Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-22
ROTARY CLUB DINNER

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day noon at the Wausau club house
Over 80 members were present, Alfred
H. Zimmerman, president, presiding
During the progress of the dinner
Judge Alexander H Reid was called
upon to say few words upon the ap-
pointment of NJ. B. Rosenberry,a mem
Der of the club, to the position of As
sociate Justice of the Supreme court
of the state of Wisconsin, and of his
loss to Wausau and the Rotary club.
Judge Reid said in part:
1.-THE Rotary club has been signally
honored in many ways in its short ex
istence. An ex-president of the United
States has deemed this club worthy
of considerable of his time when he
recently visited Wausau and lunched
with and spoke to us as brother Ro-
tartan. And then the governor of the
state honored us in the same way and
seemed glad of the opportunity, al
though his time was sought after by
many during his short stay in the city.
Gut the greatest of all honors to the
club has been the recent appointment
of one of our members, Marvin D.
Rosenberg to the Supreme bench of
this state, a position as high as any
within the gift of the state.
Whenever the subject of Mr.. ROsen-
berry's appointment is mentioned in
this city we find an expression of con-
ficting emotion. All rejoice in his adj
vancement and all are happy in the
honor that has thus come to our city,
and wish for Mr.. Rosenberg that joy
in his new service which he deserves,
and invariably comes the final eX-
preston, "but we hate to lose him"
[ need not recount to you the
services he has rendered to this city.
He has given unstintingly of his time
and ability to every project for the
public good in which he could be of
service, and has been one of the most
forceful and capable workers for the
advancement of Wausau. His work
in securing the location of the pack
ing plant here and in heading the or
ganizatiOn, pushing construction and
putting the plant into operation in
record breaking time and with a fine
example Of efficiency is fresh in the
minds of all of us and this is but a sam
pie of his public service. The Ro-
tary club with others heartily rejoices
in the new honOrs which have come to
iIlIll anu III LlAC 1CIiCStCu uOIlOA WHICH
at the same time has come to this club.
But since the true spirit of Rotarian-
ism is service and unselfishness, we
eXemplify that spirit to cheerfully
hailing Mr.. Rosenberry's entry into
that greater field of service which
cOmprehends the whole state, feeling
as he goes forward that his ability and
integrity will leave a deep impression
on the judicial history of the state"
The special address of the occasion
was made by Mayor John Ringle.
There has been much said about our
water supply in general and the Ro-
tary club, wishing to get at the facts,
thought best to call in Mayor Ringle
to give talk upon the question. This
was an excellent thing to do, for not
withstanding all that has been said
about the city water supply, the fact
remains that all of our mayors, for
many years have given their best eff
forts to the end that Wausau might |
have clear, sparkling, wholesome,
water, and none have put in
more time and worked more earnestly
than Mr.. Ringle. The system was put |
in when Mr.. Ringle was mayor in 1885, |
and our people have a good deal for |
which to thank him for his great as
SiStance in giving Wausau it's munich |
pal water plant. He gave a brief his
tory of the system; that it had been |
in operation for thirty years, how the |
vegetable XenotfiX, Ga plant fed by |
iron in the water) commenced to grow |
and fill the pipes, and since 1894, scien- |
tif1c men had been brought in to tell us !
what to do. They said, ''get water in |
which there is not a sufficient per |
cent of iron to feed the plant and it |
will die out and the pipes will event
ually clean out" Deep wells were |
sunk and water was reached which |
contained but little iron; it stopped |
the growth and since, the pipes have |
been cleaning out. Because of the |
fact that over 100000 gallons were
being pumped every "a hours, or twice |
as much as needed by our people, it |
has drawn the water from higher lev |
els, containing more iron and stopped |
the cleaning out process. The on |
Iy thing the mayor thought could be |
done to kill the growth. was to go to |
the meter system. This would reduce |
the amount pumped to over one half, |
and give a sufficient supply of water |
from the deepest levels in which there |
is very little iron and give us a clean |
supply. Mr. Ringle is positive that |
the time is not long distant when Wau- |
Sau will have as fine and clean a sup |
ply of water as any city in the state. |
The mayor had pictures showing pipes |
before commencing the cleaning pro-
cess and later when they were almost |
cleaned out. 1t was a splendid talk |
and cleared up the situation cOnsid |
erably.
DR.. w. E. Zilisch, city health officer, |
followed Mr.. Ringle and told of the |
various monthly tests of the city water |
in Madison and Washington and all |
had been favorable, as there was moth |
ing unhealthy about it; only once was
it found Objectionable and that was
during the big flood in Wausau a few |
years ago when the river water got |
into the pipes.
Mayor Ringle and DR.. Zilisch were |
given vote of thanks by the club for |
their excellent talks, and the general |
given about our water |
system.