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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-01-08

We're known at the time, and no time
has been lost or money spared
in keeping the publication system
abreast of the times.
As the plants grew TO meet the
needs of the city they have been
equipped with the best appliances
that science has devised.
The management OF this phase OF
the water business has been as care
full and painstsking in the interest OF
public health as has the general man
agement OF the plant in the interest
OF economical and efficient operation.
That II has been successful Is demon.
strated by the fact that no city in The
United States, is supplied with better
water than Denver.
There Hre three methods OF apply.
ing the principle of filtration in gen
eral use in water Purifcaiion plants
throughout the world. and all three OF
them are used in Denver
The first or oldest method is known
as the infiltration system. II was first
used extensively in Germany. 1t is
utilized by driving tunnels or gal.
leries under or beside flowing streams
or bodies OF water 10 collect the un-
derground How The tunnels or gal.
leries deliver the water into conduits
and they in turn TO pumping plants
or gravity reservoirs for distribution.
The next system TO come into gen
eral use In the United States Is known
as the mechanical system. AS ap-
piled. huge tanks or basins are built
with false bottoms of fine mesh screen
or other strainers. over the false
bottom Is laid from three to five feet
of fine sand or gravel The water to
be treated is turned into the tanks or
basins at the top and gradually perco
lates through the sand and gravel. 10
be taken up by collector pipes placed
beneath the strainers. These pipes
convey the water to conduits to bring
It to the distributing system
The mechanical system derives its
name from the method used to
cleanse the sand In the tanks or ba-
sins OF the impurities that accumulate
from the passage OF the water Every
few hours, as the sand becomes clog
ged. filtered water under pressure Is
introduced upward through the sand
layers. Its passage upward through
the sand carries all impurities to the
surface. to be run into waste pipes
with the unfiltered water that was
left In the filters when the cleansing
process began.
The latest Of the systems to come
into general use ia known as the Eng.
lish slow.sand process, Under this
system the filters are built In the form
of huge basins covering an area of
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-01-08
TO THE CITIZENS AND TAxpAY.
ERS OF DENVER.

Pure wholesome water is essential
to human existence. Science teaches
that 5s.5 per cent OF the human body
is composed of water. and II goes
without saying that II the water sup
piled the body is not pure and whole.
some the body cannot be healthy.
The populated areas OF the United
States have reached point In their
development where pure water. safe
for domestic use. can No longer. ex-
cept In very rare cases. be obtained
In large quantities fro m natural
sosrces OF supply.
II can only be furnished through the
medium Of ARTIFICIAL yuri6cation.
This condition was presented in
Europe many years. ago. Research be.
begun In London. England. TO discov.
er means OF protecting the health OF
the people against the danger arising
from the inevitable pollution OF water
supplies. has in the past 90 years per.
fected system OF publication that
guarantees pure wholesome water
wherever II is used and properly op.
Grated.
The basic principle OF the system is
filtration TO remove silt. solids. and
ordinary bacteria from the water. and
chemical treatments to destroy vege.
table growths and all harmful bac-
terra.
The principle OF filtration is funda.
mental. though the method OF appli.
cation varies between several systems
In use. II consists In the abstract OF
passing water through snf'icient
depth OF gravel and fine sand to re.
move all impurities in suspension.
The PARTICLES of sand and gravel lying
close together permit the water to
pass with reasonable freedom. but re.
tard the passage OF even the most
minute bodies that are carried in the
water
The systems OF chemical treatment
vary according TO the duty required.
The plant OF the Denver Union
Water Company was the first large
water plant In the United States to
be equipped with complete purifica-
ton system. and until the past two or
three years II was the only large plant
In the country that filtered and treat.
ed scientifically every drop of water
delivered to consumers.
Denver also was the nrst city in the
United States to be supplied with Al
tered water before the more advanced
and perfect methods OF treatment
came nto use. Its first systems,
though crude rs compared with pres
ent-day, systems. were the best that
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-01-08
FILTERED WATER
HAS CONTRIBUTED
TO DENVER'S HEALTH

