The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-04
City to Test Water Taken
From Well at Pumping
Station.
HEAD Off TYPHOID FEVER
Tests to Be Made This Week by Labora-
tories in Chicago and Madison and
Chemicals May be Used if it IS Shown
That Water in Mains Is Polluted.

with view Of taking steps to pre-
vent the appearance Of an epidemic
Of typhoid fever iii Kenosha similar
to the one now raging ID Waukegan,
the superintendent Of Che water com
pany was on Monday instructed to be-
gin the work Of making tests Of water
taken from the city well at the pump
ing station NO tests Of the water
from the well have been nude for some
time and the officials Of the city are
fearful that Kenosha may have some
pollution similar to that found 1T
Waukegan
It is declared that at the present
time Wauko9au has 200 cases Of
typhoid fever, This was the statement
made to the members Of the water
commission OF Kenosha which recent
" visited Waukegan The water there
is so bad that it has been treated with
chemicals ia an effort 10 purity it
sufficiently to prevent the spread of
the disease The order for the exami-
nation of the water iii Kenosha was
sent out BY Mayor ScHoley On Mon
day afternoon, but August Baltzer, the
superintendent of the water company
stated that he ala NOT know just what
would be done. Mr.. Batter stated
that there had not been an abnormal
number Of complaints Oh the condition
OF the water ii the city. lie insisted
that Kenosha had no such condition
as was to be found at Waukegan.
There the intake is extended into the
lake but 500 feet and The Kenosha in
take goes out nearly $500 feet. The
trouble at Waukegan has been
brought By the fact that anchor ice
has formed just outside the intake,
forming a dam which has prevented
the sewage pouring into the lake at
Waukegan and getting out into the
deep waters Of the lake. 1T is declar-
ed that the action of this bar Of ice
has had the result Of sending the sew
age poured into the lake directly into
the ntfake pipe and it isl. carried
back through the city water mains.
The sewage that goes into the lake
from Kenosha is largely thrown into
the lake south Of tile intake for the
water company and only :. small por-
ton Of the sewage il empted into the
lake north Of the harbor. V IS pot
impossible that some sewage from Ke-
nosha geJs into the water mains, but
the amount is thought to be very
limited
The examination Of the water at
this time is planned solely as a safe
guard, but it will be of value to the
special committee in charge Ut sug
costing a plan for filtration and Of
value to the members of the water
commission in the consideration Of
plans for the extending of the intake.
fhe work Of the special committee
has been badly interfered with and it
Is not expected that the committee
win report before the new council is
organized as it has been impossible
for the members to complete their
work
1t is certain that regardless Of the
outcome Of the election that the work
will be continued and that during the
coming year some definite action will
be taken to secure purer water for
the city
The water commission is now plan
ming for the building Of a larger well
at the pumping station but it viii
be some time before this is done The
present well has been thoroughly
cleaned at regular intervals and the
members of the commission do not be-
lieve that an analysts Of the water
will show bad condition