Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-28
PRESIDENT MELVIN OF
THE WATER COMPANY
MAKES A STATEAIEN Z

THE WATER COMPANY
MAKES a STATEMEN T
Tfle fellow ing statement has easi
received from President George Is
a.selsia II the annapolis Water cona-
peny tn response 10 m invitation to
!; .ate# his Side of the Water On tie1
.eentroYerss
,.,ir. W. Meade Eioliaday
annapolis, Maryland
NJ dear Sir:
IN response 10 your courteous offer.
to have printed iil the Evening Gari-
fai any statement Of mine IN coallec-
ton with the order Of ihe State Health
Department for the installation Il Il
filtration plant al the city water works,
ana your Eind liiyisation to make such
Il statement. am sending you this
letter
The letters between Mr. Robert R
Iorse. chief engineer OF The State
Health Departments and myself rs
President III the annapolis uates
Company. reprinted IN the Esening
Capital OF Thursday from The Esenillg
Advert fsar of Wednesday are plain and
u,iderstandabl Mr. Morse's letter of.
inquiry bears internal evidence that
the interest OF tle State Board OF
IIealth III tho water supply of Annapo-
lis is n0t d new thing In my reil
i think / gave fair and unprecedented
view Of Tie situation as It existed
earIy Iii June. did take Oeca sIDs tft
aag thai many ot onr people lnof ALL
lie il nofea). who have given the sub-
ject aisinterested study from the real
ana vital aspects had leen Impressed.
with certain undeniable fact
We're called upon 10 write the
same Ietter today | would use the
same language. for although the Even
ing Capital may moi he impressed
with the undeniable fact that filtration
affords the only certain means Of
maintaining at alitimes absolute puri-
fy. and enabling the safe and proper
extension of the reservoirs the au-8
thoritses or every city water system.
and all the sanitarians of whom ever
heard are: and / may 1 { pardoned for.
saying that the Board Of Directors OF
the Annapolis Water Company has
given some years Of close study and
iliyestigation to subjects pertaining 70
our water supply And that often TT
tho face of unjust and reckless criti-
selsm
The files Of the Evening CAPITAL
show that The matter of iiltration has
Ieen often discussed. that civic and
Iother organizations have recommended
| IL: that the majority Of the physicians
tof the city have endorsed IL; that Ii
had become in this community like IA
Etwiee=told tale yexing fhe dull ear o1
a drowsy man. IN The sense that no
end OF the controversy had heen reach
cd. Until the Evening Capital declared
Ifhat filfration everywhere notably
Baltimore has been d failure. and that
ii Is an expensive and useless prO-
cess. anyhow d highly important dis
copery. If true claims in opposition.
lin Annapolis. III baltimore, III thor
sands OF communities throughout the
country, had been scarce
May commend to all readers of
the Evening Advertiser and the Even
ing Capital d re-persual of the letters
written BY Mr.. Morse and myself? DO
they not carry full and complete
refutation Of the scarehead TINT Presi.
dent Melvin Of the WateT Company as
sared state Health Department, PRIOR
lto ORDER that citizens fayored lilira-
ltIonr President Melvin gave no such
assurance. He wrote, early n Jane
3basing the statement npon the second
paragraph Of the letter, as II appears
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