anywhere from or a-half TO three or
four acres. The asins are from ten
70 twelve feet in depth, lined and
floored with concr tie, and filed to a
depth Of from thr TO five feet VII
fine sand and gra el. as in the case
OF the mechanical system.
Under the gravt and sand is
network OF per orated tile pipe or
collectors ranging from six to twenty.
four inches in dit meter The water
turned into the ba ins above the sand
gradually percolat IS through the lay
ers TO these collec .ors, and is convey
ed TO reservoirs or conduits connect.
ing with the dist ibuting system.
The rapidity OF the flow of water
through the filter ng material is gov,
erned by the dept In the basins above
the sand, and can be regulated at viii
according to the condition of the
water. The slo y-sand filters are
cleaned by remov ng the top layer OF
sand which contai is the extracted i'm
purities and repl cling it with fresh.
clean sand that as been thoroughly
washed in meo lanical washer and
exposed TO the SIN in brick or con-
crete bins.
Denver's first W tier plant. which be
gan TO furnish vi ter in 1872, applied
the tnfltration sys EN-. then in crude
state. by sinking large well near the
bank of the Platt River at Fifteenth
street The well was located about,
fAa ~,
stream. and the water it collected
percola'ed this d stance through the
sand and gravel # the river bank.
The second pla II. located near the
site of the pre- sent West Denver
pumping station Q The Denver Union
Water Company, applied the same
principle with &c tain improvements
that had been de ised II built Sc
ries of cribs bes de the channel OF
the stream above the pumping plant
The cribs were surrounded with a
mixture of charc ial and sand which
supplied finer screening mixture
than the natural mixture of sand and
gravel This pls Mt was installed in
1882.
The next devel, pment saw the per
fection OF the ii filtration system as
now in general lie. The water COM
pany. in building its Cherry creek
plant, drove a S, ries of galleries be-
side the creek-bet at depth OF about
20 feet below tn, natural channel of
the stream and rom 100 to 200 feet
distant from It. These galleries were
connected with conduit leading to
the present Capi oil Hill reservoir.
This system co lests only the under
ground flow Of I le stream, Most of
the water gather has percolated for
miles through sal and gravel. and is
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FIVE CENTS A Copy

rendered absolutely sterile by the ma.
tural filtering material When the
success of this system was dem
onstrated the old plant above the
West Denver pumping station was
abandoned and new plant Identical
with the Cherry Greek plant was built
south of Mississippi street.
In 1889 a similar plant was con-
structed by the water company at the
entrance of Platte canon and the
water brought to the city through 2S
miles of conduit.
The only drawback to the use of
the filtration system exclusively for
Denver is in the fact that the limited
flow of the streams available during
a considerable portion of the year.
does not furnish enough water to
make the sub-channel supply depend
able for the heavy service demanded,
though the yield would be more than
sufficient for most cities in the coun-
try Of like population
The limitations upon this system
as supply for Denver was appre-
ciated by the water company in 1891,
and to guard against the danger ol
having an inadequate supply of Al
tered water, the officials OF the COM
pany turned their attention to the me-
chanicai system which had just been
patented in the United States.
In 1892 ii installed the first plant
of that type built west of the Missis-
sippi river and one OF the first ten in
the country. The plant was located
about two miles below Platte canon
and is still in operation.
When it was completed and put in
operation less than a dozen cities in
the United States had started to build
filter plants. Poughkepsie. Hudson,
West Point, Mt, Vernon and Auburn,
New York; St Johnsbury. VT. Law
renee and Lowell, Mass, and few
other small cities had plants under
way. and a few others were expert
menting with them
Not large city except Denver had
even approached the subject of puri-
fication seriously.
The knowledge and experience
gained concerning the treatment and
publication of water in the United
States since that time must be al.
tributed principally TO the experiments
and operations of these pioneer sys-
tens.
The Denver plant. like the plants in
the other cities that were pioneers In
the purificaton of water. has contri-
ibuted its share OF this knowledge and
experience and sits share of the ex-
pense OF learning for the whole coun-
try how best to treat water for domes-
tic use.
The water of the Platte river is par
ticularly refractory because Of the i'm
mense quantity Of fine silt carried rs
result OF its rapid flow from the
mountains. and the problem Of its
treatment was one Of the most dim
cult and interesting that has been pre-
sented in the United States.
Months of study and close applica-
ton were required before 1.-The new
system of filtration was adapted per.
fectly to the peculiar needs OF the
water that had to be treated.
Continued On vAOA 9
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-25
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
IN PRICE Of WHEAT
The Continued Dry Weather
Cause of Advance
MARKET CLOSES FIRM
Corn Is Weak Enriy In the Day Hut
Rallies In Lively Manner Near
CIoae-Onts and Provisions
Also Close Higher

