THE WATER QUESTION IN PHILADELPHIA.
IN his message to councils the mayor of Philadelphia discusses the water question at some length and in terms which would naturally reassure the citizens, were they only sure that the message meant what it said, and that the statements contained in it were accurate. For instance, within two weeks after this message had been published, the water delivered in other sections of the city than West Philadelphia has been actually so loaded with coal dust as to be unfit to be used for bathing purposes. Yet in his message the mayor made the following statement:
It may be stated now that there is ample steam and pumping power to meet the fullest requirements for water, and hereafter, when freshets bring mud and coal duBt down the river, the pumps m every section, save that of West Philadelphia, can be shut down and the clean water stored in reservoirs drawn upon for several days’ supply.
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