The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-05-27
GREAT MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS.
More North Carolina Towns Installing
Water Works Than Ever.


New water works and sewer sys-
TENS are booming in North Carolina
today. Little towns and villages
are installing water and sewers now,
whereas, a few years ago, only the
larger towns had such things. Now
our larger towns are erecting mag
nifcent, permanent plants yielding
only the purest kind of water and
that in abundance.
The conservative town of Edenton
is waking up. At recent meeting
of her city council an ordinance was
passed to enforce the use of sanitary
privies. The ordinance demanded
that the privies be made according
to the specifications recommended
by the State Board Of Health and
that they be installed before fly
time. A wise ordinance for this
little town.
Durham proposes to run no risk
in regard to her city water supply.
She has been using filtered water
from the Emo river, but owing to
the fact that this river receives
drainage from Hillsboro, her plan is
to change her source to Flat river.
Flat river is remarkably free from
sources of pollution. 1t affords a
watershed that will be ample for
the needs of Durham for 100 years
to come.
The new plen calls for new water
reservoir Of 40 million gallons ca
pacity to be located at the present
site Of a smaller artificial lake at the
Country Club. This will serve as an
emergency supply, a settling reser-
voir, and will add materially to the
beauty Of the Country Club.
Durham has voted $500, 1000 bonds
to effect these improvements. Mr..
Gilbert G.. White is the engineer in
charge.
Morehead City is rapidly pushing
forward the vo k Of installing one
Of the most complete sewer systems
in the State. According to the en-
gineers in charge, the system is al
ready 40 per cent complete and is
expected to be complete by July 1st.
Such a sewer system with the aboli-
ton Of the present privies will make
Morehead one Of the healthiest little
towns in the State.
Washington is another North
Carolina town that proposes to have
a pure water supply. She has
bought the old privately owned
plant which furnished the city water
from deep wells near the center of
town and which brought the owners
one or more law suits on account of
its polluted water. Perhaps the
most modern filtration plant in the
State has been installed about
mile out Of town. The city supply
now comes from Tranter's Creek
instead Of from wells in the heart of
town in close proximity to human
habitations, privies, sewers, stables
and other sources Of pollution.
Washington is also installing a rath-
er complete sewer system. This in
turn will abolish a great number of
old open privies.
Southport has recently issued $4O,-
600 bonds for the installation of
water works and a sewer system.
For her water supply she proposes
to sink suitable number Of deep
wells as there is no surface water
available. These proposed plans
have just been submitted to the
State Board Of Health. 1t is proba-
BILE that these plans or similar plans
with slight alterations will be ap-
proved by the board.
There are known to be about
twelve or fifteen towns in the State
that are actively considering the in
staIiation of water works, sewer sys-
TENS and sewage disposal plants. or
| improvements in existing water and
sewer installations.
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