The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-08
LETTERS WRITTEN 70 WHEEL
nc BOsRO Of TRADE con
CERNiNG FILTRATION
Parksrseurs Pian; 10 t.sis 70 A. A.
Example 81 Efreieney % Sys-
ten Some Want rere

The Whselrr hoard % Trade has
received III Oh. Uwing replies IRON
Inquiries Address~o 20 prOrninsni
farkersburg CiuIens. with references
70 The operation Of the smith F1ltra.
Former Governor Albert y White
presiceut OF the West Virginia Hoard
says
I have yours OF the 2sth inviting
me 10 address your Board OF Trade oa
July 9Th on the water question ID
VIII b. impossible for me 20 De there
AZ that time ] do not profess 20 b.
water expert. nor would I presume
10 pass upon your local conditions
and problems A. 10 = city water sup.
plN. further than 70 say. that In my
opinion pure water by natural rltrG.
ton from the great gravel deposits
and beds IN the Ohio river can De ob.
tanned now and 30 FAR as I know for
many years TO come.
We OF ParkerseurE had great
time covering many months Of agitA.
ton and expert engineering reports
before We finally adopted our present
system OF water works. which for
nearly three years now has stood sv.
cry test as 20 purity that the "bugol.
ogists' and chemists could apply Is
very economical I'm operation and Is
giving thorough Satisfaction. We be
lieVe that We have by odds the best
water-Works system in the great Ohio
Valley. A. you know IL f. the smith
natural slow sand filtration system
Its cost OF operation H. far less than
any mechanical filtration system
When the agitation here was up ]
leaned toward chemical filtration as
the surest method Marietta had in
stalled such system and u worked
wen. so far as clear water was con-
cerned But the water OF Marietta
for general domestic. drinking and
boiler purposes does not compare
with the water supplied TO the city
OF Parkersburg The proof OF the
pudding is the chewing OF the bag"
II the natural filtration method In
the course Of many years should get
to the point where Il would not give
pure water. the chemical treatment
could then be added to our system
without very great cost. Al any
rate Parkersburg is satisfied with
her system and will meet any prob
1 lens OF the future when they arise
and Is not inclined 20 worry about
80 remote contingency. which we
do not anticipate"
Mayor Murdoch.
The Hon. Allen c Murdoch. mayor
OF the city OF Parkersburg, in a com
munication under date of the sixth
instant. addressed to the board OF
trade, says.
The Smith Filtration System "a
/ instlled in Parkersburg Is giving gen 81
eral satisfaction. and / am sure that
our people after the trial that has
Z been given II would b. unwilling 20
exchange IL for any other system. II
gives US at all times an abundant
supply Of pure. clear water, adapted
both TO domestic and manufacturing
purposes. The cost of operation IL
very much less than that OF any other
reliable system OF which we know. II
has been subjected here to the Sc
yerest tests. that OF extremely low
water and great floods"
President Board OF Commerce.
Hon. Thomas Graham. president OF
the Board Of Commerce. OF Parkers-
burg. says.
The Chamber OF Commerce ranks
the Smith water system as one OF
Parkersburg's chief assets Manufac.
turers, laundrymen. domestic consum.
ers unite In expressions of entire sat
isiac1on as TO the quality OF the water
produced. The cost OF operation Is
actually less than the former cost OF
producing the raw river water. When
TO this is added the saving in plumb
ing. soap and former expense OF spring
water TO many. II can hardly be esti-
mated what IL means I'm dollars and
cents. Its greatest achievement, how