Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Dear Editer OF HERALD :

unfortunate, Belgians of poisoning
the wells and making the waters there
OF deal out death and, woe, so that th
innocent and unsuspecting citizen
would dare not drink the water from
. certain we'll In the town, whose COO
and refreshing waters once upon {
time quenched the thirst of formel
generations, OF whom legendary &C
counts still appear In present issue.
OF the HERALD, and who were hal.
and hearty and lived to ripe and ma
ture old age. The writer of that ar
ticle was perfectly familiar with ths
false and idle reports that the watel
In this particular we'll contains poison
Is stained and polluted by the GENE
terry and countless cesspools, but sub
timely innocent of ths fact that or
several tests conducted by the State
.bacteriologist, the water taken from
this we'll showed no more poison, i'm
purities nor pollution than was showr
by like tests of water taken from the
reservoir. The we'll contains not sc
much poison as exists in prejudicial
minds. The results of those tests oy
the State batteriologist are open iol
public. inspection and are upon record
at the Town Treas urer's Office. The
members of. the Town Council are
public servants, elected blythe vote Of
the people and they conscientiously
serve the citizens in this official ca.
pacitY-faithfully and honorably
They are as solicitous Of the precious
health of their own loved ones, Mr..
Editor, as you are of yours.
Each step the Council has taken to
secure more water has been taken
after thorough and careful delibera
ton and assisted by an able, compe-
tent and experienced civil engineer,
Mr.. D. J. Howell. of Washington,
D. G. This gentleman, we have every
reason to believe is thoroughly CON.
petent and Trustworthy, and his labors
have been made in conjunction with
those Of consulting c. E.
The State Board of Health has been
from time to time and sam
pies of watef'-'taken from the river,
W illow Tree spring at Narrow Pas
sage. the we'll on Spring Street and
The reservoir have been submitted for
analytical tests.
The Editor of the GERALD may re-.
SAY that net SO many years ago the
Woodstock and vicinity,
frank water from melted ice taken
rom "Hoover's Fonda polluted
and impure mudhofe,r unprotected by
'ven SO much as fence, and yet the
HERALD raised no voice of protest
against this--in. fact used their ice
or many years. Consistency thou
art a jeWel"-we gag at a gnat and
'wallow q camel, our vision is micro
see the mote but the beam
escapes us.
Now as matter Of fact, every foot
Of accessible ground within reach of
W oodstock has been diligently
searched and gone. over for the pur-
pose of locating an additional and
adequate water supply and after an
exhaustive and thorough search we
unlimited these facts:
The combined flow of the Baker,
Bryant and Frye springs lying west
II Woodstock is but $4,000 gallons
Der "a hour day. The spring at Will
ow Grove discharges 500, 900 gallons
Der "a hour day. The present COM
,ined inflow at the two reservoirs
'hows, maximum of 100, 900 gallons
Der "a hours. :. Stultz' Gap is beyond
he financial reach of Woodstock and
his stream has been known to fail in
Extreme dry weather.
Cost has a direct bearing upon the
,lans that have been discussed. On
he nearest adequate water supply,
eaving out the we'll on Spring street,
s at willow Grove and the cost at
present Of laying q 10 inch iron water
main that distance alone would be
|35, 900 which is practically .prohibi-
i've. Additional water cannot be
procured upon the mountain near the
'eservoirs, nor do the roots and
of trees cause an appreci-
! BILE loss from the pipes leading from
he intakes or springs to the reser..
voir-nor would it be justifable at
present to replace those terra Gotta
pipes with iron pipes.
will the HERALD offer practical
solution of the water question, other
han to try to stultify the action the
council has taken SO far :? Can you
produce data that will correctly solve
he inevitable shortage of water in
We want just such help
and advice. It<is for the citizens TO
decide and to decide intelli gently be-
tore expanding any funds to secure
additional water for the town. We
must look at least 30 years ahead
q nd provide an adequate supply for
that many years hence.
We must vote our interests, not our
A sewer system is not
available without additional water
and this water can be had now, is
and sabundantly available
and can be had as pure and whole
some as from the springs upon the