Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-11
THE GRAND FORKS DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST IT, 1914.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Of Grand Forks, North Dakota

weigher showing s52.1o collected for
tendent Of abattoir showing $137.25 In
hsss es snd meter m rspaiFs s Tspsi1 = sss tSs
collected; monthly report Of the building
Inspector; monthly report Of the. super
t tIas! s'so 9 PIE the mon wStsr r and light III s IT,
Total number Of gallons
pumped for the month Of
city tSn Mains ::ia.4a4s,ia5 'l'S''''00
Great Northern R. 1850
n. GO. .......... 9,13S,300
Leakage and ~Snscee%ntsd for s.74s,S7S
Meter ana meter repairs :: ss:es
Cash paid out ............... 1858
Total su Tssss se, i; 1s'ss. ;.i .,o..s!.
Henorabls Mayor and City Council:
init herewith the report upon the bac-
for the month Of July. 1914.
rains. the river water has contained a
number Of bacteria than usual. The
ss%at Ssd es Filter No; 1 ana alter No:
as edc for spe ee aahH as@o the co ema sas a'e sir
with sand which had got eotten IN t iiDsish
s erehxs h n the pipes ip s.. This T.o sand nsces-
ing Of the niters and had to be removed.
Just how long this condition has existed
! fann not say: The man in charge Of the
ings IN both the air pipe and the pipes
too large Tor the sand that We are using:
are passing through these minute holes
tend n time to clog up the large
mains leading from h filters.
coli Hee appear IN t9 1e large ths wa nnmns ss,, OF q;
from the pump, I thought it would be
a Eood plan to examine the main reser-
yoir: Consequently, the water was al
the large diagonal 16-ln. cement pipe
running across the floor Of the reservoir
was fHSna ike * s e IT, t. having SsrY bad seen r c1s.S:
"a during the winter, presumably by Ice
failing upon It at the time the waite was
taken from the reservoir during the nre
At this time also, I found several leaks
through the brick wall which allow un-
filtered, contaminated water to constant
ate the water already purified by the
filter. DR.. Ruediger told me that q year
or SO ago this same thing happened and
that he had ixed up this wall SO that it
would hold outside seepage water from
entering the reservoir. Apparently he
did not succeed. for at the present, time
there are several places which constant
~, allow water to enter the large re-
tanning reservoir.
,Dpon consultation with the city en-
gineer, we decided The only thing to do
Ia to build a concrete retaining wall
from the end Of the present filter outside
westward, SO that 1t would completely
and efectually shut off this source Of
contamination. At present we are do.
ing the best we can to supply a pure
water. but 1t Is an uphill fight and
one which we should not be asked to
continue. We are using too much chem
lea! to keep down the bacterial growth,
which should be kept out by an imper-
vious wall. No doubt the city engineer
will present this suggestion to you. but
I must emphasize at this time the i'm
mediate need Of this Improvement.
Furthermore. there are two holes in
the roof covering the reservoir, due to
me f1tting away Of the root boards. !
said before that the filtered water was
not satisfactory. The water as it passes
through the filter Is in as good a condi-
ito as we could expect but, after being
stored In the. reservoir for future use,
IT Is contaminated constantly by this
outside seepage water.
The bacterial count is as follows: