New Britain herald., 1920-03-31

Inc Curtis publicity campaign
 nittec has issued the following
 rement in behalf of their candi- ate:
 "Bccause of it's vital importance to ke city as well as on account of the ma guitude and expense of the un- Idertalling. the question of how best to provide New Britain with an ab- ksoiutely dependable water supply is Easily one of the biggest and most kerious problems with which the city has ever been confronted. For years kp. r. Curtis had anticipated this ufstion and had made himself fully koystsersant with the situation. Con Eeghently, when the. matter came to
 head after the last threatened Wa Ter famine, Mr. Curtis was in d po
 tion to render the city imm ediate
 ad valuable assistance.
 Altbough New Britain possesses
 ktesn square miles of watershed, nsuRicient storage capacity at pres cnt prevents the city from utilizing
 Ee than 50 per cent of the po-
 ktIal supply In other words, the oi1lAs about 50 per cent developed. wlscFefore, the problem which the c:t;y' has faced has been how to con- saf and utilize it's entire resources cf water supply. which if done, would 1 Iliecludc possibility or water si-s,rta2e in the future
 \ st.Some time ESQ the board of water lrlissioners presented 2 report to fhc tc;ty council recommending in out .ine the procedure to be followed in order to obtain a much greater water s>rssply. 4AS :. reult of this report q Special committee of seven was ap- pointed to investigate the matter in more detail, following which they Mere to report their, findings to tie eommon council. Moreover because yof his precninent. fitness for the HSGIll, O. + Curtis. was appointed txFlilnan of this special committed. 5sle other members being men of un- Questioned ability, such as ex-MaEor ,cfA,ce NJ. I,anders and President Pro fem ARchards and others.
 AfAer considering at length the xuestiSn as how best to proceed. the ne eciH committee reached several pa9e7usions, among which were the
 lIowing: That as the manufacturing
 aapAnies of the city consumed tEo
 eatdl portion of the water, they
 huM be consulted also. that com-
 Extensive plan should be evolved
 hereby the work could be carried R Systematically with the develop X mt of the entire available water
 as the ultimate goal.
 linen. in conjunction with the
 ks engineer and the nanufa ct UT
 engineer. the special committee 4l k4e a preliminary Investigation of
 n phases of the problem. As the pFhsult the committee was able in kIanuary 1919 to submit a report to \ alle common council. recommending saie water ommissi ollerS be instruct a,l to have borinss made at certain points, that preliminary plans be Flaavn up, and~ that bids be secured from responsible contractors. in order that the city council might saST1 an idea of the cost and nature pf the project.
 s.t.AIoreover. at this time. it was Mir taftis who approx ched the city en- FiDeer and impressed upon him the Ealnportance. ii not absolute necessity I@ff engaging the services of the lead K irsg epnsulting engineer on this kind IT wBek in the country. The result WAS that. acting on authority giver i'm by the water board, the city rngincer got in touch with. and suc- Feeded in securing he services of MT aAnen Hazen who is recognized ir i. Lrofessional circles as being the fore ihost expert on problems of water supply in the United States.
 .sThe complete report was laid be fore the water commissioners las February, and to those who have 7 eNa nincd it. the wisdom of having @ cnGaged the expert services of MT \ Hagen, iS strikingly apparent. Copie: of this document are now beins printed for public distribution. II order that the public may know wha has been accomplished, it is only necessary to say that the report cover the whole question in a detailed, ye clear and simple manner. givin; definite instructions as how to carr on he work in a way which vii eventually secure for the city the us If it's entire water resources. In ad dition the question Of costs ant method of financing are fully eE plained in the report, well as tn proba ble relation between the suppl - and consumption of water during tn next twenty-five years.
 Tn fact this experts report on tn water question is of greater impor - 4ance to the welfare of the city tha tanything of the kind ever before at tempted. Moreover. it is due to tn
 fact that Mir Curtis had the 'foresigf years ago to anticipate the wate
 problem and make a special study ( it that he has been able to Wiel quite an influence in this undertak ing. Finally. it is not too much t
 say that when completed, this proje' will be of inestimable value to tn - city for generations to come"