The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-07
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Members % the Board % Trade ana
citizens o. wheeling held quite an
Interesting meeting last night IN the
Board Of Trade rooms a. which time
br. AlonEo Rose. ~ ParkersburE. and
Mr. ,. .. Leopold. o. PittsburEh. en-
POUNDED upon the separate merits OF
The two systems o; filtration. namely
smith and Rapid sand Filtration. Mr
seWell. Of Indianapolis. vas also
present and mad. a few remarks con
cernlns the well system OF filtration.
Upon motion % Mr.. Roy n NAyior.
MI John Coleman. prominent local
ghetnist and member OF the Board OF
TRADE. Vas made chairman OF the
meeting and acted IN that Official
A feature of the meeting was the
many questions asked BY the auditors.
and The Interest taken Ia what has
been considered a dead issue. City
Engineer Cooke gave some startling
facts conce ming the running OF the
present system and also stated that
two meetings would be held. one this
evening In the Market Auditorium and
another tomorrow evening AZ Mozart
hall. az which all citizens. ladies ana
gentlemen. are asked 20 take part and
learn the merits OF the two systems OF
filtration
The labor element. which stand.
back OF the Smith system OF filtration
Ola not fail TO enlarge the qualifica.
tons OF the smith system and 10 deal
out yergeful epithets against the
Hoard OF Control a resolution was
PASSED asking that body 10 be- present
az the next meetings Comparative
costs OF the various systems were
brought out by the promoters OF the
Two. and interest was az white heat
Nhen the meeting adjourned al a few
minutes before midnight
While the three systems. well. rapid
sand and Smith systems. are 10 be
voted upon at the preferential election
10 BE- held Thursday afternoon. the in.
terest seems 10 have narrowed down
10 but the two. Smith and mechanical
or rapid sand. One interesting feature
OF the meeting was the controversy
which arose when the question of the
Owensboro. KY. plant was brough;
up, Mr.. smith denied that the plant
mad been built By him. Friends OF the
smith system advanced the unauthen.
tlcated theory that goitre Is prevalent
where the mechanical plant is IA use
Engineer Cooke Explains.
Mr.. Cooke explained that n tho
smith or well mechanical system OF m.
tration Is adopted. that II would be
necessary 10 locate a sub-pumping sta.
ton near Sisters Island. thence with
oentrifugals to reservoir. and nun
the water from said reservoir down 10
me present pumping station by pine
line: then from the present pumping
station TO the present reservoir. and
thence to the present distributing avs.
ZEN. He also said that the present
cost per million gallons is $3.50
Al the beginning OF the ueetfpr
secretary Naylor read letters OF
recommendation from various bust
ress men describing the Smith svs
tenn as II performs at Parkersburg
Ihey were from Charles 4. Dupke
g. @. watson, George r Work
Nlcollette Lumber company and
Henry II. Archer. all of whom he
said. were well versed on the matter
OF water in the down-river town
These men, over their signatures
testified TO the good quality and