The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-26
COMMITTEE ON LIcrT. WATER
AND ORDINANCE VOTES
UNANIMOUSLY.
To Ask City Father, 20 Settle Cues
ton IN This Wsy After lrsesti-
satina Matter Thoroughly.

After having Investigated and rein
v~eEtiEafed The three uifrafiou sys-
tens well. Smith and mechanical. the
committees on nEht. water and ord
10 report TO council asking that a
SPECIAL election BE- held and allow D
people 20 vote on the system they
want and bot the system hat a r
representative In coEncll might want
This sweeping motion was made b.
Councilman Louis p Nol;e and was
seconded by Councilman Seidler.
This action came last night follow
irE a greater number OF debates and
Arguments for and aFainst the DIN
erent systems. Mr.. l. r. Smith OF
Charleston. father OF the Smith sys-
TEN was present and upheld that MS
system was the only n for the cit =
ana hat the council should recon-
mend IL adoption. He was repre-
sented also by Attorney J. J. Conin.
who stated hat the city nov hau
an available bonding capacity OF S4s6.
F7737 but after the present assess
nent T. In. they should b. able 20
noat a bon issue OF $4,000 on a
two n a half per cent basis. He
also said that under the acts OF 1sUs
that the city could draw a bond Is
sue to 5 per cent OF the assessed
value.
~ AUtn'I HAdtFu Nual tney could
nave available within two or three
months s25O.0O0 more than they have
AT the present time, and that the
money question should BE- counted A.
a serious holdback to the city getting
the best water system available. lie
said that when the system decided
upon by the city is available they
should not hold back on h money
question.
hr. Alexander. chairman OF he com.
mittee. presented a communication
from h Pittsburgh Filter Manufac.
turing Company, In which they guar.
anteed to build a rapid sand mechan.
zeal system n guarantee pure water
Tor the sum of $3gS 900. the amoun
set aside by the engineers. They said
they would their water
through the State Board OF Health.
Mr.. Smith then read from a report
giving the relative cost OF filtration
plants by h rapid sand filtration PEG,
pie In various places.
Motion introduced.
Councilman Nolte then introduced
mis- motion hat the whole thing he
gwen to the people 20 allow them 10
vote on the question. He said that
there were enough men Interested in
the question who would act as officers
IN the election for nothing. Also. that
they could be held in the hose houses
mourning no expense TO the city. with
the exception of printing the ballots.
councilman Otto then stated that
ne was formerly in favor of the well
system but a changed TO the rapid
sand hltration system and IL the
smith people could show him that
they had the best thing for the city,
ne would change again. Attorney i
y. Handlan stated hat he believed
that council should take the matter
IN hand and recommend the system
as they had had "A better chance 10
take the matter up thoroughly. When
submitted to a vote a unanimous ave
vote was Tailed.
The consensus OF opinion last
night among those present following
the vote. was hat the issue wouId
now be held up for quite a while
Also that the matter OF filtration was
Just as Tar now az when the engineers
We're hrst selected. They also be.
heved that the council should have
acted in b matter since they had
INVESTIGATED he different systems OF
nltration. The matter will be given
TO council this evening and a decided
action will probably be taken.