The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
Water Commissioners Send Al,
-sWer to Demand Of the coun.
Gil for Better Water
CONSIDERING THREE PLANS
commissioners Figure on the Installa-
tlcn of New Pump Before Action
on Extension Of Intake
is Taken Up

The Kenosha Board Of Water Com
mlssloners at it's meeting last night
made answer to the City Council in
regard to the recent demand that the
Board take some steps to get purer
water in the city and the reply to the
order Of the Council will probably not
be agreeable to some of the aldermen
The members of the Commission are
not planning to do anything this year
in regard to filter or the extension
Of the intake and in fact the money
which it was thought would be spent
for such purposes will be utilized for the
putting in of new pump. Estimates
on the pump are now being secured and
it is probable that contract for such
a pump will be let before the end of
the present year. The Board goes into
details IN support of it's action in a
formal communication which has been
fled with the city clerk and which will
be presented to the Council at the
meeting on next Monday evening. The
communication follows
To The Honorable Mayor and common
Council Of the City Of Kenosha:
Gentlemen
In reply to the communication re-
ceiVed from your Hon. body in regard
to the procuring of better water
supply for the city, we wish to report
as follows:
We have had under consideration for
some time past three great needs of
the water department, viz: new in
take pipe, filter system and new
pumping engine The new intake pipe
will become a necessity in the near
future on account of the old one being
too small, but we have found after
spending much time and money in MAX
ing analyses of water from many diff
ferent points in the lake that we would
get little benefit from a new intake,
so far as the quality of the water is
concerned. A filter plant would un-
doubtedly be great benefit in cleans
ing the water supply but after con-
sulting with an eminent bacteriologist
we have come to the conclusion that a
filter plant would be of little service
in removing the germs which are
claimed now exist in the water.
The specialist whom we employed,
informed us that filter might remove
some of the germs, but that, no filter
could be depended upon to remove all
the germs.
He further stated that he did not
consider the Kenosha water supply
worse than that of other cities along
the west shore of Lake Michigan, and
that no matter what system Of purifca-
ton we use, we would never get pure
water, while we were dumping our
sewerage into the lake.
The cost of filter ystem would be
about 100000, and the daily cost Of
operation would be about $500. We
do not feel that the conditions warrant
such an outlay of money at present.
The question of greater pumping capa-
city at the station is most urgent from
the fact that we are now using the
large pump continuously and most
every day we are opnged to use one
of the old ones to help out Should
any accident occur to the large pump
we would not be able to keep up the
ordinary domestic pressure and IN case
of fire serious trouble might result.
We believe that new pump is the
most necessary Improvement at present.
Respectfully,
Matt Greenwald,
J. Fl. Charles,
James German,
Board of Water Commissioners