showed the ab-
seace OF the pollution, but it showed
sI.o tia. the water in other respects
bad de.eriorated, although the sample
submuted made good showing. DIR.
IL 81. Welch, Of the Johns Hopkins
University of Baltimore, had also made
a. saalyss. but had not submitted his
reoor, but says in letter that our
6uGklug water does not come up TO
oropsr hygenic requirements. The re-
nor, is expected daily. The committee
ssywhile it is true that the examination
by DR.. SchWeintz shows no pollution
BIZ sewerage, although six previous ex-
smnatious did, the danger OF such pol
luton still exists, and is liable to show
lp at any moment.
The committee also submitted figures
DEMONSTRATING that the death rate OF
Alexandria from typhoid fever was in
Excess Of the average city OF the Uoited
s ates. but it is understood that 10 this
tae committee have made o serious
mistake ia their figures, as can be
proved by the statistics in the Auditors
ofice.
TIE committee recommended that
the Water Company should properly
litter a. aater before it passes into the
reservoirs, Is the analyses submitted
b. the psychologists showed high
siate Of impurliy, particles OF ANNA!
and syegeta0le matter, deleterious to
health, being shown by microScopial
examinations.
TIE committee also recommended
lhe examination Of pump wells through.
oui ,he city, and that those found not
10 contain nealthful water be at once
abandoned.
Tue committee stated that it had been
advised 10y the president of the Alex
audrIe Water Company, Mr.. B. Wheat,
that he mad called a meeting of the
board Of directors of that company,
With az idea of entering suit against
,as city for libel in the adoption of the
resolution appointing committee to
Investigate the rumor of secret pipes,
etc, etc. The committee stated that
they secured information on the legal
side Of the case aud found that there
sre several cases or record where city
aod private companies have been held
Responsible for the distribution OF pol
luied wafer, resulting in the loss of life.