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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Add,,,ona, rIr. Proteotion.

In the main corridors of the office
building of the p, b. q W. railroad,
in this city, fire extinguishers have
been installed in addition to the new
hose recently placed there. The tire
system is now complete, 10 extin-
guishers being in the building.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
1I-,,lI. Tor IIroohIvn.

The Diamond Stone Brick Co. today
shipped the first consignment ot an
order Of LOCO, 600 bricks 70 brooklyn,
". A barge carried 2OO' wv DrieAs
and four more barges Will be required
to carry the bricks to their destina-
llnn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
To Ip.pee. Route Of New Road.

The road commissioners Of Brandy
wine hundred will visit Montrose this
afternoon for the purpose of inspect
inc the route of the proposed new road
from the Philadelphia turnpike TO the
river road. It is probable that work
on the road will begin shortly.
Through the scarcity of funds only
half Of the road may be built this year
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Now Delaware RIVER Roat'

The steamboat st. John left New
York. Yesterday, for this oity, where,
She will be overhauled at the yards OF
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor and
later will run on the Delaware River
between Philadelphia and Lewes. me
boat Is 225 feet In length.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Anoihrr Rnilroad Contract.

The Roydehou se-Arey Co, which
has the contract for the construction
of the new passenger station of the T.,
b. & W. railroad, here, yeseterday re-
ceived n contract from the b. a.. y.
railroad for improvements at Ihirty-
eixfb and Moore streets, Philadelphia,
nrnnnntinn 10 aI00. OnO.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires
Washington, April l4.-Weather fore
cast for Delaware
Rain tonight; rain and cooler tomorrow;
fresh to brisk south wind, shifting to
westerly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
ASSAULTED ANO ROBBED.
Peter Barton Attacked by Bol
Uinhwnymnn.

Peter Barton Attacked nN noAN
uighwnyman.
Wilmer Jackson, colored, was ar
rested this morning by Police officer
Davidson on suspicion of being a man
wanted for highway robbery, alleged
TO have been committed on Thursday
afternoon on the causeway.
The victim Of the robbery Is Peter
Barton, also colored. Barton claims
that the highwayman approached him
and struck him in the face with his
fist. knocking him down, after which
tine nssailant went through his pockets
and tool, So therefrom.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
CIenrincs Tor tho Week.

The clearings in the local banks
for the week ended at noon today
amounted to 81, $40, 04s, as against
81, 143, 9O3 for the corresponding week
of last year.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Enica.

II tho weather is fair on Easter cars
will leave Fourth and Market streets for
Delaware City every 40 minutes, COM
mencing at 2 O clock and for New Castle
every 20 minutes vii, n. c. & So. Ry.
Co.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
aludertakers.

James 7. Chandler,
Undertaken and EmbaImer,
214 West Ninth Street.
InLnrh.-nn rnnnnnLInnl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner
Tongue coated Bitter TASTE Complexion
sallow? Liver needs waxing up, Doan .
Reguiets cure bilious attacks. 25 cents at
any drug store
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Therr Are orent PossibIiities

in a small want adv. when it is properly
placed. II you have a want of any kind try
Every Evenings classified columns to-
morrow.f
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Wilmington markets.
aMarrIaass.

LRAK-sCHMlTT-I this city, on April 18th
Rev. c. 7. Wyatt Charles W. Leak and Miss
Katie 4. schmitt, both OF this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-14
Ne,, lorA luo1aI,on..

Associated Press Dispatch oI special Wires
New YORK. April 1.-The stock market opened
irregular.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