Chicago, March 24.--Weather conditions
In the southwest were again favorable
to the bulls in the wheat pit and as a
result prices made substantial gains, the
net advance at the close being Nc TO 40
1ac Corn and oats advanced sharply on
covering by shorts and closed at almost
the top. Provisions also closed strong
Reports from the winter wheat belt
indicated continued dry weather generally
throughout the southwest with high winds
in Kansas The trade in general was In
crop from lack of rains and bought freely
during the day. Shorts also were dis
posed to cover owing to the holiday to-
morrow and the short session the follow
ing day. This augmented bullish sentl-
ment and held prices firm the greater part
of the session.
An advance of I'D to I'd at Liverpool,
lighter receipts at primary points and
sharp bulge in corn herein the late SEES
sions were additional influences tending
TO strengthen the market. The distant
deliveries were in gratest demand and the
July option sold between 81 0s1z01 .0Sss,
and 81 .091a. September ranged between
81 .061a@1 .069s and 81 .071a, and May between
81 .1SSs@1 .14ss The market closed firm
with May at 81 1851 lax. July finished at
$l.0S%, and September at S1.G.
The corn market experienced some
weakness early in the day owing to SELL
by ginluential houses but rallied in the
final half of the session because of live
ly buying by shorts The demand was
inspired chiefly by talk of much lighter
receipts from the country, now that the
spring work is in progress.
more above the low market Demand for
cash grain was SLOW but prices were nc
to lc higher No yellow sold at 59194
601ac. The May delivery ranged between
61ssc and 62S.c. The market closed strong
with prices up &c to 1m1lsc.
Trading in oats was fairly active and
the market was inclined to follow other
grains. Moderate weakness early in the
session was followed by decided rally
which carried prices sc to 11sc above the
low figures. The market closed strong at
almost the top with prices 1sdSss to &c
higher than the previous close
Provisions were firm owing to buying
by shorts and packers. Trading was
chiefly in the May deliveries. Continued
light receipts of live hogs was again the
principal factor. With the exception OF
September ribs. which were unchanged
to a shade lower, the market closed firm
with prices unchanged to 25c higher
Future quotations were as follows
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TEN CARLOADS OF
STRAWBERRIES CONE :
ri
All Sold Out at 35 Cents per
Quart
NEW JERSEY POTATOES
Long Needed Green Vegetables Ard ..
Expected to Reach the City T0-
day-POultry Going Well at hrf
Usual Prices


