The Paducah sun., 1902-11-01


ly identified and serves as a alteration
expert with the New York Continent
al Jewel Filterstion Co., to please
write me direct stating their usual
guarantee in installing their tiltering
plant over the country. Here is the
answer to my request;
W. I. Graves. NJ. D.. Health OH.
Ger, Psducab, Ky. Doar Sir; Your
favor Of October D received and we
note that you would like TO know
what our usual guarantees are concern
ing the quality OF the water furnished
| by plants as erected and installed by
us for city supplies, In reply, we
would say that we guarantee TO deliv-
er so many gallons in "a hours Of
bright, clear, filtered water practic-
ally free from color, turDidity, and
all matters in suspension; and wher
there are 3, 1000 or more bacteria per o.
O. in the applied or raw water, we
guarantee an average removal OF ~ per
cent where there are less than 8, 900
bacteria per a. O. we guarantee there
shall not be at any time more than an
average Of i5O bacteria remaining in
the filtered water.
BY carefully studying this guarantee
you will see that IL absolutely safe
gaurds the community water Of ex-
ceptional quality, inssmuch ss all the
impurities TO be feared in river wa.
ter are in suspension; bacteria them
selves not being desolved, but existing
in . state Of suspension in the river
water. Very respectfully yours,
ROBERT 4. MIILLIGAN.
You observe the guarantee OF 97 per
cent. Of purity, which simply means
sll the impurities removed except three
per cent, which renders the water
practically pure.
Cairo. Ill, has operated one of
these Offering plants have Just de.
scribed of the New York Continental
Jewel Fiilteration Co., for the past
eighteen months and I hear from va
rious sources the citizens are well
pleased with 1t.
On May az. 1902, TO satisfy myself,
wrote to the health officer Of Cairo,
Ill, making diligent inquiries as 20
whether or not their filtration plant
was a success, and Its influence, II any
upon the mortality rate Of their city.
The health officer very promptly
wrote me the following pnswer;
Cairo, Ill, May "a, 1909. %
DIR. W. 7. Graves, Health Ofiioer,
Paducsh, Ky. Dear Sir; In reply to
your letter OF 2ist inst, will say that
our mortality is smaller this year than
last year. The filter u apparently .
success. Yours truly,
8. NJ. ORR, Health Officer.
have in my possession nine com
munications from health officers and
presidents Of boards and others Of the
following addresses giving statements
emphasizing facts Of the wonderful re-
suits produced in the reduction Of ~.
phoid fever by using only filtered wa.
ter Wis: Lorain, Ohio; Elmirs, New
York; Lexington, KY. Atlantis. Ga. I;
Quincy. Ill 4; Kingston, N. Y; ST.
Thomas, Ontario, Canads; Knoxville,
Tenn, Elgin, Ill.
I submit the following lettor from
Lexington; -.
lexington nv, Deoemoer ~, lsOO
New York FILTER Manufacturing
90, New York. Dear sirs; your
letter addressed to the board OF heaith
received. take pleasure In saying
that your litter plant mere mas been a
complete success ana mas made
marked improvement ootn IN the ap-
pearance and quallty OF the water
The most important point Is that we
have not been able 70 trace q single
case OF typhoid fever OF any disease OF
that character to the use OF the inter
ed water, while there has been quite
number OF cases traced 10 the use OF
well and cistern waters, Inc ooaru
et health has recommended tne uiscon'
tiuuance OF the use OF all prlvs.e
wells, and the substitution OF puphc