Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-08
Ns Good As That of Cleveland. 81.
Louis nnd Chicago. BETTER Than
Wen Product
IS EXCELLENT FOR DRINKING
Freed OF Magnesium. SulphRtc ana
Chloride, Possesses Ncrx Littlo
Bacteria
REGARDED AS GREAT BOON
Secretary Douglas Expects Increase
In STREAM of Newcomers 60
on Metropolis.

Tulsa's new water is all right-yes.
sir perfectly all right. and every.
body is saying SO All the leading
hotels. the Chamber ..of Commerce
and cafes are now using IT, and 1t Is
giving entire satisfaction.
IL is not only tastelcss OF salt. but
1t is absolutely free OF magnesium
sulphate and chlorldcs. those delete
rious substances that once mado the
water unhealthy.
To-day Tulsa's water supply is iust
as good as that OF Chicago or CIeve-
land. about the same as that OF st..
Louis. organically purer than spring
water SO widely used In tho city, and
contains only onc.fifth as much bae-
terra as water that comes from wells
within the city--so demonstrated by
chemical analysis made by Dr. G. Il.
Hammer, meteorological expert
SO perfectly treated is the city
water now that 1t IL impossible to
'detect any difference between II and
me spring waters Test mace at tho
chamber OF Commerce proved this
to be the fact
Boon 10 City.
Col. Clarence II. DougInE. secre-
targ of the Chamber OF Commerce.
ls enthusiastic over the excellence OF
the city water, and declares Il Is the
greatest achievement In the citys
history. Nothing has injured Tulsa
more heretofore. he said, than the
reputation OF its water for being un.
suitable and unhealthy for drinking
purposes. and the fact that IL is to-
dnv absolutely healthy. soft and
clear. and has been freed OF the un-
healthy sulphates through scientific
chemical treatment he regards as
being worth spontaneous celebration
on the part OF every citizen OF the
city. IL means that Tulsa can now
guarantee to every person desiring
10 come here that he will find "A
water supply as good as he will find
IN the average city OF the north and
east
In fact. Colonel Douglas said that
OF all the things OF which Mayor
simmons talked at the banquet In
his honor Monday night as having
been achieved under his ndmlnistra-
ton, all OF them combined. vail bla
as each OF them were TO the city,
would not equal the work OF purify
ing the city's water supply. 1T Ia
easily the greatest achievement of
Mayor simmons administration" he
declared, and the greatest thing
any mayor has ever done for the
city"
Most Modern In United Sntes.
G, Arthur Brown, chief engineer.
who had charge OF the construction
Of the new filtration plant. built at "a
cost OF about 100000. said yester-
dav that Tulsa's new water plant ls
the most modern In the entire United
States. and that the water supply OF
the city " virtually free of every
bacteria element Analysis made
since the new water was turned into
the plant shows that nearly 30 per
cent Of bacteria substances have
been removed and that two -thirda
Of the hardness has been eliminated.
The Aa.n fact OF importance. how
ever, is What the magnesium sulphate
and chloride Substances have been
absolutely removed. making the city
water Just as healthy as any city
Nator anywhere. for II was these
substances, and not the salt sub
stance. that rendered Tulsas water
unfit 10 drink.
The CITY testing board OF which
Or, Hammer is chairman. has unani-
mously endorse the new water IL
" now up TO the standard required.
but is daily growing better, Mr..
prown stated as the new filtration
plant gets into better working order.