The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-04-30
THE WATER QUESTION.
Fditor TINES.

EQlNNE
How much investigation has been
made b. the people Of Hammond on the
chlorine treatment of water about to
he installed by the city council? What
is 10 prevent Hammond having the same
d,fricuItv as East Chicago. WHITING, NIL
vaukee and other cities-namely the
impossibitv at times Of using the wa
Ter FOR drinking or cooking purposes
Are We absolutely sure that the system
has ben found perfectly satisfactory
where used The Investigations some
Of the women have made go 10 prove
the system is not all il is claimed 10 be
and chemists. / have found. disagree
On their scientific problems the same az
doctors on their diagnosis Of disease
It seems in most cases matter Of
experiment. and the leople suffer the
consequences Water sold ct the drug
store costs - cents per bottle with
debate on bottle Of seven cents. and
DAYS when the chlorine treatment does
not work according to the rules laid
down for its operation land such seems
TO be the case in every place where IL Is
used) how far viii one or two gallons
of water go towards preparing a meal,
or auenching thirst on hot day II
we are forced to buy water. because that
furnished by the city is not fit 70 drink,
we might Just as we'll all enlist and go
70 the trenches. for with the present
price Of food war would be easy com
pared TO the battle of making a living,
one would be sure of one square meal
day at least. with cantee of water
thrown in.
From what | have found out. in cities
where the plant is in use water for
drinking has 10 be purchased large
part of the time. Perhaps It would be
Just as safe to runsthe risk of contract
ing typhoid fever from the water as "
is. now. as TO be choked TO death at
times by chlorine gas.
The city chemist claims that the plant
to be used in Hammond will always be
properly run and free from those OBJ
jections=let US hope so-perhaps he Is
right The proof of the pudding is in
the eating" and I suppose We will have
TO eat or rather drink ours before we
know
think the water question much like
the food auestion--we makeshift--if
cities we're compelled 10 dispose OF their
sewage other than dumping II into our
lakes we would not have to use chemi-
calls TO insure pure water If the food
spectators were made 10 desist from
their nefarious business the food ques-
ton would not be so serious. We play
all around the main question and never
strike at the cause.
1t is said there are about eight cases
Of typhoid in the city at the present
time and it is claimed that is large
percent At this time OF the year. Maybe
the water j. not responsible for All the
cases The majority of cases at St.
Margarets hospital come from East
! Chicago. Whiting. Indiana Harbor and
vicinity. few. very few from Hammond
do not imagine we have been running
such great risk as our daily paper
/ would lead us TO believe. when the coun-
| Gil held UP" the measure for more in
! vestigation. We need investigation on
all such subjects, and plenty Of it, II
( the measure is a good one. We certainly
4 want il. and If II is q bad one or one
1 that is not going to give US good water
free from disagreeable taste and odor-
] then we do not want i'll
| Let everyone Interested attend the
council meeting Tuesday evening. Man
1st. and consider this important ques-
ton from all sides. let us get all the
light obtainable so that we may have an
intelligent understanding Of II. s14.0(
for the machine. is per pound for the