Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-31
OTHERS VIEWS
WATER, WATEk, EVERYWHERE
AND NOT A DROP TO DRINK
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Everybody got an opinion of their
own, right or wrong.
Something is the matter with our
water and nobody seems to know
what it is.
If that crowd up at Raleigh who
claim to be chemists, say there is no
odor to the water that is being served
to the tax payers of our city, and by
what the papers said the other day,
they did say there was no ods)r, then
in my opinion, there is something
wrong with their noses and they
should either get them repaired or
give up the jobs they are holding up
in Raleigh.
About ten thousand people (more or
iess) have been using the water from
our city plant, they all cannot have
bad noses or tastes, and if the so
called chemists up in Raleigh, will
half a dozen that will say there is
no odor or taste to our water, that is
being served daily to us, then will
agree to say no more and will drink
the water and run the risk of being
made sick by it.
The water is rotten, judging by the
way it smells. and tastes, our city
fathers don't seem to be doing any
thing about it, but talk and when they
talk they don't say much.
I am going to give you my opinion
of what's the matter with our water,
take it or leave it, Just as you please.
My opinion is that our water mains
are filled with raw water and we are
trying to drink water right out of the
pond; how it go into the pipes without
being filtered (if it did) I don't know.
When our new plant was built it
was supposed to be as good as there
was in the State, it was supposed to be
able to take water from most any
source and purify it and I still think
it can, if something doesn't go wrong
at the plant, that tommyrot about the
water in the pound being low and
causing the bad taste, in my opinion
is lot of hooey.
think our city fathers should order
all of the present water in the mains
turned out, what if it does cost little
money it's the tax payers money good
ness knows hey are not always so
careful about spending it, this is a
case where the health of 10000 peo-
pie, more or less, is at stake, I just
don't believe we are going to get rid
of this bad water until we pour it OUT
on the ground and fill the mains with
filtered water, they might pass an or
dinance requiring everybody in the
city to drink two gallons day till it's
used up, in that way they wouldn't be
wasting the tax payers money.
If I am not mistaken, a plant like
the one we have calls for chemist
on hand at all times to look after
the filtration, they had one at one
time, what's become of him?
With all due respect to our present
and past mayors, in my opinion, they
ought not to have to look after the
water works, they don't know any
thing about the water business, we
| need water man in charge of our
water system.
Oh, WE'LL this is about all I've got
to say, but I think that if our city
fathers had taken about $4,000 of the
money that it looks like it's going to
cost the city before we get through
with the underpass and spent it on inn
proving our water supply, most of us
would have been better pleased, we
have just got to have good water,
water that is free from odor and taste,
| no matter what it cost; the health of
the people should be our first consid-
GRAFTON and our city fathers should
not try to keep the tax rate down at
the expense of the health of the peo-
pie of Henderson.
| This is my opinion of the water
situation, what's yours?
One of the People.
Henderson, N. c., July 30, 1887.