The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-17
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VITA reference 20 the recouanenda-
Installation Of a wen ryrtsrn Of sns,esd
% a necn Snicai eitratfon system. Dr. T.
A HAskins submits the following CON-
II - noted that the board Of trade hs.
decided that 30 far IL u concerned all
ne investigation OF the board Of con-
10. rs.sitlns IN - recommendation OF
m-ehenical filtration plant. cuts no nE-
ar. and carries little or no weight
n All the board OF control can do IL 20
~, h ,ne public against the effort being
city OF Wheeling. mis- IL our duty. as
see II After this. ~ the city coun-
eal sees proper 90 accept the advice OF
TEN. council and the board OF trade must
assume the responsibility. Personally. I
risn 70 90 on record a. entering my
system a. no, the system for wheeling.
ana further wish 10 20 on record 40
prosnos,icatins It's failure In meeting
case OF its Installation
II Ilrst. The permanent quantity OF
water wells will furnish IL purely specu-
.suve, IL varies here and II varies there.
E1perienee. however. has shown that
4 when wells have proven satisfactory as
quantity OF water produced At all
Gmes and under all conditions. the
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i salons per day Wheeling as you know.
supplying gov about $4,000. 900 gal
tons oaiiy. and there IL every reason 10
eeheye NE demand In a few years VIII
/ De rnsed 20 considerably higher point
II VI cues undertaking a well system for
/ ove, million gallons daily. feel abso-
IuteIy SAFE In saying that for every one
meeting with success. al least -four have
! JAILED. Would IL seem therefore the
part OF prudence 10 take chances against
such odds But they tell Us the well
I system j. so much chea hal
non plan. so far as to mere drilling IN.
wells 70 concerned. this r.. OF course.
49,, o.t 90 not overlook the fact that
the water IN these wells must be lifted
/ 70 point from WHICH n will xravitate
/ 20 reservoir or large we'll from which
, tu.n II VIII be pumped by the large
pumps AZ the water works 10 the reaer-
noF on the hfll as now. Let us consider
II we cost OF our present plant for pump
lug .V.vVV.OVV gallons OF water TO the
reservoir on the hill. and we may get
zone Idea OF the cost OF installing a
pant ana machinery capable OF lifting
an equal quantity OF water to a point
II may gravitate TO the we'll nj the
water works. Some seem TO think ali
yos nave TO do is to drill a lot OF wells
enough 20 flow from them TO the pum6
AZ the water works. The fact OF the
matter is. the initial cost OF the well
system. by the time everything Is az
uIsd W To meet conditions in Wheeling
VIII not cost cent less than the tyne
OF nitraiion plant recommended by the
oos s OF control, and are taking. at least.
TOUR 10 one chance on sooner or Inter
having 10 abandon II all. and establish
hltration plant. and. as a result this
esnsr sum OF money wasted on a wildcat
equipped well system of a 1000. 900 gal
ION capacity only costing 800 600 Is
ridieulous and misleading
We have ventured TO say that the
well proposition as to quantity 81
water water TO be relied upon under all con-
1 ,,dn Is purely a speculative PROPOSE
statement? We shall answer This
question by naming "A number OF cities
IN tne single state OF Ohio nrst which
met with failure with the well system:
Ashtabula, Akron. Bucyrus Cambrfdge
Sonneaut Columbus. Newark. Tirin'
d,,ytoos' falnesVille and Lima In ad-
siii,on 20 these absolute failures. the
following cities have had trouble with
shortage OF water during summer
seasons and have found AZ necessary
TO connect up with other and more re-
liable sources OF supply BeIlefontaine
sihd,, naS Mas,s,illon. Niles. Ravenna.
Coshocton and Minerva Rowling Gresn
and Urbana have. we are advised been
having trouble right along. We shall
states which started with wells had
20 abandon aiem to 20 10 rivers or
aItra,i To-, .neir supply. and either build
Houston. Fort Worth and Dallas. Te9.
e.re.,n MurSle and Peru. Ind:
1IoWn Point, Elkhart, Jeffersonviile
Hoeert and Warsaw declare wells a
failure. Macomb. Ill. Constructed two
sb e,r SUPPLIES. both OF which have been
heesport. Pa. abandoned wells and
nave gone 70 the river for its supply
enc ira, 4 hpi, IMITATION plant for publication.
tne same report There are many
otnefs which could be mentioned but
surely these are sufficient to prove our
claim that wells FOR furnishine Iayss
quantity OF water such as we require
precarious and dangerous propo,
slt9h that the board OF control thought
ven 70 keep away from. However AZ
stated, lf the Board OF Trade believe
1 Roa AN convince council that the
hoard or Control. for want OF capacitv
or any other cause. has failed 20 pre-
stnt THIS proposition in It's proper and
yue light. let council follow the Board
on Trade. and let the two together
assume the grave responsibility
or,Wtn5tt. We have stated above relates
shall now briefly consider the s' onss, we
~ puaity First the wells must pro-
duce hard water. Everyone who thinks
the gpsa, Sdh1 sah,g NJ all VIII eoncede
compared 20 the fairly soft water s,ir
piled By the river
While the hardness OF we'll water
NsIles, or course. the minimum amount
or mineral or incrustating matter makes
~ pIacticelly UNFIT for boilers without
UNDERGOING a sOftening process IN The
wells proposed for wheeling shouid
happen to go above the average in the
| prahity OF mineral matter carried or
! sY-chlled hardness. we should be under
tne necessity Of Installing softeninR
| lhht 70 mold our customers among the
manu- lecturers. and this would cost a
/ teIuse 70 DO this "a would simply mean
| tnat the manufacturers would have to
| ing plants Tor Themselves Let us elm
= lrate the patronage Of the manufnctur-
lht interests. and v ~ business would