The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-23
CITY NEWS 7
SCHOOL BOARDS
RECORD ON WATER
MATTER WAS CONSIDERED LAST
YEAR WITHOUT ACTION.
Improvement League Workers Meet
With the Water Board Of the City
Council-A Filtering Plant at the
Reservoir Is Discussed Briefly.

What has the board of education
done to provide pure water in the
schools?
About year ago movement to
insure pure water for the school chill
dren was begun, but after being
pushed for several months it was ter
minated by the summary decision of
the board to drop the whole question:.
School Directors G. J. Bintliff and F.
G. Mcmillan took an active interest
in the question from the start, but
forts went for naught. Only in the
Seward district did the parents OBJ
tain their object, but it was at their
own expense.
On Feb. rs, 1903, ]. J. Goetzen-
berger and J. M. Jacobsen requested
permission from the board to provide
a well for the Seward school at their
own. expense. This school is at
Twenty-fourth street and Twenty
largest in the city. A month later
spring water company submitted an
offer to supply the schools Of the city
with water at very reasonable terms.
At the suggestion of Director Nc
MILAN, a special committee, consist
ing of Directors Mcmillan, Hawley and
Bintliff, was named to investigate the
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the schools.
This special committee reported on
May 26 in favor of the proposition
made by Messrs. Goetzenberger and
Jacobsen for the Seward school, pro-
vided they file a certified check for
$3.50 to cover the expense, the unex-
pended balance to be refunded to
them. A majority of the committee
| (Messrs. Mcmillan and Bintliff) rec
| nY,on on1o1 hat 1o 1,.iU OF r, a
| Hawthorn, Franklin, Monroe, Whit
tier and Bryant schools.
! Director Hawley submitted a mi
nority report against this recommen-
| dalton, on the ground that it favored
certain schools; that it was the duty
Of another department Of the city
to supply water; that the health de-
partment reported that city water was
| good, provided the lower pumping
stations were not used; that wells
were at best only experimental; that
if experiments were to be made, res
ervoir water from the new pumping
station should be tried first; that
wells even below the rock stratum
could not be relied upon to furnish
safe water. The majority report was
adopted by the votes of Directors
Bintliff, Pratt, Mcmillan and President
Schlener.
| It was also decided that filters
should not be supplied to the schools.
At the same meeting Director Pratt
gave notice of reconsideration so that
| the matter could be taken up when
all the members of the - board were
| present $500 y = y -
On June 3Othe question of the adop-
ton of the majority report was recon-
sidered and the original motion was
lost, Directors Bintliff and Mcmillan
/ voting. in the affirmative and Directors
Hawley, Hicks, Pratt, sQuinby and
President Schlener voting in. the Mega
tive: This ended the matter for the
/ time Being.
This#did not suit the parents in the
Seward district however and last'Sept-
| ember Messrs. Goetzenberger and jag
cobsen renewed their offer. They had
| their ; way and the two gentlemen
! named, together with o. o. Oyen and
Louis Nees, advanced $500 and had a
well driven to a depth of $50 feet. The
first analyses did not prove satisfac-
tory and men were hired to pump out
i the WELL They worked two days and
\ subsequent samples submitted to Pro-
lfessor Frankforter at the state univer-
tsity obtained his approval Of the water
for drinking purposes.