Eight to ten refrigerator cars of straw
berries from Florida reached Morris ave. n
nue. yesterday morning, and by afternoon
were completely sold out the price being
So cents per quart. The berries were
great relief while they lasted, and addi-
tional shipments are hoped for soon. Tho
only other receipt for yesterday was 49,
carload of new sweet potatoes from New
Jersey, which are meeting with a ready
demand ass.s
The long needed green vegetables ars---
expected to arrive today, though in what
quantity the shipments may come is notAk
known The market has suffered much
from lack of the green goods, and then
Florida supply will be welcome. tO
Eggs yesterday remained at q cents,
and the quantity on the market wasfn
rather sparse. Poultry went we'll at theS
usual prices while a very slight upward
revision was made in prices on certainaA
meats. Live stock went through the days
unchanged.
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New orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, March 24-Cotton futures
opened quiet and steady at an advance
of 2 to points. Official cables from the
Liverpool market were favorable ana
private cables were extremely bullsh,
predicting a wide advance should the
drouth in Texas continue over the holl-
days. Reports from the new Egyptian
crop were bad and served to intensity the
effect of reports from Texas, which were
that the drouth sections were worse Off
than ever for lack of rain, and that no
rain was in sight. The forecast predicted
fair weather tonight AID tomorrow Tor the
entire western belt, and this served to
check short selling, based on the dullness
after the call. In the first half hour OF
trading the market was very steady at
an advance of points on all the active
months.
The market was dull all the morning,
and under the dulness prices fell off
to points, standing at noon to ] points
under Yesterdays closing. A further
decline was prevented by the very large
exports from gulf ports, New Orleans
clearing $1,000 bales for England and 1865
for the continent, while Galveston cleared
Is, 295 bales for England and 10 s96 for the
continent These were the largest ship
inents for any single day in many weeks,
and they gave the market Il steady tone,
although the holidays prevented the bulls
from taking advantage of them.
In the afternoon session the market
continued dull, but the market had a
steady tone on the large movement from
ports, the total of which for all ports was
$1,000 bales, and prices were put up to
the highest levels of the day again. The
closing was steady at a net advance of 2
to points.
The market will be closed tomorrow and
Saturday
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. March 24.-Cotton spot, good
business done; prices point lower.
American middling fair. S.6ld; good mid
ding, s.S1d; middling, S15d; low mid
ding, 500: good ordinary, I'D; ordi-
nary, 754d.
Tie sales of the day were 1000 bales,
of which 5000 were for speculation and eX
port and included 11,J00 American
Receipts. $4,000 bales, including 1896
American.
Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed quiet. March, s.SSd: March April,
7 .s41ad; April-May, 7.7s14d; May-June,
7.76lad; June-July. 7.711ad; July-August.
I .65d Ausust-September, 7.39d; Septem
ber-October. 7.02d; octiber-N November.
s .SS1kd; November-De 6.751Ad; De-
e.74d; January February,
6 3d. February March, 6.721sd; March
April, SID.
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New York. March 24.-(Specal.) with
the approach of the Easter holidays the
markets reverse their position, Liverpool
reacting from the high point OF the day.
while our market closed steady at the
best price of the day. These advances
and declines are of a holiday character
and without significance in either direc-
ton. Europe continues to buy cotton in
American at these prices and our spin
ners do not This Is the salient feature
of the situation. coupled with the con-
tinued dry weather in Texas, feature
which. in view of the effect of the
drouth. commands more than usual con-
sidera ton
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Income Tar LAW seem. Assured

Frankfort. KY, March 4.-When Con-
gresham Ollie James arrived here last
night from Washington for the purpose,
1t is said, of engaging counsel to bring
suit against Governor Wilson to man
damus him to certify, the income tax
resolution approved by the last assembly
It was to learn that the executive had
decided to make such certification. Con-
gresham James says there Is 40 doubt
that the sixteenth amendment to the con-
stitution will be ratified.
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Ea.tcr LII,e. scarce and High

New York. March A.-Easter lilies
are the latest commodity to join the
swelling list OF things scarce and high
The steamer Oceania, which arrived to-
day from Bermuda, brought a consign.
ment far below the average of an ar
rival of a steamer week preceding
Easter. Other shipments have also been
small The earliness OF the date on which
Faster falls this year and the short
ness of the Bermuda crop are respon-
sble for the small supply
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Live stock Market

