The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-09-04
Had Water.

Mount HollyS drinking wafer Is pau'
It stinks. And the w alter Company says
it cannot be remedied.
That's the story in a nutshell.
There is no use of mincing words about
this matter any longer. All this talk of
avoiding publicity about the water for
fear of injuring the towns reputation is
bosh. The water is not only unfit to
drink, but it is unfit to bathe in. And
everybody knows it.
There is not much reason in submitting
to water supply that is good only for
watering lawns and streets and for ex
tinguishing fires. Consumers are now
compelled in order to quench thirst to
hunt up spring or pump water. Boiling
NAV make the public water safe, but it
does not remove the odor, which is nau
seating.
Every summer there is complaint on
this subject Every summer we are told
that the cause is decayed vegetable mat
ter, and that nothing can be done to
avoid it. During the warm weather the
water in the creek from which the supply
is taken is sometimes very low, exposing
the banks The plants growing along the
edges, it is claimed, become decayed and
affect the supply There is no doubt
about there being something decayed in
the water which is now being served to
the public. 1t does not require the SER
vices of an expert to determine that fact.
The question is, Shall the public sub
nit to this stuff every summer just be-
cause the Water Company says it cannot
be remedied
Physicians tell us that Mount Holly has
an excess of intestinal troubles. They
tell us that the water contains so much
vegetable matter that it puts a persons
system in condition to be amenable to
typhoid fever and kindred ills. There is
typhoid fever in the town now, which
may or may not be traceable to the water.
That has not been determined. Physi-
clans saw the water is unfit to drink, and
it is condemned by the Board of Health.
The Water Company claims that filtra
ton is not solution. They also claim
that artesian wells in this section are moi
a success How these claims have beer
determined we cannot say. We have
never heard of experts having been con
, suited
Section of the act incorporating thu
Mount Holly Water Company, approved
April 5, 1916, after reciting the amount o
capital stock, authorizing the name, etc.
etc, says the Company shall have, enjo,
and exercise all the rights, powers ant
7 privileges pertaining to corporate bodies
and necessary to promote and effect tn
object of this incorporation, which
hereby declared to be the supplying tn
town of Mount Holly with pure and qoh0h
. some water.
Is the company supplying that kind
+ water2 Is it's charter in danger for nc
j. doing it2
s'Pure water" says one authority, is
. ''tasteless, colorless, odorless liquid.
: The Century dictionary says it is trans
parent, inodorous, tasteless fluid"
Webster gives these definitions for tn
, word wholesome Tending to promot
u health; favoring health; salubrious; salu
tary"
: No argument is needed to prove tina
e "pure and wholesome water" is not bein
served. Some of the directors OF tn
a Water Company do not drink it.
d casual examination of it demonstrates il
impurity. The Water Company is col
r demned by its charter
II TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady. cure