down to and out through system or
perforated filter inlet pipes, situated
about Is inches above the concrete
floor OF the filter basin; thence due
to the pressure of the water. which is
maintained in the control house at a
height Gust below the weir.) a few
inches higher than the level of the
water over the filter, the water passes
slowly upward at the rate of four
vertical feet per hour-as planned,
through the 2xS timber rack four and
one.half feet above the bottom OF the
filter basin and spaced 3-S inches apart
and held In place by proper piers and
posts, to the gravel layer above that
in turn holds the sand OF the filter
through which the water passes to
the five feet deep basin of clear purt-
fed water above. In its slow upward
passage to the rack, the water has a
final chance for sedimentatton, and IN
practice before reaching the filter, the
water has been freed of an average
of so per cent. of the matter in sus-
pension. while the aeration has had its
beneficial effect on the organic matter
present in the raw river water.
A "blanket'' of sediment. bacteria,
ETC., forms at the top Of the gravel,
at the bottom of the sand, and while
in a measure sand alteration is a
straining process its success In remoV'
ing germs of the disease depends up
on the millions of harmless bacteria
that accumulate in the blanket"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

forming Jelly like layer. and like
the spider catches a fly, and the large
fish eat the smaller ones, SO doethey
seem to catch and consume such ty.
phoid and other germs as may be in
the water supply. and which germs
are so small that hundreds Of them
if not thus impeded in their journey
would easily pass alongside of one
another between grains of sand in the
filter. The sand therefore acts more
as buIwark to hold the blanket" in
firm place SO as not to be disturbed by
the current of water than 1t does as
altering medium. SO Far as removing
zymotIc germs of disease Is concerned.
From the pure water basins, the
plant being divided into two sections
by a central wall, the purified water
passes to the outlet gate house; then
down through fnal aeration plates
and to the city, freed from over SO per
cent. otS the impuIities conta insd IN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

turn tubular boilers aggregattng $40
horse mower and two 25x12x24 Laid
Co.. horizontal du-
mex outside center packed plunger
pumps, each having capacity Of one
and one-haIf miI1ionO gallons per "a
hours. Gas for steam generation from
the Fairmont Gas and Light Com
pany's lines is used directly under the
boilers. The plant contains 600
horse power feed water heater and
other up-to-tate apparatus, all OF
which with the pumps and boilers. Is
most efficient and which was for the
most part furnished by VIM. B. Os-
born, the well known machinery man
Of Clarksburg. The Log Cabin hill
site of some 81 acres was selected by
the engineer for reservoir and filter
plant purposes because IL was on the
direct line to Colfax. where the sup
ply should be later obtained as herein
after mentioned. and because 1t was
the only available ground Of sufficient
area within reasonable distance of the
city high enough for the purpose.
where the Pittsburg and other coal
veins would probably remain intact,
thus fnsuring permanently firm
foundation under the entire plant. At
the reservoir the Pittsburg coal vein
is about 20 feet below the finished bot
tom; coal for use in boilers during con-
structfon having been obtained from
an opening on the property near the
reservoir.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

inlet fountain at the upper end: then it
has chance to settle for a week to
ten days. depending on consumption,
and thus loses by sedlmentation a
very noticeable amount tabout 20 per
cent? OF mud, coal mine refuse, etc.,
SO often carried by the river water.
A waste pipe to which the entire res
ervoir bottom drains provides for
the removal of the deposit from the
reservoir when necessary.
After sedimentatlon Tue partly clar-
flied water passes into the masonry
gate chamber at the lower end of the
reservoir through copper screens COW
ertng the intake pipe lines: it being
the plan to always take water from
the highest submerged intake, as
water is always more clear at the top
than at the bottom of basin; thence
It passes to the handsome concrete
aeration fountain some 80 feet in
diameter where the water recesives a
second thorough aeration by contact
of each drop with the air, SO benei'
cial in water publication; thence 1t
enters the control house, where after
passing through large copper screen
it runs over a self-recording weir
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

