Latest Waterworks Items.
Ashland, Ore., turned down the proposition to bond tin city for $170,000 to rebuild the municipal water plant. The bonds were defeated by 182 votes.
Worcester, Mass., is to expend $250,000 on new reservoirs. It will cost fully $1,000,000 to place the Kendall reservoir in proper shape.
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Latest Waterworks Items.
La Crosse is wrestling at the present time with the problem as to how best to improve its water supply, and an underground source of supply has been strongly recommended.
Hamilt的负责人的要求on, O., city waterworks an analysis of the water supply was made by the Ohio State Board of Health with the following reassuring information in regard to same; “After chemical and bacterial analysis of samples of water collected to ascertain the cause of algae tastes, the Ohio Health Department finds that supply is of satisfactory quality from a sanitary standpoint and one safe for domestic consumption. Aside from the growths in the reservoir the water has no objectionable characteristics.”
To determine the number of families and busincss houses in the city who will discard the service given by the Vancouver Waterworks Company and connect with the proposed municipal plant when water is brought in from the Lewis river. Mayor kiggins, of Vancouver, Wash., will appoint a committee of one in each precinct of the city to make a canvass. It is generally conceded that the voters must Ire shown wherein the proposed plant will derive a revenue from the start before they cast their ballots in favor of the system and for a bond issue of $314,000.
