Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-08-04
Progressive Cities Have Wells

progressive Cll'GS Lave Wells
4 Naive Of Salisbury Passes Up Som'
Valuable Information on Water Supply.
In making reply to an sstempt
to dismiss very Important subject
by wave of the hand, a native
and taxpayer Of Salisbury. makes
the following reply:
salisbury. N. C,
July 80. 1915
In reply to the article in your
paper of July Goth, headed "Wells
out of consideration,'' you say
wells have been abandoned IN other
cities and towns in this State, and
don't say whore or why. You
say we must bate our action on
the experience OF others, and on
the findings of trained scientists
and the opinion of the wise men,
and the experience of other cities
and towns. That is exactly what
the writer is doing, but has our
scientific and wise men given the
voters of Salisbury any data on
wells, creeks, rivers and 80 on to en
able them to vote intelligently for
his choice of water or how it should
be had, or are we expected to vote
for the present plans just because
through some scientific source, it
is said to he the very thing?
It is not true that people in Sal.
isbury who are able are sinking
weIls? And doesn't at least one
of our doctors have a we'll on hie
property? Aud. if the sanitorium
il supplied by we'll water isn't
that proof from a scientific stand
point that we'll water is better
than our present creek system2
and can they sh ow that the pro-
posed plan will furnish any better
quality of water than the present
stream, or that its quality will
improve or get worse9
The city OF Monroe, N c., may
not possess any wise or scientific
men trained especially n the
the water art, but it has she best
drinking water in the State, from
artsaion wells sunk through the
most diffioult form of rock with
sloping seams. It seems strange
that they didn't get their water
from Richardson's creek which
flows through an undisturbed Sec
tion and Is only two miles away.
The writer is not q scientific ex-
pert on water, and is not seeking
anything out of this but good
water, but l do claim to be some
wise in some things. l am in fa-
vor of schools, but if the votes for
water and schools are not taken
separately 1 shall vote against
both. If we'll water can't be had
what about a gravity system,
plain water main from the reser-
voir at pumping station up to or
near the head of the creek, with
supply pipe running from main
to springs, I claim by so doing the
supply will be increased to a very
large extent owing to the fact that
it would prevent sespage into the
ground, and also evaporation by
the heat in July and August and
give us nearly a. much water as
We get through the winter months
and in my opinion better water
than can be obtained from the
river at q far less cost. Are there
no wise scientific men in the city
of Hamlet. N. c.. who are especi.
ally trained IN water art? They
have . gravity system installed op
q creek rising near Holman and
flows directly through the town,
why did they 90 up the creek
which Fl 5ws through the town and
capture the water and let it flow
into their reservoir which ia in the
city by gravity instead of install
ing q pumping plant at the same
creek right in town?
What is wrong with the people
of the oitr of Rockingham, N. c.?
They have = big creek flowing
right through the CITY with tour
ing boats in it for rent, run some
of the great factories by water
power, and purchase their water
from Hamlet, N. c., which flows
from the Hamlet reservoir to the
Rockingham reservoir by gravity,
and Ham lat wou1d M douht ho