A general plan of the reservoir and
filter plant is shown by fig Of plate
/. while a sectional Wow is shown by
plate 2. The reservoir has depth
OF 81 feet at the deepest point, and
It is about ont,fourth mile around
the center line Of the top OF the en-
banknent.
1t is we'll constructed OF masonry,
puddled and other embankment paved
on the inside and all resting on firm
limestone foundation, which in some
places was execavated to depth of
20 feet. 1t holds twenty-one million
gallons OF water, and is SO constructed
that by raising the embankment it's
capacity can be very much increased.
or doubled II ever necessary. Other
suitable reservoir space however, is
available when required, about one
fourth mile soptherly.
The; water as pumped from the
river enters the reese voir through the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

used, as we'll as the annoyance and
expense to remove ice before clean
Ing in winter, and 10 clean by manu-.
al labor. to say nothing of the loss Of
sand in cleaning and scraping old style
alters by hand.
In washing downward. the loss Of
sand is insignificant, and the cost OF
clean confined to the labor of opening
a gate. The principle of filtration up
ward or downward is the same. A
change In direction of flow does not
change the principle of bacteria action.
The entire plant on Log Cabin hill,
Illustrations OF which accompany this
article. is under the management OF
snperfntendent Harry Kiger. and Is
well operated. It is a place OF beauty,
being embellished with flower gardens
drives. etc. and is in every way
point of interest, and a monument to
FaIrmont's progresslveness.
The improvement in the quality Of
the water supply is noticeable to the
eve as the process is followed at the
plant. and it is universally admitted by
the users. That 1t Is success is also
shown by the practical elimination Of
typhoid fever from Fafrmont since
the n1ant was put in use. While It
was usual in the late summer before
the new system was completed to have
ons hundred or more cases of typhoid
fever at time, now the majority OF
the cases in the cty's well equipped
hospitals come from the surrounding
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

ON the hilis ana Fayines slnping tg+1
ward the mead waters OF the river ~
the beautiful Monongahela valley
there has arisen the prosperous and
handsome city Of Fairmont, with a
population Conservatory estimated in
1906 at $1,000.
Could John Brown again have made
visit to the Tavern" In 1890 he
would have found but hamlet of II
o2S people, but it 1900, according to
the United States census, the Pitts
burg Of West Virginia was well under
way with $685. inhabitants.
Many of her citizens well remember
the days, when neighbor was arrayed
against neighbor and even brother
against brother in the national strug.
gle of GIGS. when the sound of shot
and shell echoed DER the farms that
are now covered with handsome resi-.
dences, institutions OF learning. costly
manufactures, structures for business
and other purposes, all. facing well
paved, severed and lighted streets
and avenues. They also recall the
selling Of property by the acre for a
nominal sum that is now considered
cheap at hundred or two hundred
dollars per foot front, yet the demand
is such that $1,000 per foot front in
certain business sections of the city
is looked upon by them as Eeasona-
BILE price.
Such structures as the quarter-mil'
lion dollar Marion county Court
house. the Jacobs-Hutchlnson block,
Trust Company. the Masonic building
and dozens of other substantial stone'
brick and concrete, practically fire.
proof structures: seven prosperous
banks, as many tirst-class hotels, two
daily and other papers, the best Of
railroad facilities for freight and pas
senger traffic in all directions and
river transportation to New Orleans
and all points between, are substan-
tial evidence that the city is not So
called boom town, but founded by it's
business men of unsurpassed energy
and foresight and backed by the diver
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

system fPlate /, fig. p, shows the gen
eral situation, viz, tour wards OF the
city on the north and westerly and
the First ward on the south and east
erly side of the Monongahela river,
with the pump station at the upper
eud OF the First ward on the river
about one.half mile below the juno
ton of the West Fork and Tygarts
Valley. rivers. The old tanks. into
which water was pumped before the
construction Of the new works. are
shown on the hill at the north end of
the Third ward, some 400 feet above
the river. Main street being about 100
feet above.
The two 10 inch pipe lines leading
from the pump station southerly, about
5000 feet to the new reservoir and
filter plant, on Log Cabin hill, 450
feet above the river, are also shown.
The dotted lines show in part the
location of reinforcing pipe lines laid
in all of the wards OF the city, while
new IL and 10 inch lines have been
laid across the river. About 100 new
fire hylrants were also placed.
In the pump station there is in
stalled battery of three horizontal re-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

towns. 1t is certainly true that with
the river water at times that turbld
that a silver coin could not be seen
in It at a depth Of an inch or SO that
the water as delivered from the new
filter plant has been since the plant
Vas nut in operation in 1904, odorless,
practically tasteless and very clear.
That the many miles of reinforcing
mains laid Cinstead of two or three
small fire streams), giving now do2-
en- large fire streams in the business
center when required and proportion
ately elsewhere in the city, have been
very beneficial, is shown by the fact
that in the readjustmenf of insurance
rates recently, Fatrmont Jared as well
ii not better than any place in the
State.
The improvements with the exc
tensions made since, have cost the
city about $4,000, but as the plant
tGoncluded on Page slx+l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

