Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-09
||REAST WATER
supply CRITICIZED
ir,e,oal Research Bureau
! cav, Limited Facilities Re.
tsrd Development
aoes SERIES Of MAINS

.s n. ,rranktoifd e'evated is
4 reality, It IL tnvuT so..;or m G"'cl -
Scom in the northosst secs'on .cr ..
'l,deIphia Until! an ndeqma!,e q,er.,ons,, M,eI
snir IL provided TOR the un"sycuIpssu ry,nIposu
:IgP,ory Ig there. the Bureau OF Mun'ci'
vi Rssenrch stated today.
IA hricf survey Of what We may cail
" ".rndeycloped northeast reveals q
.,o" NJ tho city lying to the norm
~ !'o .".t OF Foust street. between the
rore r River and tho Montgomery
IA TRncks County lines. some nine
e.. iong and five miles widc' the
sfsTHsn, ssf,Ts,' "sSy oreo Of about forty five sGunre
T.. = I,' \" romposcd largely Of open farm.
~ ~s."ntry. ~ with here and there a more
,..s % bnilt.up but isolated commu'
The long frontage on the river
Vx.w York division of the Iennsyl.
To,lrood md the several branch
- Tho Reading md Of the Penn
SH..,. thot traverse 1t afford TO this
!.;"m unriynled advantages for IN
s.'..,., srowth, Adequate trnnsporta.
~ .scn,s -, insured by surface trolley
~ ~. md bus line feeders 10 the e!e-
~, M Frankford. Much of this
49, b,ch ground md the Roosevelt
.,.r.rd. running through the henrt
shs section. invites high.class resi-
Satial development.
Water Facilities Needed
"And yet with all these ADVANTAGES
=. srowth of TINT section must in
..siv no throttlcd, II not entirely
nsI.d Id by the utter lack Of water sup.
~ fscilitics, A small area along the
H. IL served by private water com.
snies. md the city has one small sup
4. main-nlready ovcrtaxctl---running
throuch Bustlcton and Byberry. The
a. of that northeast section Is en-.
~ without a central water supply.
Siv,th this situation before them, II
.Aooyes tie municipal authorities to
"a the responsibility Of providing for
rapidly increasing population and to
nke the first step In comprehensive
fogrsm Of water supply development
= this section. A new unit Of filters
Lnd pumps must be installed at Torres.
iaie. and a system Of large supply
Mains laid throughout the section, so us
q take cnre Of its progressive develop.
hint. Until the city Is prepared to
bake this substantial investment In Its
Sdter plant, it is futile to expect any
|boom" In the Northeast.
Private Companies Not Favored
Another phase Of the water prob.
IN In the Northeast that calls for
brompt decision, ~ the absorption by
khs city Of the private water companies
Iow operating within this section. If
h city does not at once take steps |
b supply wntcr to the large building
psrations now In process or contem-
)lated adjacent to the territory served
these companies, the water com.
ln!es will undoubtedly extend their
hnlities to meet the new demands. |
lhs existence Of private water COM
)anies within the city IL admittedly un-
|simble. No further time should be
sst In reaching an equitable basis upon
rhich they can be taken over by the
HU. 1t must be evident that any new
apital outlay to which these c0mpa.
ies may be driven by the failure Of the
Ply to meet the growing demand for
rater, will add not only the amount Of
big investment, hui also its going.
business value to the sum the city will
Ultimately have to pay for these prop.
)eties."' ~ -