Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-05-20
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS
More Y. G. Towns Installing Uo+.u
Works and Sewer Systems Than
Ever Before.

New water works and sewer system,
are booming in North. Carolina todsy
Little towns and villages arc INSTALLING
water and sewers now, whereas. q fon
years ago, only the larger towns bod
such things. Now our larger town.
are erecting magnificent permanent
plants yielding only the purest kind ~
water and that in abundance.
The conservative old town of Edan-
ton is waking up. At a recent meet
ing Of her city council an Ordinance
was passed to enforce the use of SON
itary privies. The ordinance demand
ed that the privfes be made accordin,
to the specifications recommended nv
the State Board of Health and that thew
be Installed before f1y-tiIle. A wise or.
dfnance for this little town, but if she
would have them in before fy-time
! she should be UP and doing.
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 pop-
ulation. It affords a watershed that
will be ample for the needs of Durham
for 100 years to come.
The new plan calls for a raw water
reservoir of 40 million gallons capac-
ity to be located at the present site Of
smaller artificial lake at the Country
club. This will serve as an emergency
supply, q settling reservoir. and will
add materially to the beauty of the
Country club.
Durham has voted $500. 900 bonds to
effect these improvements. Mr.. Gil
bert G. White is the engineer in charge.
Morehead City is rapidly pushing
forward the work of installing one Of
the most complete sewer systems in
in charge, the system is already. 40 per
cent complete and is expected to be
complete by July LIST. Such sewer
system with the abolition of the pres
emit privies will make Morehead one
of the healthiest little towns in the
State. !
Washington Is another North Caro-
Ina town that proposes to have 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 &C.
eount 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 Greek in
stead of from wells in the heart OF
town in close proximity to human
habitations, privfes, sewers, stables
and other sources of pollution. Wash
ington is also installing rather COM
plete sewer. system. This in turn will
abolish a. great number Of old open
privies. ~
Southport has recently: issued s4O-
600 bonds for the insta llation Of water
works and sewer system For her
water supply she processes to sink
suitable number of deep4Wells as there
is NO surface water available. These
proposed plans have just been SUD-
mitted. to the State Board of Health.
1t is probable that these plans or SINH
lar plans with slight alterations Will
be approved by the Board.
u There are known to be about twelve
or fifteen towns in the State that are
actively considering the installation u
Natef works, sewer systems and sew
age disposal plants, or improvement
In existing water and sewer ms d.i~
tions.-State Board of Health Bulle'lN'
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