Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-06-28
WARNS THE PEOPLE OF ANY DELAY
Man who Built System for Baltimore and Has
Been Consulted About This City Says 1t Is
Our Greatest Need and That We Must
Have It---Speaks Of the Advantages
Derived From It.
(From a Staff Correspondent

There perhaps Marnsburg vitality interested
question than is Calvin Mendrck Chief Eng
the Baltimore Sewerage Commission who is about To
change the entire character of the Monumental City
as a residential and commercial There
here who do not appreciate the fact that the
commercial purposes of Baltimore have been reard
ed most seriously and in two instances dastrousy p
lack of modern system rms TACT mas been apparent
for many years last five years business men
your correspondent that they show aarmngy where city
anywhere fifteen million dollars because the
city did have modern system 1t is now but little
years the awakened to the fact that its
death rate steadily increasing at most alarming extent ana
that it nperatvely to have such system
The story that has do with this awakening is of aurng IN
patent object lesson town of the United
Mr. Hendrck departing from the American Building
when your correspondent caught him yesterday afternoon Ills
showed that WEAKNESS which always
such problems before them, that winch
conronts his did deter him from assuming the
charming personality which has helped in small to make
him of the foremost engineers in the world today
fine well known to require reference
and of the engineering feas that ne has accomplish
including that of building under the subway in New
York under of the has startled good many peo
pie of the engineering world not only in this country but IN
many lands.
Mr. Hendrck very kindly offered take your correspondent in
the disposal pantwhich five miles west of
Baltimore Disposal plants however not strange to the writ
could purpose be subserved by Joy ride
say nothing of the time that would have been lost by Mr.
endrc Speaking Of Martnsburg he said that The Sewerage
Commission paid him visit short time ago and ne did what b
could help those gentlemen the ahead OF them
you recall Mr. Hendrck Just what the estimate Of the
wor-of would be required to defray the
penses?" sos.
Il do not he replied "These gentlemen at Martnsburg had
the estimates in and they could tell you better than There
is thing that interest the people of that little city which
the commissioners took back with them 1t bottle of water
That from the of Bamoreof the worst
that could be pasuezed Nobody in Martnsburg
anywhere else need fear to drink it.
Certainly it important thing continued Mr. Hendrck
and every other little ctyand large city for that matter
should have proper SYSTEM there thousand rea
for it, and small city this should not be matter OF con-
lecture speculation for Look at New York for
ampereat that is and the amount of mon
ey it takes to support it, they confronting the problem
of having to build SYSTEM and there no ques
ton Of the fact that will at least two hundred million dol
What better object lesson could small city have than that
This of the greatest cities the world and they going
remedy evil of time and of such magnitude
that it seems almost impossible but has to be done'
Hendrck did not know when this work in New York would
begin after presenting correspondent with two OF his
publications of the Sewerage SYSTEM he returns to the
theme Of Martnsburg. 'Our book he said twill be out in
weeks and should be glad to send The World 1t
ncomprehensbe that the average small town does not
realize the of this work Done its infancy it
everything DONE this city is doing it, enor
amount of money troubles, trials and tribuatons
strange thing that will decorate their front yards