State Sanitary Engineers Hold Conference

State Sanitary Engineers Hold Conference

A meeting of the Conference of State Sanitary Engineers was held on June 1 and 2 at Boston, Mass., the headquarters being at the Hotel Bellevue. Among the papers of interest to water works men on the program were “Some Productive Activities of a State Sanitary Engineering Office,” by Robert B. Morse, chief engineer Maryland State Board of Health: "The Typhoid Epidemic at Salem, Ohio,” by W. H. Dittoe, chief engineer Ohio State Board of Health; “State Sanitation,” by George C. Whipple, professor of sanitary engineering, Harvard University. Under the head of “Certification and Supervision of Water Supplies on Interstate Carriers,” the following papers were read: “Water-borne Epidemics among Passengers and Crews of Vessels,” by J. I. Connolly, assistant sanitary engineer, U. S. public health service; “The Policy of the Public Health Service for the Supervision of Water Supplies of Common Carriers,” by I. W. Mendelsohn, assistant sanitary engineer, U. S. public health service; “Experiences with the Supervision of Water Supplies on Vessels Plying on the Great Lakes,” by A. E. Gorman, assistant sanitary engineer, U. S. public health service; “The Co-operation of the State Health Departments in the Certification of Interstate Water Supplies,” by E. S. Tisdale, sanitary engineer, West Virginia state board of health. Another paper was “State Control of Stream Pollution and Sewage Disposal,” by J. F. Jackson, director, bureau of engineering, Connecticut State Department of Health. The reports of the committee of interest to water works men were those on water supply, on cross connections, by-passes on water supplies, stream pollution and sewage disposal, and on swimming pools.

The new reservoir of Kenmore, Ohio, for the construction of which and for other water works improvements the city council recently voted $200,000 worth of bonds, will be of concrete, with a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons, and it will be enclosed. The cost of the reservoir is estimated at $95,442.81, and it is claimed that its installation will relieve the city from any danger from water famine. Besides the reservoir, a pipe line will be constructed, which will cost approximately $44,925. The bonds for the improvements have been sold and the work of construction, it is expected, will start very soon.