Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-19
COMMUNICATION.
DEAR EDIToR Herald -

The water question. IN thel
ieht of the HERALD's latest
,rgument, narrows its self dowiii
to this: The HERALD is opposed
to any plan by which the PRESENT.
inadequate supply OF water for
the town may be amplified or
added to, irrespective of. thet
guarantees, assurances or plans
submitted and approved by the
Hydraulic Engineer and rep
|resentative of the State Board of
Health, both of whom are acting
in the interests of the citizens OF
Woodstock and it matters not by |
what means the additional water
supply may be treated to render
| it pure and wholesome, the
HERALD is still opposed to these
plans, although such opposition
may mean the ultimate aba ndon-
ment of the plans to amplify the
water system and with it the
abandonment of the proposed
sewer system.
cannot agree with the HER
AIDS views as above set forth. |
believe the water here can be
treated by filtration and made
pure and wholesome as that
which now flows into the reser-
voir.
Il If Washington and Richmond
depend upon the water Of the
| Potomac aud the James Rivers
and this water can be made safe
and wholesome and pure, why
cannot the water from well,
which has supplied the former
generations Of Woodstock and
which upon analytical tests
shows less conta n1ination than
the isolated spring water at
Willow Grove, be rendered whole
: some enough for all purposes
, The last phase Of the question
r and which must be finally settled
j by the vote of the citizens of
Woodstock must be answered
} thus : Will there be as much
danger to health and property
r from a plentiful supply of water
e drawn from a we'll and thorough
0 ly treated and purified as there
will be from a rapidly diminish.
e ling supply of mountain water
0 and constantly increasing num-
a Der of cesspools in the town and
Y from numberless bitches, drains
and unsa nitary private sewers,
e whose stagnant and polluted
s filth lies fostering in unsigltly
lpools along tile public streets
f during the long and torrid
: months of summer, endangering
, the health of every man, woman
land child in the town and also
! that of every sojourner who Ell,
, tiers the town +?
! Does the HERALD favor per.
lpetuatihg conditions such as
s these in Woodstock
With a plentiful supply of pure
water, a modern and sanitary
4 sewer system. there is a glorious
future for Woodstock, full of the
S greatest possibilities, but defeat
? the plans to enlarge the water
e lsystem and You defeat the plans
Ito construct sewer system.
y Growth and Improvement &c
hand in hand with civic pride
and constructive ability, a town
alive and progressive enough to
Install an adequate water supply
and an efficient sewer system for
the citizens, has the wealth OF
Ienergy and the will with which
to accomplish other things and
will soon grow into thriving
and busy city.
We cannot accomplish these
things by a show of bitter op-
position and antagonism, there
must be harmony andunity of
purpose actuating both the citi-
Izens and the press before any
thing worth while can be ac-
complished. There was nothing
|of irony or bitterness in the
writers former communication
to the HERALD in which help
was asked to solve the water
question.
This is indeed a question upon
which both press and public must
| meet and discuss without bitter