New Britain herald., 1922-01-26
HAzEN TALKS ON THE
 LOCAL WATER PROBLEM
Mayor Curtis Mistakes Call of Rotary
 Meeting

Mayor o. r. Curtis stated, at the regular noon meeting of the New Britain Rotary club at the Elks' ban uuet hall, this noon that he sup posed the meeting was called for the purpose of correcting statement published several weeks ago in the papers" to the effect that the plans for the development of the new water supply as submitted by Engineer Hazen were not practical.
 He said that the person who made the statement was mistaken and inn piled that he was glad, through En- gineer Hazen, who followed him on the program, to correct him. (The mayor probably refers to disagree ment with the water plan by eX- Water Commissioner Thomas H. Kehoe as published in the Herald sev- eral weeks ago).
 President Sprague corrected the mayor after his statement, saying that Mr. Hagen was asked to speak simply that the members of the Rotary club and guests might have more informa- tim on the project.
 
 for the development of Shuttle | Meadow into a larger reservoir. cap able of taking care of the city's needs for 25 years to come. In his talk, MT Hazen stated that the program which has been mapped out would provide for IS million gallons Of water a da; | for the city. He also stated that the IS million gallons day would sup ply this city for a number of years to come and it would not be necessary at the present time to build the entire project.
 | Mir. Hagen said that small part could be started in the near future but that the project should be kept in mind and enlarged upon as it was deemed necessary. Going more into detail, Mir. Hazen said that Shuttle Meadow is an ideal spot for a reser- voir and should be enlarged to store water for New Britain.
 Of all the places which have been visited by Mir. Hagen and the city en- gineer, he said that none in this part Shuttle Meadow. ...
 Praise for Shuttle Meadow. In speaking of Shuttle Meadow res- ervoir, Mir. Hazen said that it is a great advantage for the city to have such d body of water so near at hand. According to Mir. Hazen, it has high elevation and if enlarged would be one of the best water supplies in these parts.
 The engineer felt that the city should purchase the property below the dam. There are about four houses on this property now It is in the program of the engineer to build the new dam some distance below the present one in order to give a much larger water supply.
 Mir. Hazen explained the technical details concerning the construction of water works. He explained that it is necessary to have good rock foundation, instead of a sandy gravel foundation and then said that below the basin of Shuttle Meadow there is bed of rock between 70 and so feet deep. At one place a boring showed the rock to be 100 feet in depth. | With Shuttle Meadow, Mir. Hagen said, it is a question of having res ervoir but not having the water to fill it. He explained that plans have been made proposing the bringing of water to Shuttle Meadow from a place where it has not been found suitable to build big dam but where there is water.
 Another speaker at the meeting was Miss Clarinda c. Richards who is in the city for the purpose of establish ing an all year round recreational center. Miss Richards said that sev-
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