Evening journal., 1916-11-16
ElCNEER FRAISES
Water Department
Well Managed and Most
Efficient Declares New
York Expert
MEETING HELD AT
THE HOTEL DUPONT

Members OF the Four-State section
of the American Waterworks' Associ-
alton yesterday afternoon at the Hotel
dupont he'd their third meeting and
dinner Of the series OF four being held
this week. Many sections OF the
country were represented at the meet
ng, one member, A. Rodriguez, hay
ing come from Porto Rico, where he Is
at present civil engineer Of the town
Of San Juan.
Congressman Thomas W. Miller
welcomed the engineers and others,
making his first public appearance
since ris recent illness. Carlton e.
Davis. chief engineer OF the Phila-
delphla Water Department and presi-
dent of the association, presided and
introduced the various speakers.
Consulting Engineer George W.
Fuller. of New York, made the princi-
pal address Of the day, discussing
some OF the work that has been done
in this city recently in connection
with the Water Department Mr.
Fuller said that during the course
OF his career as an engineer he has
examined water works in hundreds OF
cities OF the country and that in his
opinion the Wilmington Water De-
partment was the best managed and
the most efficient he knew Of
lie declared that he scarcely knew
of a water department in a city the
size Of W lmington that cqualled { IN
efficiency or that was better managed
He also said Wilmington was one OF
the few cities OF ifs SIZE he knew OF
that was 100 per cent metered
Through these meters the department
can actually account for &c per cent.
OF the sum total OF the department
pumpage, he said. This &c ner cent.
accounted for IS exceptionally Oh for
the community, he said for many cit
les the size OF Wilm ngton could only
account for from so TO GO per cent
which they considered large.
Edgar NJ Hopes, chief engineer
for IN city. at the request of the
pres dent, gave a brief tax supple
ment ne Mr. Fuller's address. His re-
marks were relative TO tho extens on
OF the plant here and the installation
Of three turbln pumps giving an addi-
tlonal numpage Of some 30 900 600 cal
Ions da ly. Mr.. Hopes outlined the
plan whereby IN the near future and
following the installat' on OF these
pumps, there would be two separate
systems. either or both Of which
would be available for use. The
speaker said that a careful study OF
the two systems and a comparison
would suffice to answer a very vital
question as TO the best method OF pre-
serving the health OF the community
n the h CHEST degree by giving them
water as nearly pure as Il is possible
for any community to provide.
John Grohe gave a short talk re-
some of his experiences as
reg lstrar of the Water Department
and the 1lculties he met with in the
early days OF the tvs history.
i. M'.n Hilles, n member OF the
Board Of Water Commissioners, said a
few words in connection wi n work here
to the members Of the association. The
purpose Of the meeting in this city was
to inspect the ncw work being done by
he Water Department Before holding
their meeting the members of the as.
ISOLATION visited the reservoirs. filtration
plant and other buildings occupied by
the department, expressing themselves
as highly pleased with everything they
saw.
Carlton +. Davis is president Of the
association; G. r. Woods, assistant
treasurer Of the Millville, n. j.. Water
Company, il secretary and treasurer,
and Edgar NJ. Hopes ia secretary for
Delaware. The association has a mem.
bership including men from nearly every
country in the world. The whole asso.
citation is divided into various sections
each section comprising different States
or various sections of different States.
The Four.State section includes the east.
ern part Of Pennsylvania, the southern
part Of New Jersey and all Of Maryland
and Delaware.
The first meeting Of the series Of four
was held in Philadelphia ON Monday
The second took place in Atlantic City,
the third In this city and the fourth
and last of the series Is scheduled for
Baltimore either today or tomorrow.