The record-union., 1899-07-14

impure Tor some time past, and II ougnI
now to be determined whether filtering
1t would do any good. He suggested
that continuous estimate of the cost
of filtration be made.
With regard to1the proposition of Sc
touring water supply from wells east
of the city, Mr.. Lindley thought the
quality of water should be first put
to the test, and if it was shown to be
pure, the next step should be to ascer-
tain whether the quantity would be
ample for all purposes.
Mr.. Lindley advised, in the PROPOSE
ton Of securing supply of water from
the American River. that thoroughly
competent engineers be selected to pre-
pare plans and estimates of cost. He
had no doubt that plenty of water, and
probably good water might be had from
the mountains, but he considered the
main item to be that of cost. The COM
fnittee should have it's own engineers
and good ones, in order that the city
| might not be induced TO go into
scheme which would cost million to
get in and two millions to get, out. He
! thought the city should employ its own
/ engineers.
Chairman. Tozer said he would be
willing to accept no statement relative
! to costs except it came from COM
petent engineer.
! DIR. Henderson reported that he had
| written to Allen Hazen of New York
1 City, who was one of the most pronli-
nent engineers in the United States,
and who had acted as consulting en-
gineer in many Eastern enterprises,
with view to securing his services.
DR.. Powers thought the present was
| the time to make careful test of river
water, and he advised that the commit
| tee first, ascertain it's quality. He
thought questions Of quantity and cost,
on every proposition, should be second
ary considerations He thought the
! primary step should be for the COM
mittee to inform itself as to quality. He
suggested that there should be nothing
| attached to the several samples of
water to be presented for testing which
would indicate the source of supply so
that perfectly fair and unbiased re-
port would be assured. The sub-com-
mittee he said, preferred not to know
the source of any water given it for
testing.
Chairman Tozer said he thought the
quality of the water should first be
| tested, as he could see little use Of fol-
lowing up any supply shown to be i'm
pure.
| Arthur Stillman had a word to say
respecting the filter proposition. He
said that peculiar condition of affairs
would exist in case a filter was put in
capable Of filtering, say, 100000 gal
| Ions per day. In case of a fire, one
or more of the gates of the filter would
have to (on the filter company's own
worO be raised, which would allow
| impure water to be forced into the
| pipes, and # the fire lasted five or six
hours every main in the city would be
| floodedi with unfiltered, impure water,
which the people would be obliged to
use until the supply was exhausted.
/ D. A. Lindley suggested that the
remedy would be in a huge tank of
/ water kept in reserve.
THAT means a reservoir" said Mr.
Stillman
Mr. Lindley admitted that it would
amount to that
And in case of a six-hour fire your
reservoir or tank would be emptied and
your pipes filled with muddy water just
the same" persisted Mr. Stillman
In that case" said Mr.. Lindley, Il
suppose we would have to drink some
| bacteria"
| D. Mckay said he was in receipt of
| letter from the President of the
Jewell Filter Company, who requested
chance to appear before the commit
tee and explain the working of his
| filter.
The Secretary was instructed to re-
ply to the letter and invite the writer
to appear. -'--'.e'. '.s
At Chairman Tozer's suggestion, on
motion of DR.. Powers, it wasAdecided
that Wednesday night should be the
time for regular meetings.
| Mr.. Mckay called attention to the
need of a Sergeant Arms. Dr. Cur
| tis, he said, janitor of the Board Of
Trustees, was contemplating matn-
mony, and what the committee could
allow him might prove acceptable. He
moved that the genial doctor be allowed
| So month for his services as janitor,
and it Was 50 ordered. The meeting
/ adjourned