In this emergency bond issue was
made to provide a small beginning
for water works Improvements. 10
seph B. Rider, c. E., Phi. D.. of New
York city and South NorwaIk. Conn.,,
was consulted and reported what in
his opinion was best TO do, he being
a water works engineer Of national rep.
utation, having designed and con-
structed more than 100 water works
systems and water publication plants.
and the author of several works on
water works subjects, including Rid
ers Little Engineer. His advice was
followed with the result, after securing
authority from the Legislature to, is.
sue more bonds, that Falrmont has a
water system to-day adapted to her
every need and capable Of future de-
velopment along lines laid down by
the engineer when the growth Of the
city may demand 1t.
"a glance at the outline plan Of the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

raw river; Eatef IS shown Ire,
qaent chemical analyses and btologi.
scal examinations.
10 clean the litter, a. system Of drain
under the concrete bottom Of the filter
basin. having openings every eight
feet each way into the bottom are con-
nected with large central drain
which Is controlled In the washout
,ate house. where on opening quick
1psrattng gate current Of filtered
water is started downward through
the filter beds to the openings in the
1nder drains. carrying with it, We
'ocIty forty times as fast as that used
IN upward filtration. the. blanket OF
sediment formed within the filter.
After lowering the water over the filter
beds few inches, the gate is closed.
IN an hour or so the disturbed blanket
has settled to the bottom of the basin,
where it can remain until the next
washing. when 1t is carried out
through the wash-out pipe, or 1t can
BY again opening the gate for a mo-
ment, be then removed.
The filter plant contains about 12,-
900 square feet Of filter beds THE
material for which was furnished by
chas. F. Grlfith, of Pittsburgh en-
closed by masonry walls UP to just
above the sand line and fran this
point to the top is surrounded by q
puddled embankment paved on the In
side slope. A reverse system OF pipe
lines allows the plant to be used as
downward filtration plant. should
the presence of organisms in the water
require absolute freedom from sunlight
after filtration, in which case the
water can be stored in the sedimenta-
tIon chambers under the filter beds
and from there delivered to the city.
The storage Of almost any filtered
water. however. for few hours in
sunlight, has no effect on its quality.
The upward filtration system does
away with the necessity of duplicate
plant for use while cleaning as is the
case when the old fashioned down
ward flow sand filtration plants are
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-13

sifed and increasing industries, In
Guiding the enormous coal, oil and gas
developments at and near the city.
Because of the rapid development,
the city council constantly had been
aware .of the necessity OF better
water supply system, and in July
1902, the supply being inadequate de-
cided to make the system that was
good enough for Falrmont in its in
fancy, commensurate with the indus
trial and other needs of Greater Fair
mont the ravages of contlagration and
future freedom from typhoid or other
zymotic epidemics due to impure
water supply Hardly meeting Of
council occurred but what citizens de-
manded water mains laid in front OF
their premises, on new streets, etc.
but the water committee realized from
sad experience that every added pipe
line to the old water plant reduced
efficiency throughout the system al
ready taxed beyond the capacity OF
the pump station to supply. let alone
deliver through the six, four, two inch
and smaller mains, half filled as they
were with sediment and corrosion'
while the existing patented pressure
filter plant had ben abandoned as I'M
lit to do the work of publication, and
the citizens had to drink the raw wa
ter just as it came from the river
charged with the sewage of over co.
900 people and the refuse from thirty
or more coal mines. oil fields. etc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10
A Healing Gospel.

