The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-19

pose of collecting samples for analysis.
considering the limited supply of the Mer-
amec spring and the fact that with every
increase In the consumption an increased
proportion of the water would of necessity
ne taken from the watershed of the Mera-
NEE. IL Is fair to consider that the plan pro-
posed is essentially to abandon our present
source OF supply for a supply Of water
VII as IS furnished to the cities OF New
co., where the rainfall from large areas Is
toIecteq IN iupounding reservoirs. IRE
nihcuIieS H. the way of keeping such sup
piles pure and free from sewage contamina-
'nh are almost insurmountahle.
IL Is generally conceded by scientists IA
mIiiar with the subject that the compare
uVe death rates by typhoid fever furnish
.s" pest indication as To the relative purity
oi 'ne water supplied To- various cities. The
.a,ai St2tisticS Of 81. Louis show a death
rate from typhoid fever since 1885 tha dljc
"n'h We began to take water from the in
TAX" n the hahn of Rocks, not materially
create than New York and considerably
less man Boston. Baltimore and San Fran
$50 hence. Juiged 10y this standard. tn"
"h'ilflh'd. unfliercd waters of the Missis-
aip,i are net inferior 10 the unfiiteTcd
Ta..r from the areas from which Now
i''h. f"stGn. Baltimore and San Francis
~ optdin Their water supplies. The aver
.st annual death rate per one hundred
r dn9 population by typhoid fever from
- 20 iss9. inclusive. was twenty-five for
~. iL1Iis: seventeen for New York. thirty
TWO ior Host"n thirty-seven for Baltimore
w 'hIrty-two for San Francisco.
~ "a 10 expect tidf DiTPr
anu better water could be impounied on The
PIPER nlerdmec and its branches than is
upIiected from the Gro,on and other areas
"n'h'" CITY supplies are obtained.
! ndoubtcily the water furnished from III,
Ai,rhin"r Spring and River would ne COM
pnra,lveIy clear: but modern sanitary re-
I"'teih'hts would probably call for a fill
tfatIon of said water with almost as much
Iorce as they now do for a filtration of he
Water which we are taking from the Mis-
COST
assuming that the works could he built
~ Srni u" IN" City of st. Louis at the
pIte named by Mi. Pratt, and that IN.
rosi per million gallons would i've as given
ny MN. the following is a COMPARISON o.
ne cSst or nnhltered water from the Mera-
me spring and watershed of The Nerame.
river as proposed. and the cost of filtered
aiin unfiltered water from the Nississtnp
niver. Win the intake at the present To-
'a'i"h HE estimates do not include The
.ost OF operating and maintaining the dis
oi1utloh system, nor the assessing and
.u u or the water rates. nor interes'
an1 sihking-fund charges on the present
piaht. except on the machinery. which is
supposed To be replaced In thirty wears. nor
any other charges which are common to
bpth schemes
Estimate of cost. Meramec Spring and
river wafer; average total daily consump-
b,n, elsn,v-seven million gallons: one
huhured million gallons per day d,,r,ne
month OF maximum consumption: ~
'ost OF works. including reser-
Noir. conduits. etc. as per esti-
IHate or MessrS. Pratt and as
SOCRATES $1,000 90. o.
Interest on 100000 at 81. per
Sinking fund sufficient. with
compound interest. to repIace
plant at original cost in forty
years. llS3 Der cent.. o3s en- "A
opsrating and maintaining. in
CiuHihR care of reservoir. nine
INES; conduits. etc. CMr. Her
scnel s m See Exhibit
n JnH M a,
Cos. sL.oas.s 900. 90
cost OF unfltered water from Neramec
l0SS6O1
S.xSs5. equals S2a per million gallons
III We base the estimate upon rho NO
p.aed charges per million gallons. as given
IN the various documents submitted 10 us.
p-wlt, NoS per million gallons for the
frst seventy million and fourteen dollars
per million gallons for the balance. m TO
s one ssa t@Sat OF. OF the works. We have:
1iX14 equals s %. ~.
u mii; gal. s2Sss.co, equals 80. 20 per mil. gal.
EstImate OF cost. filtered water from Mis-
sissippi River. average total daily corsImp-
non OF ~ million gallons; one hundred mil
ZION gali.ns per day during month of max
Operating and maintaining the
iilgh ana Low Service Pump
1 Ras,n stations; and the Settling
penses. increasing such portions
rs would increase with the con-
sumption dor details see Exhibit
Sinking fund suficient with COM
pound interest at 3s per cent to
replace machinery costing 81. 30
VWv In thirty years 1887 per
cert ;-"----.r. S.5s:.W
Cost of filtration. including interest.
sinking fund and operating ex-
penses. 81 million gallons per day
at 30 per million (for details see
e&hioit ID ...- ........-... 81,
Total ........ -. s-s, 1ec m
1912
-
S7x365, equals So. 9S DER million pa,,one for
filtered water.
1862
-
S7x3S5. equals 81. 9s pe- million pa,Iops for