The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-07
FILTRATION QUESTION DISCUSSED
BY INVENTOR OF SMITH SYSTEM

.he plant yst SAMUEL n GRAY. c. y.
Frgt ite1ce. n I. says 10 Ill last To-
lTlntffly anr here i no rna.on 70
lplpi nts Judgment uhich 10 hsssd on
an eAPs Renee q many year,
- hoAfu refers "a bolts nuts and
t4-tes. buried beneath I've Or ~ feet
% EraFei. sand and nith Ia the bel
% the river ! am con- yelied 70 IN
to-u the Hoard there wiil not b A
.it. nut or valve ID th@ beds I have
Also 70 Inform the Board that rlth l.
N possible a. anyone Who wlil take
ne pains 20 consider vel knows
sand bars in the river ar. permanen,
and are Invariably clean
The Board beg ths subject when
~ refers 20 the variation ia the mum.
Der ~ bacteria from day . aay TIE
variation Il not confined % the smith
. system alone. but % the uechaaicsi
vel Hifh this difference the
smith system AZ Parkers burg shoWs
an average % nineteen. while the av. ?.
are a. Cincinnati o. seventy-fve Ths
Z position 81 the Board Il compar.bie
20 tnat q a shyster hvyer when b.
has a bad case.
a Play 20 Sentiment
The Board "a All OF it, attempts 10
poster up IT, side-the Trust side -
lndulges In a petty play for creation
oi pubic sentiment by referring 10
" neeiing. a man beloved by en- His
iaet public utterance ur-on This sub.
lec' appeared In the Int-iiIrcncer
| Apfh -, 1919, when he stated over his
oN SIGNATURE and the signatures o.,
=. II brues and T. VI. HaskinS that
Tie Board also enterta'ns
| ntIN high opinion % the Smith
. Filtration System: but tha Cos be.
| ing considerable in eNceSa of tha
| Nnole amount OF bond issue nos
JOE unoer the conditions puts II
! am surprised that the Board should
non ciaim Mayor Schmidt was an
eArnest advocate OF the mechanical
system. When he did finally agree 30
recommend u. II was because he could
see no way by which the Smith -.
ZEN could be secured. because OF Inc
financial condition OF the city.
>. Fstheriy Care OF the Board
its Tather amusing 10 note the
soleltgde OF the Board for the wei.
perpetual tax OF $50. 900 on The peonIs
ior product which Is not good Wbicb
IS not healthful. which the board nnSt
know VIII not be effective Wftbort
Iarge additions, and would reject a
pIouuct which Is conceded by All who
able s' oO'aIn-
More About Alum.
ne hoard Apologies for its lame
utiehse OF the use OF alum and then
WaGes IN deeper and Founders about
NJ "a rs solution until II is lost in the
That very reliable journal Power"
discussing the effect OF Chemicals nm.
on water. says: ~
II Is generally known that hi
cafbonates OF lime and mapnesia
When present in water. form a
comparatively soft scale. The
SOLPHATES OF the same and
also silica form a hard. nintv
scale the CHLORIDES and NIT
IA rs are apt to cause zorro
sion. and the salts OF potash pres-
emit while not scale-forminR are
spt 70 cause foaming when suf-
nGenuy concentrated b"
IL Is now up TO the Board 10 AGAIN
readJust its opinion as TO the effect OF
alum and chloride OF lime.
As ls Was and Will Be
oner the people OF Wheeling a M.
rauon proposition OF which All will
De proud, as is the case al Parkers.
| Durg. | was there, antagonized nv
some OF the officials as here Tbs
! people there were with me The OF.
nclals now are enthusiastic and ad
init their mistake. The same thing
VIII occur here. When the plant.
which shall certainly install. rs in
operation, my friends on the Board ~
control will be loudest In its praise.