The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-09

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the ONO river water nsariy - vs.Te -,
s ssa Lawns spent YEAR, In = study Of IL
, ehefNc tsrlstics. believe I am better
asallned thar ~ % rEure the amount
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MT smith gives some interesting dat,
4 Ntth respect 10 the cost OF N. Ctrrln-
kNau pant and refers 10 Mr. KirkWoo
4 - "a
! oerg. AL engineers In The early d. 80,
l me Cincinnati nltration' problem but
OF cost ON this plant he refer - H.,
| connection with the gentlemen Wer. FOR
s sS sand nlters. which we're recon-.
hsustiye tests IN isss-s were sidet-.es-
! "a IN favor OF the rapid sand nlter pls1t
! which H. there to-day
AIR, Smith says regarding his s,.
! TEN. The construction OF the beds 4.
siinple IN the extreme. ana once in
| Htsied Viii last practically forever
! Vow this IL interesting 1 viii arr..
thAt the construction OF the beds
4 a., ,s simple too simple. In fac.
ever ~ n statement ! Certainly canno,
subscribe TO. Mr.. Chester told uS iass
in,s ADSut the obstruction Of the pipes
| ara IN lhe sand bar 81 the Hunttnxts.t,
I plant To-day we hear that the intare
p,pe at the pumping station has pulled
| spsII 40, 4 know that they Will not
! last practically forever 'rhe Mines
NIL clos as they did at Columbu AZ
nunungton and elsewhere: they will
rust out and pull apart aud REQUIRE 70.
| neNal at great expense and inconyen-
renee; How often this will happen no
ohe SHOWS least OF all MIR. smith
1 whose farkersburg liant has been IN
operation less than three years
Mr. smiths statement about now eas,,
80, - 20 clean his hiisrs when they be-
| matter were not 50 serious. He pro-
POSES 70 remove the clogging matter
the velocity OF back flushing water H.
about onc-tenth that required TO float
h99 , ssnd 50 that the eloggins matters
| viii De carried upwords and off from
the surface. and ~ n sufficiently htsh
upward velocity OF back flushing water
II used grave disturbances are bound 10
Seeur In the inter itself. buried as u is
| oeneath the water. uncontrollAble and
hidden from the sight.
MI. smith eNpatiat'S at great length
on the advantages o. soft water oxcr
hard water. Ii he or his advisers nos
sessed even the elements OF chemistry
they would know that the addition OF
alum to the Ohio river water In connec
uon with the rapid sand hitter plant
VIII not increase the hardness OF that
| water one single atom. The high school
chemist knows thst. The hardness not
being increased. ssturally the soap con-
increased. The total hardness OF the
ohio river water will be Just the sarn,
AFTER ~ has been RAPID sand filtered as
on the other hand. Mr.. Smiths col
ieeung pipes being laid some six feet
oviLoW the surface OF the rNer bed. Will
TAKE In copsiderable ground water and
ms product. therefore. would be natu-
rally harder than the Ohio river water
| the citizens OF Wheeling are now using
! To say IL would be twice as hard would
De speaking conservatively. Martins
ferry inferred water Is over three times
| water.
To sum up. therefore Mr.. Smiths cry
against eorroded pipes. pitted boiIers
the use OF large quantities OF soap sof.-
ening plants" and so on arising as he
enormously claims. from the use OF
alum. strikes right directly back at him
self. And he cannot name a single ner-
| son who has been Injured By drinkin,
water which was filtered through rapid
| sand niters, the cause being alum in tn.
| water. 1 ask him TO name one
| IL Is truism In water chemistry. so
often proved and stated as TO make iis
reasseruon here almost trite. that the
alum added TO water Is completely o.-
composed by the alkaline constituent ,
naturally present in the water The
aluminium hydrate which results from
this decomposition Is neutral dow
| which draws the fine particles OF mud
| IN relatively large clumps These are
completely removed By the hlters and
alum In no form appears in the uttered
, water. 1 asked AIR. Smith last night 20
/ name single rapid sand inter plant
! where alum had beer found in the nj
I tered water. and he was sfrntfcantiv
| silent on this rCcount let me call vot,r
attention TO lines Il to 20. Inclusive. ON
page OF his pamphlet as well as lines
81 10 80 and f5-f7 on page s.
| In all Of his numerous published
statements Mr.. Smith has not produced
one new fact which in any measure
| whatsoever warrants the citys nItfas
ton commission in changing or with
| drawing a single statement which an
pears In their report but this depIo.-
able and unnecessary controversy has
I brought into tho glare Of fntima. =
know ledge number OF things which 1
should think Mr.. Smith would rather
had been left as they we're a few day
ago
At the end OF his address Mr.. John
son was subjected to several ques-
lions by members Of the assem- bly,.
who had followed their champion TO
the meeting. Mr. n. =. Corcoran told
Of having visited various cities and
The thlnEs found tk,re and also Thar