The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-12

intake. Il e.
This line. we are sure. will avoid all
contamination of the water from the
phosphate mills. and that there is less
danger of contamination by stagnant
water acid. Sewerage, etc, than there
would be on any other possible line.
We are sorry that the committee is
not unanimous in this report, and there
fore suggest that if there is still doubt
in the minds of the Board, the commit
tee of physicians. or better. the entire
Board of Aldermen. visit the place to-
gether with this committe, and thus see
for themselves the true state of affairs.
Respectfully submitted.
w. Il. BLAKE.
w. c. RIDDICK.
For Committee.
The following report was submitted
by Col. Shaffer:
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen;
Gentlemen: Pursuant TO your mstruc-
tons of last night your committee
Messrs. Riddick, Blake and myself this
morning revisited the site OF the water
contamination at the Phosphate Works
on Walnut Greek: reins9ected the new
line proposed by the water company, an
surveyed by level and transit the line
recommended by your committee
Messrs. Knox, Lewis and Register at
the meeting of youc Board last night
Leaving the present line IN Grimes
field about 800 feet west from the center
of Rhamkatte road. and passing - feet
north of the office of The Phosphate Com
pany. we enter the margin of the clay
pits of the Carlleigl company at a dist
ance of POS feet fr9m the starting
point. Thence across the clay pits to Il
point on the cotton mills span Of the
railroad where the Wagon road crosses
the track-767 feet. Themes across the
cornfields direct to the sand pit ON The
left bank of Walnut Crenk ut the Ioint
where the pipe crosses. 375 feet re-
entering the present pipe at a tolal dist
anec of 1886 feet from the point of de-
parture in Grimes ned.
The line is much longer than the line
proposed by the wa.er company. and
longer than your committee III their re-
port of last night Supposed it 10 tie. The
water was standins ~ he :ay pits, and
the cornfied was Satafl+ad With water
the overflow of the banks of he narrow
and INSTRUCTED creek everywhere. The
superintendent of ;he phospnace company
informed us that some years ago be had
run Il consid raole quantity of spiphrric
acid into his nelglIboI $ clay pits, AMI
might do 50 again in cas-, We persisted
in the running Of the wafer lipcs
through them.
My Judgment is that the wafer riIe
can and ought 10 he conducted along the
left bank of the creek, for the reasons
~ L.,H AL 1 al,
cost is not 4 ,nalter of considerations
The line is probably more han, double
the length # the in. proposed by the
water company an vice, IS cost. Eth
err will acco II fish he r'np,>a for the
time being. bl What Ii filiute may
develop on the stream along The wafer
is uncertain. The liue rrn
north Of the phospha.eN> ,,.'rLS ought
never to be endangaraj.
This report-as shat OF las night; col-
templates the cemosal OF the refuse
pyrites now living above the phosphate
works near the proposed line and n
proper protection o. inc passage under
the asylum sewer.
The development of to-,lay's survey
and especially the un5uslectsd leagth
and cost of ii. lin. IN tho left bank
and the water rom1any's assent TO pro-
posed improyem1 MIS- on thsr me. seems
to render the Inference between The pIo-
posed line less applrcnt than 'dst Egiht,
and | regret that | AN hot able - see
my way clear 20 the rcfercnce ami
signing the report If he majority of the
committee.
an. very respectfully.
\. w SH NEFER
To get the matter before the board,
Alderman Parish moved the adoption of
the majority report.
Mr.. Ernest Haywood, attorney, adj
dressed the board for the water COM
pany. He stated that when two re-
ports were submitted by committee the
majority report was generally accepted
unless there were some extraordinary
reasons and he thought the majority re-
port ought to be accepted in this case.
He stated that he gathered from the
statements of DIR. Lewis on the night
before at the meeting of the board that
the acid question was small one
compared to other dangers and he
thought the choosing between the routes
suggested was matter of unimportance,
but that he considered the route rec
commended by the majority report the
safest and best route. He stated that
the water company was ready and anx-
ious to get to work and had been for
some time, but they had delayed the,
work in Difference to the wishes Of the
aldermen. He did not think that Col.
Shaffer would say that the route pro-
posed by the majority was an unsafe
one. The water company were anX-
ious to get to laying the pipe and he
hoped that the route recommended by
the majority would be accepter, as the
water company were willing to adopt
it.
Alderman Mcdonald thought that the
reports should be submitted to the com
mttee Of physicians before action was
taken by the board.
Alderman Drewry did not think that
the physicians cared tohavc the reports
submitted to them and that he thought
action should be taken now. He stated
that Mr. Haywood was "A little extrava-
giant in his statement that the water
company had been ready for
some time to proceed with the work,
as only two or three days ago Mr.. Me
Pheeters, the superintendent, had told
him he had not received the pipe. That
the city had delayed the matter very
little. What the city was after was Il