The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-09
MECHANICAL
IS PRACTICAL
IN OPINION oF PHYSICIAN wso
rAs STUDIED FILTRATION.
Or. eeooet Prefers electrical s,sriii.
ration Bot Endorses Mechanical
Chemical Srnten

Chemical system
physicians Who have carefully
studied filtration heartily endorse the
mechanicSlchemicAl system mich
has been suggested TOR Wheeling
tor several years past. Dr ". ; BE
bout. prominent physician % this
city. has made a special study OF
mutation systems. DR. Bebout i OF
TIE opinion that none OF the systems
suggested for Wheeling VIII give alb
soiuteiy pure water. an1 mat there
viii be disease germs IN water on.
tered by any OF the systems 70 be
voted on today. lie says the best sys-
tenn u BY electrical sterilization ard
thinks the city should install ID.
However. he said hat o. n . sys-
TENS suggested for Wheeling The me.
chanlcai system r. preferable 10 the
smith system. He considers T. more
economical and practical for the Ohin
river water lie emphasized lie tact
that II u often unnecessary 10 use
chemicals TO purify the wafer.
several physicians, when question
90 by an lntelhgencer reporter, ad
mitted that they had given the matter
no careful consideration. Some per
sonally favored the mechanical sys
ten. and others believed in the mer,
Its of the Smith slow sand system.
Mechanical 10 Practical.
"Of the two most important sys
!
observation-disclosures system" said
Dr. Bebout. lie discussed in detail
the merits or disadvantages OF each
There Is no system that has been
suggested for Wheeling that will give
pure water. that Is. water free of dis
ease germs he said. The only sys
tenn that would do this aud the one
that would like TO see Installed here
Is the electrical sterilization system
which, I believe. would be the most
economical In the end.
The Smith system Is not a new
one. The idea is more than a hun
dred years old. II win not give salts.
factory results in either low water or
staenant water because there Is moth
ing to wash the germs away. On the
other hand IL Is not always necessary
to use chemicals in the mechanical
system. IL is in use in hundreds Di
places and is giving satisfactory re
suits. At the same time. however. II
will prove a failure unless It is cor
reotly managed. II all depends upon
the management OF the plant.
II consider 1t nonsense 10 submit
such a question to the people. as the
public at large has not made a study
OF the systems" he added.
Personally. favor the Smith slow
sand system" said DIR. Edward :. Zip
pus. Il consider water treated with
chemicals not so good for private con-
sumption as that filtered slowly
! through sand. am opposed to the use
OF chemicals. such as alum and chlor-
ide, and believe that from the stand
point OF health. the Smith system
proposed for Wheeling would b. the
| best"
Dr. Charles NJ. Keesor declared HIM
self as favoring the slow sand sys-
TEN because" he said. 1T y :he
more natural" lie said he believed
the use of chemicals such as alum
| and lime would have the effect OF
making the water hard. ~ Is my
opinion he said. that n the cnemi-
Gals have such strong action upon
metals they are very destructive 10
the human tissues. Speaking from
the standpoint OF health. endorse the
Smith slow sand system"