WATER SUPPLY
The meeting of the New England Water Works Association held in Young’s Hotel, Boston, on the 16th inst., was well attended and proved very interesting. A large number of the old members who never fail to put in an appearance at these gatherings were on hand as usual, and their remarks on the topics discussed were of great value. The subject of clearing land for reservoir beds was introduced by H. J. Holden, of Nashua, N. H, and discussed by several members. W. F. Codd, of Nantucket, Mass., showed some blue prints and photographs and explained a system of filtration which had lately been introduced at that place. A bill which was introduced in the Legislature, providing for the appointment of a meter inspector, was read and discussed, the members being unanimous in denouncing the scheme. Reference is made to this bill in another column.
A correspondent at Johnstown Pa., writes: Your issue of February 17, contains a highly picturesque account of a “great flood” in “Westmont,” Pa., which “flood" only had existence in the vapid mind of an ignorant and irresponsible newspaper correspondent. Westmont is a suburb of this city, its water supply a part of this company's domestic system. The dam, which did not break, is a hundred thousand gallon tank. The pumping main did break, however, carried by a slide on the hill-side and positively 40,000 gallons of water run down the hill-side, in the opposite direction from the village of Westmont, 'l'he current traversed not a single street, but encountered the shanty of a squatter. The building bravely resisted the torrent, but its single room was overflowed, to the depth of, at least two inches.
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