Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-11-10
To the Norway Water Company

To the Norway Water Company.
An article extolling the merits of the
Norway water appeared in the oxford
County Advertiser and the Oxford
Democrat few days ago. This article
was not signed, but as it referred to q
certain stateme emit that could be verified
by applying to the Office of the president
of your company l assume that this
article was put in the paper either
directly by you or with your consent.
This article was evidently published
for the purpose of making the people of
South Paris and Norway believe that the
water that runs through your pipes and
is furnished in the houses of this vicini-
ty is pure and wholesome and good for
all domestic purposes.
| I noticed that this article claimed that
the water that you are supplying is be,
ing analysed by state authorities and
tests are being made every three months,
and az this is a matter that ia OF interest
to every one about here, would suggest
that IL you are anxious to tell the people
| all about this water, you publish the full
details of these tests that are being
made Will you answer in the columns
of the Democrat or the Advertiser, or in
both, giving such replies to the follow
ing questions as you wishP
For how long time have these tests
been msdep
who is the state authority that is max
ing the tests, and what is his official
capacity?
who sent the samples of water to him
to be tested, and from where were the
samples taken?
Did the one that took the samples Of
water have any one to help him get the
water that was sent2
If the above questions may seem to
you to be too pertinent and prying
will only say that do not ask anything
that am not willing to give myself and
will do so if you wish.
| One day last August the chairman of
! the Board of Assessors OF the South
Paris Village Corporation, the chairman
I! of the Board of Health of the town OF
Paris and myself took Professor Frank
lin C. Robinson of Bowdoin College,
who was acting for the State Board OF
Health, and went with him to your
reservoir from which a sample of the
water was taken. We then went along
| the shore of the lake as far as Frost's
Corner, then In boat We went entirely
round the shores of the lake, taking a
sample of the water from the middle of
the lake, another one directly over the
intake of your pump at the pumping
station and another one from hydrant
in South Paris. All of these samples
we're taken by Professor Robinson In
I Jars which he furnished for that purpose
| and he took the water to his laboratory
and analysed it. The result of this anal
ysis is in the hands of the proper authori.
ties to be used at the proper time, and
/ Professor Robinson Is too well known in
this state to have his decision overlooked
or ignored. Now If you want the people
of South Paris and Norway to know
what the actual condition of this water
was found to be by the expert of the
State Board of Health, l will see that it
is published in the local papers If you
will write me that you wish 1t to be pub.
lished. If you do not write me shall
consider, and others will also, that you
do not care to have this published and
the public can draw their own conclu-
sions.