Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-23
THINGS TALKED ABOUT

Next to the surprising factional
contest between the irrepressible
Teddy and President Taft, the water
problem is the absorbing topic of To-
cal statesmen and plain citizens, too.
And the latter is almost as puzzling
to the thoughtful man as the former,
because our servants had about ed
ucated us to the point of believing
that all we needed was a new $45, 900
water main to make us water tight;
or water whole, for another genera
tion
The new proposition that presses
for solution dis that the old water
supply, that has proved SO acceptable
for twenty-five years, has gone wrong;
that it is no longer wholesome, and
if it Isl to be longer utilized must be
doctored to remove deleterious SUBJ
stances that float into it from various
sources.
AS solution of this problem Coun-
Gil has gone into the bowels of the
earth 10 feet and found a water that,
according to analytical tests, meets
the requirements of wholesome
source of supply.
And to utilize this new source will
not cost, according to rough estimates
a greater sum than to make chemi-
cally wholesome the old supply, and
install larger mains, to give the re-
quired flow. Here is the estimate.
Land, 13 acres, $3500; power house,
$40 1000; standpdpe, $4,000; main from
wells to standpipe $4,000; ten 8-inch
wells, $4,000; total, s43,500. Saving
carting coal $3.50 per year; carfare,
SIZE per year; auto $50 per month.
To maintain the old system: New
main, $4,000; chemical filter, S12.-
600; cleaning up stream $4,000; re-
pairing subsiding reservoir $1,000; ad-
ditional pump $4,000; total, $4,000.
With no estimate for enlarging the
reservoir on Roe's Hill, or additional
permanent cost of operation of chem
ieal filter
From facts at hand, if some one
will give the city guarantee that the
artesian supply will be ample, and
continue to stand the wholesome test.
Council will he justified in absolute
abandonment of the supply that for
so long has been source of pride
for excellence, and given Woodbury.
reputation for healthfulness sur
passed by no city in the State.
AS a matter of fact, water made pure
chemically, does not appeal to the in
telllgence of the average man or wo-
man, while artesian water daes, be-
cause the artesian water has passed
through unknown stratas of clean
earth, and comes forth free from all
impurities There was much water
talk in Council Tuesday night and our
| reporter gives much space to it in his
report of the proceedings.
Suppose we submit the question to
Teddy" tomorrow, he knows it all,
and some more
The fifty or more Gloucester county
Democrats who attended the reception
to Governor Wilson by the Camden
Democratic Club last Saturday even
ing were inspired by the patriotic
addresses of toastmaster Donges. Sem
ator James MARITIME, Hon. J Warren
Davis, of Salem; Judge John. w.
Wescott, Sheriff JOS E. Nowrey, and
Governor Wilson. When Governor
Wilson was introduced. the banquet
ers arose enmasse and gave him a
| splendid reception. While the Gov
ernOr's address embraced the full
scope of Democratic ideas, he made
an especial plea for a positive ex-
| preston at the Primary election next
Tuesday. He did not plead for sup
port of his Presidential candidacy
but made a brief mention of it. 81
do not want anybody to drum up SEN
| timent in my behalf I would rather
have one vote that is given voluntar-
| lily than a hundred that are drunmed
up. If the people don't approve of
me watch me take my medicine, al
though l may question their taste :"
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| The Board of Education of Penns-
grove is reported to have abandoned
I4ts High School, and next year sixty
Ihine pupils, eligible to High School
INSTRUCTION, will be transported to
Vpther towns. Woodbury. has been
asked its price for taking these pu-.
pills. ~
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