Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-25

lr. crcnshaw VIII Make Hopeless

| Swift creek, in Chesterfield county. as
a source for the water supply for Rich
| mond Will no longer be considered by the
| Joint committee appointed to report for
clear water to the City Council This
| decision was reached last night by the
/ committee after a session lasting slightly
moro than two hours It came ont at the
meeting that the city has closed the deal
! for the site Of the proposed settling basin
on the T. c. Williams's low ground"
| Superintendent Boiling has Won,
The committee is composed OF the
! Council Committees Finance and
Water, and Mr.. James r. Gordon, chair
+, of the former, is chairman of tn
yesterday were: Mcssrs. Gordon, Allen,
| Anderson, Hargrove. Wood. Spence, Cot
! trcll. Pollard. and Crenslaw. of the
| Finance Committee. and Messrs. Elicit.
| Mann. zimmerman. Sheppard. BosseuX,
| and Beck of the Water Committee.
| Mr.. Crenshaw endeavo-ed to have
| adopted a resolution recommending to
| the City Council that commission be
provided to investigate the Swift creek
/ supply and report. This defeated,
and he gave notice that he would report
| his resolution 10 the Council in the form
| of a minority report.
Mr.. Mcrcdith; ayr. Boiling.
The chairman stated that the object
Of the meeting was to consider Mr..
John c. Robertson's proposition for Ches-
terfield water. When q motion had been
| adopted requesting Mr. Robertson to adj
dress the committee, his attorney, Mr.
c. Y. Meredith. spoke for few moments.
He claimed that the water supply pro-
posed would be in every sense better for
the city than the present supply, espe-
cially because it would give a much
greater pressure on Broad street. and
would supply Lee District which the
present system would not do. He con-
tended that the presence of sewerage
! in the James made its water undesirable
for drinking and culinary purposes. He
went into an elaborate statement to
the chemical properties of the proposed
supply; telling the committee that time
would show that grave mistake had
been made If the proposition was no,
accepted.
Mr.. BoIIing's Defence.
When Mr. Meredith had concluded
Superintendent C. E. Boiling was calleo
upon. Mr.. Boiling responded and in u
clara Cterstic talk pleaded for the pres
ent system. which he claimed would DC
perfect with the addition of a settling
basin and other devices that were in con-
temptation for clarifying the water
Mr.. Boiling gave number of figures
comparing the cost of the present system
and wnat it would be if the supply was
purchased from the promoters of the
Swift creek scheme. Among these was
a statement as to the cost of 20. 600, 900
gallons of water per day. Under the
present cost of pumping the city could
deliver into the reservoirs that amount Of
water for year at the cost of $4,000.
while it would pay for the same amount
of water from Chesterfield just s17S,S5C-
more than 100000 in excess of the cost
Of the present system. The figures given
for the cost of the supply from the
James includes the cost of the system
after the establishment of the settling
basin and coagulation plant. This. he
showed. would effect saving sufficient to
pay interest on a loan o. S2,oO,000 at
per cent.
The site is Paid For.
Mr.. Mann stated TO the committee that
he understood that the site for the pro-
posed settling basin had peen purchased.
and the purchase price paid yesterday.
and to consider any other plan would
Mr.. Crenshaw said he wanted a COM
mission to investigate the two propose
ticns and moved that the committee re-
commend TO the City Council that a conf
mission be appointed to make these in
uuiries Upon a vote Mr.. Crenshaw was
alone on his proposition.
The Proposition Refused.
Mr.. zimmerman said he would have
to be guided in the matter ny what the
specialists and Superintendent Bollins
told him. He thought longer delay was
unnecessary and unfortunate because the
people were demanding clear water. He
thought it was unfortunate that the
Swift creek proposition should be made
again and at this time. ne moved that
the committee dispose of the Chesterfield
scheme.
Mr.. Gordon vacated the chair and advo
Gated the motion. He said that all that
the committee had heard on the question
was nothing more than rehaSh OF what
has been gone over in pasc years en-
cept that the price proposed in the latest
proposition is mucn smaller than former
IN In declaring that he was opposed to
the scheme under consideration because
it would mean that the city would have
TO dispose of or abandon its water works.
Mr. Gordon crea ted considerable applause
from the committee
Mir. zimmerman then amended his
motion TO read that the Swift creek pro-
position be rejected. and that motion
prevailed with Mr. Crenshaw alone Vot-
ing against if.
The committee adjourned 10 meet on
next Friday evening al o'clock 10 con-
slider a method OF raising sufficient funds
for clear water at an early date.
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DIR. GRlsWoLD ELECTED BISHOP.
Thc House of Bishops Consider Sew
ernI Important Questions.
PHILADELPHIA. PA. October a
Rev Dr. Shelton Munsen Griswold, rec
tor of Christ church, at Hudson, \.
" I'm the Diocese OF Albany, was To-