Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-01-04
SOFT WATER FOR LEXINGTON
Additional Supply of Over Quarter
Million Gallons

offered the opportunity to vote for
an additional supply Of water for
Lexington. An election for this
purpose was ordered at q special
meeting of the Town Council held
Monday night. at which all the men,
bers Of the Council were present and
unanimously adopted the report Of
the special water committee, CON-
posed OF Councilmen Corse, Pole and
Wise. The date of the election is
Tuesday, January 31,1911, and the
proposed bond issue calls for $75,-
OCO.
The committee reported that af-
ter a careful investigation of the
various possible sources Of supply, |
1t is OF the opinion that the Moore's
Greek supply is the best available
one. The committee, accompanied
by Prof. H, ID. Campbell of the
Washington and Lee University.
Col. T. A. Jones, professor OF engi-
neering at the V. NJ. l., and Mr..
Richard Messer, State sanitary en-
gineer, visited the site of the Moore's
Creek water supply and made
thorough inspection on Dec. 18th.
The committees investigation of
the Moore's Greek proposition COW
ers the following points:
Quality: This water flows through
a sand stone formation aud is pure
free stone water, pronounced by
Prof. Campbell with ideal surround
ms. Chemical analysis show it to
contain practically no mineral mat
ter in solution. Prof. Jas. Lewis
Howe states that minimum saving
of "a, 600 in soap, water backs and
boilers would result from this
change.
Quantity: Measurements made
during the past drought by Mr.. E.
Med. Moore shows that the small
> est quantity obtained was 52,7OO
gallons on Dec. LIST. On Oct. 18th
| .
2S9, 655 gallons.
The opportunity for a storage
= dam on the Moore's Creek site is
regarded as the very best. MIR
$ Messer and Col. Jones, who accom-
! panied the committee, both esti
mate that for a moderate cost
;, storage dam can be built on the wa
: ter shed which would keep th,
i town supplied in water longer
d time than would ever be necessary
! even should all other supply TEN
! porarily fail. At no time durin,
: the present drought have our need
y been more than 252, 900 gallons pc
y day, which represents the loves
daily now. This, OF course, coul,
have been supplemented with 127,
600 gallons available from the pres
q emit town supply the lowest measure
% ment obtained.
r When the committee visited tn
l. Noore's Greek shed on Dec. 28th
T. the conservative estimate of tn
l. engineers placed the flow OF tn
a. water at Moore's Greek at owe
400. 900 gallons per day. At thi
III date the present town supply di
T. not give evidence of any materia
J. increase.
ii The Engineering Phase: TIL
10 committee has had q preliminar
o. examination OF the engineerin
10 phases Of the problem made by Nj
E. Med. Moore. Mr.. Moore's RI
port shows that it will be entirel
practicable to bring the Moore
ID Greek water by gravity to the Coz
10 ner's Creek line, making iunctul
g, at the point where the latter eros
r. es the divide on the Nelson farm.
st There has never been any res
On depce on this water shed and tt
IS probability Of contamination wi
n, be eliminated by ownership of tn
ly water shed and such measures t,
81, patrolling as may be necessar
n The soil itself is of such a natu
p that it will serve the same purpo
ot as the approved sand filters. 1t
claimed that passage through tn
soil would purify the water of sui
,ol pollution as it might be conceivab
IN subjected to.
til
- Death of Mr.. D. Hale Wilson