Live stock Market
Chicago, March 24.-Cattle-Receipts es-
timaied at 5000; market steady; steers
Sc. 1e67S. IS; cows, s5Gi6.75 heifers, ~. zou
f.S5; bulls. So .25D6 %; calves, ssms
stoclSers. 81 T50TT rs.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at R,Wo, mar
ket weak; choice heavy, $40. s5Qll; putcn-
ers, $40. soG1o. 90 light mixed, $40. 60nlo. 10;
choice light $40. 70GlO. 80; packing, siotow
loss; pigs, $40. 3ed1. 90; oulk OF SAFES
s1e.Soa110. 80.
sheep-Receipts estimated at 5000; mar
ket for sheep. 25c higher; lambs steady;
sheep, S. 1903. 20; lambs, S.75@lo. 80;
yearlings. s. .10@9.50
Kansas City. March observation-disclosures,
1000 including 400 southern; market Tor
best strong; for others weak. Choice ex-
port and dressed beef steers, 81. Nqs SO;
fair TO good, Sc. 4e77 so; southern steers,
ssa7. 10; southern cows, ss.75@S.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market DC higher
top. $40 sc: bulk of sales, $l0.50@1e so;
heavy. SO. 72iz610 so; packers, $40. 60n10 So
light, $40 .2OQ510 10; pigs, 50 .5ef1o.
Sheep Receipts. 5000; market strong;
lambs, 50 5OG10. 90 yeariings. 50 .T5d9 80;
wethers, s7.75as So ewes, $685. stock
ers, s5dls so.
st. Louis, March 24-Cattle-Receipts,
$500, including $50 Texans; market steady
to 25c lower; native shipping and export
steers. s6.50dS so; dressed beef and butch
ere steers, ssGS; stockers, s4G6; Gamers
s.. 25G5S. Is
Hozs-Receipts, 700: market weak to &c
lower, pigs and lights, 81. 6odl0 so; pack
ers. $40 7cd10. 90; butchers and best heavy,
$40. S5daI.
Sheep-Reoeipts, 24oo. market strong: ma
tive muttons. s56s %; lambs, s.. z910 so;
stockers, s4a7.
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Respited Tor Three Weeks

AtlantH. March 24-Governor Brown %
day granted further respite of three
Burse, the condemned wife slayer, This
action is taken. the governor explains, to
give Buree tho benefit of the supreme
courts decision on the habeas corpus APP
peal of Mrs. Mary E. Burge. the pris-
oner's mother
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NOTICE.
Office Of the City Tax Collector

Office OF the City Tax Collector
Birmingham, March %, 1910
Tax payers are hereby mott
fed that the list of unpaid tax
assessments for the year 1909
is nearing completion and that
the same will forthwith be GER
titled to the Register in Chan
Gerry.
Those wishing to save fur
Their costs and expenses of fore
closure can do so by paying
their taxes at once.
GEO. EUSTIS,
City Tax Collector.
Agc-HefaId, 3-23-I0t
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New Orleans, March 24-Spot cotton
quiet 1-16c lower. Sales on the spot, $50
bales; to arrive, $50; hedged cotton. 300;
low ordinary. 11Ac nominal; ordinary,
u Lice nominal; good ordinary, 1870;
strict good ordinary, 137sc; low middling
IA 3-16c: strict low middling. IA 7-16c; mid
ding. IA 11-16c; strict middling, 145sc; good
midding. 10 Lice; strict good middling,
15l4c: middllng fair. 157sc; middling. fair
to fair, 15s4c; fair, 1870 nominal. Receipts,
2S53. stock 145 ATE
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ThIeye. Make Big Haul

Aycock, Fla. March 24-Diamonds.
watches and other jewelry valued at sew
ersl thousand dollars. were secured by
thieves J ere early today when they broke
into the establishment of Aycock Bros.
The burglars blew open the safe, where
most of the diamonds were kept. There
Is no clue.
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co,,on Mil. WIN CurtaiI

Boston, March 4-Prooabiy several mn
lion spindles in the united states WIN
he stopoed within the next four months
TO estimates made by cotton
nil, autt critics in this city. They say
that cprtailment of production amount
inn 10 q per cent cannot be avoice.i I'M
less there Is a sharp drop in the price Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-25
Cation seed OIL

New York. March 24.-The cotton seed
oil market was active and Arm on out
size buying and covering by shorts on
strength in crude oil and oils and rats
generally, Prices closed at TO Y points
net advance with sales OF @,7Oo barrels.
March, .s5G7 9oc; May, 1891 SIC; July
7. 71m7. 72c: September, 7.7s@7 Soc prime
crude. 6.e7c; prime summer yellow, .ueu
7. SIC; prime winter yellow, s7.so0se; prime
summer white, 7.6oGS l0e
New orleans, March 24.-Cotton seed oii'
prime refined in barrels per pound, 1.ooc'
prime meal, per cent ammonia, per ION
$50. 5o prime cake, per cent ahiriohia'
per ton, $3.50.