Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-26
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Mass Meeting TO Have Been
Held Tomorrow Deferred
Until Monday Night
MAYOR STRANGE QUOTED

Mayor Strange AFn0a1nc0A gMaH
morning that the open meeting of oIt-
liens and taxpayers for the purpose
of discussing boah aides of the water
question and the pFactlcahility of
siltrati0n plant here, witch has been
ordered BY the Staf8 Hoard 0f HeAlsh.
which meeting was to have been hega
tomorrow night, has been poskCpNeii
until Monday night, juno 80 81 8
o'clock.
Mayor Strange gave ons no the rea.
son fOr the postponernens the nImence
from the city tomorrow night os City
Counselor George u. Ruliman. who Ii
obliged 10 be In Now York city BE-
cause of business engagapent pre-.
yiously made.
The mass meeting, therefore. 10
hear both sides oR the issue discussed
Oh the filtration plant 0nd the water
question generally. will hs held nj
o'clock on Monday night when II IL
hoped ell who have any Views on the
subject viii come ou. and air them.
In discussing the question Ok i al
tratt0n plant ordered for Annapolis
by tho state Health Department Ds.
John s. Fulton. secretary, MAYOR
Strange said to representative Os
he Capital:
tHad this Filtration Plant aecn put
in three years ago. when AZ Hral con.
templated, It would have cost htlt szs,-
900. while today the cost Will lse at
cast 10000.
Tho men who have blocked tsta
natter are responsible Tor the a60i-
sional cost of $4,000 To tho Water
sofnnany, aud unnecessarily So
The state Hoard oe Health means
what 81 says. and viii intist o. the,
Filtration Plant Tor the R1ot oE An
napolis, lltAt a II inHAalsd On The aews 1
.erags syssem III CsisaeIn FL sbss,
sity there vas apgarsslt need f0r 3
sewerage systDaa whsg tho caflEeNs
refused To Install ana lsseM tsss g@l8
3Oard II Health DFasssa tilF8s yAars
ago. and would have pushed tha pro-
ject. but the war came, ana like other
shings, It was allowed to pass,
4 Az soon as the war vas Oyar the
State Board directed the Crtsnosd
people t0 install their sewerage sys-
ern, which they did. ST al Increased
,Ost ID taxpayers there
This. however. continued the
Mayor, win not be the cane lii An
napolis, for the Filtration Plant VIII
aot add penny os extra tax cr In
:Teasad water rent, bat viii BE- paid
'or our og the revenue pg the Water
Company. who win install Il and keep
lib accrued expenses. purer water
rom i Filtration Plant will not cost
cent more said Mayor Strange,
than impure water.
We IRE drinking surface drainage
water now, and as there are more
farmers. and more people cniGlenGsng
home gardens now than evsf bef0re.
there Ii more fertilizer naturaaly be-
ing used. This seeps into the ground
and finds its way to the FAseF0glf ula-
Ter present conditions.
',rhc State Board of Health fccos
nizes these conditions, and tlss state
Board og Health. which ii composed
IL eminent men who have made
study 0f these things for yeafs, knows
whereof It speaks hence tho order for
an Annapolis Filtration Plant II is
the case of bird that can sing and
wont sing. 6eing made 10 aing. s.
Continuing the mayor sid
Water CONSUMERS naag the west
end of town, naturally set the better
supply. for as the water e0anes down
the Circle, II begins to, hffhk with II
deposits and shows sediment when
drawn from the pipes IL The lower
parts Os the city.
Z What We want, c0zstimrsa the
mayor. 80 bis turn ons a0n Monday
night 1T this pnblic heafias 0k both
rides go to the meatsng With aal
open mind