The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-23

liver and i11surcs healthy stools.
| qTwo sizes, csc and 75c- All druggists.
own have decided to contract with the
city for water.
The city owns SS acres of lana
around the plant and prettier sign.
for a park cannot be found. A part CT
the land is wooded and later the uE
'derbrush will be cleaned out, the sides
of tho reservoir walls will be sowed n
grass and the spot viii be an ideal Gre
in which to spend the day Sonle
have talked OF erecting a pest house
here but that would be out of tf:e
question OF all places to keep clean
and free from disease germs the CITY
reservoir should come first A rail
ing should be placed around the res
ervoir and walk of gravel or some
other material made SO that the place
will be ornamental as we'll as useful
1t will be well to keep the pres ent
new one at Colfax. Though the prc-;-
ent site can be sold for a large sum
of money. the time may come when
it would be more valuable to the city.
No one doubts that the water should
be taken from the Valley river and it
is the intention to eventually do SO.
But suppose the pumps should
moved and at some future time the
water would get down very low in the
river Then F'airmont would suffer
from water famine as is the case
- g.-Ea4
were maintained at the: present loca-
ton it could be used in such emelgent
cases. Here there will always be a
supply of water on account of the lock
1T Hoult.
Tie people have waited a long time
for the pure water and are more than
glad hat the new system is con.-
pleted. For tue past year the water
has been practically unfiltereG and
many a man has come out of the
bath more spotted than when he en-
tered. Now this will end and there
will be fewer cases of typhoid fever
in our midst.
But the new system will not be with
out its trouble. Many eff tile old pipes
pressure fro ON the new reservoir viii
cause many leaks in them. In fact it
will be year before the system will
be IN the best condition on account of
this. But when all is in good work
ing order we Will nave q system which
cannot be beaten. A valve may break
at any time or some such little thing
happen but we have all that Fair.
mont viii need for many years-one
ton.
Fitting it is then that our citizens
should put aside their work this al
ternoon ano; go out to see what we
have. Every taxpayer i'll tn. city is
6 stakeholder in the concern and is
Interested in it. The affair this az
ternoon was strictly informal so that
all could examine and admire the won !
derful structure. The water was
turned on at $3.50 o'clock by Chairman
DeBolt, Of the water committee who, Il
with the other members of the conf
mittee has been tireless in his efforts, I
to give the citizens more than double
value for their money. As a fitting |
D q u I 1
climax to the whole affair a staff was
erected and from it floats the star 1
spansled banner over "a glorious vic
tory of American ingenuity. !
Our correspondent on the grounds !
his afternoon wires US that at 1886 P I
NJ. Coun Gilman DeBolt turned on the |
water Mayor Kinsey, standing on
he wall of the reservoir, announced /
he fact and told the people to ''kecp,t
heir eyes on the indicator AT
1861 Mayor Kinsey shouted There
he comes and the water began to
'un.
There We're between 500 and COO
people present and were shown
through the different apartments. Ali
we're amazed at the immensely ofsthe
flair