The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-08
MONTPELIER
Report States Montpelier City Water Is
Polluted and Unfit for Use.

DR.. G. H. Burr this morning received a
report from the state laboratory that the
water in Berlin pond was polluted and
that 1t is unfit for use. DIR. Charles r..
Dalton, when called about the matter,
did not know anything about it but con-
Quoted an investigation this morning and
reported to DR. Burr relative to the
cause. The city council and state board
of health will probably visit Berlin pond
sometime Wednesday relative to the
matter Until the pollution is removed
persons are urged to boil their drinking
water, There has been an odor from the
water for some time. The samples sent
to Burlington were taken from faucets.
Mr.. and Mrs. James 0'Brien have gone
TO Richmond for visit with relatives.
w. II, Jeffrey went to Hardwick to-
day to complete the matter corrected
with the Bell ease, in which the court
has not made an order concerning the
care Of the boy.
A divorce case, Rosea Sanders vs.. Ar
thur II. Sanders, was filed in county
court Monday afternoon Gleason
Wilcox for the plaintiff and +. t. Laird
for the defendant. Desertion is given
as cause, The contesting case was
filed last week This afternoon an order
for alimony was made by Judge i, l..
Fish following an agreement of counsel.
Roy Getman Of the navy is visiting
with Mrs. Getman for few days.
Lloyd Derrick is at loss to know
whether the Helen Derrick injured in the
automobile accident at Grand Isle was
one OF his relatives. There are two
FHelen Dericks, one of whom is his moth
err while the other is a cousin. Some OF
the papers gave the name as Mary Der
lex, who is also cousin.
s. B. Bates is in Grand Isle to-day at
tending road meeting. It is one Of
those being promoted by j, P. Taylor OF
Burlington,
John Wahlen, master mechanic at the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad shops,
has received from Frank g. Wahlen, his
son, a copy of the information concern
ing the Wahlen gauge, of WHICH the lat
ter is the inventor and which will be
used by plumbers and those who install
low pressure heating apparatus. 1t is
the first thing Of the kind to be invented
that will determine draft or pressure in
furnace airpipe or give tie velocity of
air going through a furnace pipe There
has been no way in which to measure
these until Prof, Wahlen worked out a
gauge In doing this ii had to be done
in celebrating work, the pressure having
to be exact To one ten.thousaadth OF an
inch in water. The slightest finctuation
must bring up the pressure. This will
be a distinct addition to the implements
tt,.r hna1a nd
ii makes possible, readily, reading with
the Pilot table used for checking ane-
mometer. The new gauge is very essen
tial in accurate reading, Prof. Wahlen
is 81 years of age and has visited bis
father here frequently He recently
graduated from the University Of Hi
nois and was assigned by one Of the pro.
fessors there to work out something
along the above line with the success
that has been given Mr.. Wahlen has
received book giving more detailed in
formation upon the new gauge The in
vention is the result Of contract be-
tween the university and the association
interested in low pressure heating APP
paratus development
Mr. and Mrs. James 0'Brien of Spring
field, Mass, are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Mcmahon on Hillside ave
nue.
Harold 0'Brien, who has been i'll for
several weeks as a result Of a strained
heart caused by lifting at the Capital
garage, il about the same,
Judge Henry Conlin Of Colchester and
Miss Esther Anderson Of Burlington,
clerk and deputy clerk OF the United
States district court, were in the city
yesterday on their way to Newport
Waldo H. Farrar. who was to have gone
as iuryman, was excused Monday aft
ernoon,