The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-06

4se" ioIk engineers and actual results pro-
ouoeu dS stated ABOVE, has been more than Si6.-
o w. per year, or for the three years ending in
november OF this year, al least $40 600 RE
IS on oasis Of four million gallon supplv On
inc same ratio, the saving 10 the CITY OF Wheel
ing on twenty million-gallon basis will I've n
edSt $4,000 the year, as any economist M the
cry or Tor that matter any high school student
IAN sdSiiy inquire The above are not conjecturaI
results but are actual facts
=. desire to state in this connection That
meSsrS. tuerteS and Fuller are engineers NJ the
hlgneSt CHARACTER and reputation and would not
wiluIy miSrepreSent facts or give an estimate
other than that which they believe to be accI,.
rate. "
Now as to purity of water: II is not dis
Puted mat Cincinnati, Ohio, has perhaps the
most complete mechanical filtration plant in the
world. II cost more than eleven millions of dol
lars. Ii is without doubt the most efficient We,
the Engineering Record of June Is ioto and
me Transactions of the American Society of
I: t., vol. OF, page 324, show the average cost
OF coagulantS and filtering the water to he Sd 40
per million gallons, which OF course. does not in
clude overhead charges or cost of low service /.
pumping from river to sedimentation basins
ng.) W "'e'-
1t might also be interesting to note that the
average cost OF pumping and purifying one mil
lion gallons at Cincinnati amounted 10 sI6 so
lSame authority as above quoted Hence. on
basis of 100000 gallon supply for Wheel
ing, 1t would be ridiculous to assume that This
city could produce chemically treated water for
less than Cincinnati with daily consumption Of
100000 gallons -
however, assuming that Wheeling could
ueat the water for s4.39 per million gallons. il
would cost $3.50 per day, or S3f6o8 per wear
for publication instead of $4,000 as stated NV
MT. Johnson in his report, which cost Wheeling
$1,000.
IL should be borne in mind that Cincinnati
mas the use OF tremendous Sedimentation basins.
costing Sl,49t 94i.54, none of which are men.
toned in the cost of mechanical plant for
wheeling, but which will cost when constructed
as they certainly will be if this city invests in
mechanical plant, at least 100000.
The cost of supplying Wheeling with =
clear pure naturally filtered water. free from
drugs or chemicals of any kind, should not ex
ceed $500 per million gallons. The mechanical
system at Cincinnati costs 5000 per million gal
IONS and 1t is safe to assume the cost to Wheel
ing will not be less
-, have repeatedly stated and still maintain
tndt the smith system will be far and way
cheaper for the city of Wheeling. even were
mechanical plant gift, costing nothing for in
stalation. Ny system should and will save
Wheeling, in operating expenses alone. based
upon actual results at Cincinnati and Parkers-
burg, upwards of 100000 in 80 years
With all the chemicals and sedmentation
basins used in Cincinnati, according to reports
from that city, the average bacteria for Wear
showed daily average Of IS. After nine months
dally tests of the water al Parkershurg. nv DIR.
/. O. Rose, city chemist and bacteriologist. the
daily average bacteria there amounted To 10
axe notice of the difference in favor of the
Smith system.
The City Council has submitted this matter
TO vote of the people, for their determination
as to the character of water desired in their
homes and factories.
1t is for you TO say which YOU rrefer-
clean, pure river water or water treated with
drugs and chemicals
You will be judged by your acts. II YOU are
indifferent and do not take the trouble 10 vote.
II IS altogether you will continue 10 use the
raw river water as it is scarcely possible that the
city authorities will consider il worth while To
eXpend further energies upon the subject
Ny case is now i'm your hands / have Of
tered you, as cheap as possible the latest and
best system of filtration, based upon the highest
scientific principles, and good for an tim.
Choose We, on next Thursday, which YOU prefer.
Very rPcDprtfui,