The Rev. J. c. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist Church, Beilar, Ca, says
Of Electric Bitters: Its a God send to
mankind Il cured me of lane back,
stiff oints, and complete physical col
lapse. was SO weak it took me half
an acur to walk a mile. Two bottles of
Electric Bitters have made me so strong
have just walked three miles in 20
minutes and feel like walking three more
It's made new man of me. Greatest
remedy for weakness and all Stomach.
Liver and Kidney complaints. Sold un-
der guarantee at FeldmeYer Bros. Drug
Store. Price soc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10
RELEASES.
SNAPSHOTS.

old age is nothing to laugh at,
even though you find it a joke.
The mail carrier often walks the
floor at night and carries female,
The poet islike the whale of the
seas, because both are liable to spout at
a moments notice.
High words often mean low Ian
guage.
Next pleasant event is St Valen-
tines day.
Who ever saw woman in advance
Of her age?
Even in the pursuit of pleasure we
are sometimes apt to bump up against
trouble.
If the world owed every man a
living it would have been declared
bankrupt long ago.
1t is easier to induce two hearts to
beat as one than it is to induce two
mouths to eat that way.
How many leaves have been blott-
ed off the good resolutions turned over
with the new leaf January /?
Most of us know good thing
when we seize it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10

Richmond, Va, Feb 10 The in
door track and athletic meet which
will be held at the Horse Show build
ing this evening promises to be one of
the most interesting and brilliant
events of an athletic nature ever held
in this city. The college athletes of
Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland
and other Southern states have been
looking forward to this event with
great interest aud they expect great
things from it for the future. This
will be the first indoor athletic event
of this kind that was ever held south
of Washington, and it is hoped that
it will lead to great boom of ath-
letics in the South and that these in.
door meets will become a permanent
annual event The feature of the
meet will be the relay races. George
town will be pitted against Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in a one-mile
relay race. A three. cornered match
will be run between the universities
of Virginia, North Carolina and George
Washington.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10

One Of the features Of Lyman II.
Howe's ever new and welcome Life
Drama in the Colonial Theatre on
Monday matinee and evening reveals
not merely the appalling halyards of
mountain climbing, but Ialso every
soaring pinnacle, every mighty chasm,
every broad, deep crevise. the sheer
snow slopes, the yawning abysses and
awful precipiees that encounter the
climbers at every step. To ascend,
cross and surmount them seems utter
madness. Yet so graphic is this re-
production that the spectator watches
their progress with bated breath as
they pass from marvel to marvel and
finally reach the dizzy heights of that
monarch of European peaks-the
Wetterhorn. Rooted to the spot, mo.
tionless, mute with surprise, awe and
wonder, every spectator of this won
derful exhibition can share the re-
ward Of the patience, endurance and
bravery of the climbers and behold
with them tine resplendent glory of
the most magnificent spectacle that
man ever contemplated-the abodes of
silence and majesty radiant with the
living rose tint of the roof of the
world.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10

New Orleans, La. Feb 10. - The
Democratic primaries tor the selec.
tion Of candidates for the coming spe-
cal election are being held here to-
day. The rules for conducting the
primaries are practically the same as
before, but it is provided that when
the names for commissioners have
been presented by the candidates. the
chairman of the parish committee
shall make selections, and disrtibatc
them as equally as possible between
the candidates. Heretofore the can
didates have furnished the names to
the ward leaders, and he has made mp
the list from them and submitted them
in filling all vacancies where none
were named This innovation fixes
the responsibility for placing COM
missioner directly on the chairman.
The new system has been adopted in
compliance with the recommended
tions of the Reform Leagues
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10
Luckiest Man in Arkansas.

"I'm the luckest man in Arkansas,
writes II. l. Stanley, of Bruno, "since
the restoration of my wifes health after
FIVE years of continuous coughing and
bleediA from the lungs; and owe my
good fortune to the worlds greatest
medicine, Or. Kings New Discovery
for assumption, which l know from
experience will cure consumption if
taken in time, My wife improved with
first bottle and twelve bottles completed
the cure. Cures the worst coughs and
OF smoney refunded AT Feldmeyr Bros
druggist soc and 81 90. Trial bottle
free.