St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-05
SPECIAL VILLAGE MEETING.
No Action Taken ON the Trustees Re"
port for a New Water supply.

NO ACthOu AAAcM Uu thc NV
port for n New Water Supply.
The largest attended village meeting
ever held in St. Johnsbury was held in
the Armory Friday evening and the
voters listened with great courtesy and
interest to the special reports, giving the
speakers which participated in the pro-
ceedings especial attention, and in one
case expressing their approval by
applause. The call was read by the
clerk, Clinton B. Weeks, and the meeting
at once proceeded with the special report
OF the trustees.
c. A. Stanley, chairman of the board,
said the board looked first for gravity
system. Willoughby Lake was at once
rejected because of distance and long
tunnelling. Joe's pond looked better,
was II miles nearer, but surrounded by
about 25 summer cottages and has a
large area of mud and marsh at Its head.
Halls Pond at Concord was free from
any cottages and the water looked pure.
The trustees were not favorably i'm
pressed with the artesian we'll system as
the water from such method was too
uncertain a quantity. They found that
it would cost from $25, 900 to 100000
to install filtration plant. In conferring
with the St. Johnsbury Acqueduct Com
pany they "were told that since this
plant was installed there never has been
a time when they were not able to
supply water to meet the needs Of St.
Johnsbury, for fire and domestic uses,
and they say that they will furnish
water from this system temporarily or
permanently to all village water con-
sumers who are affected by the cutting
off Of their supply, and will also figure
with the village concerning water for fire
uses, but are not prepared at this time
to make terms for that purpose. There
is one feature that has met us at every
turn In our investigation, that may well
be mentioned here, and that is the quan
tity OF water used in this place. We fine
records of towns using from 25 to IL
gallons per capita per day. Boston il
the largest user of any New England
town and they use 112 gallons. st
Johnsbury runs through the pipes O
both systems nearly 100000 gallon
per day, or more than 800 gallons 70
each inhabitant, showing that ther
must be a great waste of water here
and from whatever source you get you
water supply in the future your com
mittee recommend the use of meters, t.
measure the water to consumers. Il
conclusion, we wish to say that tn
result of our investigation is, that W
have found four possible sources for
water supply:
LIST, gravity system.
I'd, by filtration OF our present supply
Sd, boring for artesian water.
4th, cleaning up the river north OF 81
Johnsbury.
|, "Your committee recommend as th
most feasible of these sources the gravit
system, and Halls pond at Concord a
the most reasonable place to take th
water from. We would also recommen
the purchase ofthe Acqueduct Company
plant, II possible, as their pipes and Fl
ters could all be used, and there woul
be only one water system in town."
John L. Collins Of Albany, N. Y, th
civil engineer who has been with tn
| board in their Investigations, followe
J with his report, also recommending
Halls pond which he said covered ID
acres and would cost to install $119,69
exclusive of land damages and right c
way. He made a detailed report OF til
,, various sources of supply mentioned b
the village trustees and also referre
briefly to the Goss Hollow brook whic
was rejected because it was not hig
enough above our village. Touchin
upon the use of meters he said, =" A suppl
; of from 65 to 100 gallons per capita
sufficient, and where the consumptio
exceeds 100 an unnecessary waste is tai
ing place and a thorough investigate
OF the system should be made to asce
tain such waste"
The clerk then read a lengthy repo
from Young & Young of Newport as
the right of the village to prevent CO
tamination above the pumping static
and Mr.. Dunnett supplemented the r
port of Dunnett & Slack (Which was
the clerks hands) with a verbal repor
Both firms entered very thoroughly int
the legal questions involved, but as the
was no desire to make further use Of I'll
village plant for domestic purposes not
ing was done with these reports excel
to accept them and place them on f
with the clerk
At the conclusion of these reports bot
Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. Collins were inte
rogated by the voters and Col. Fletch
asked if the st. Johnsbury Acquedu