1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FIFTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 123
means of disposal would Ije the river, or the creek below
the lowest dam. A meeting of the County Board of Health
was held in order tliat I might meet them.
GREENSBORO.
Water-works owned by a company.
Supply comes from
a creek about a mile from the city. The creek is very
muddy at times and an effort is made to insure clear water
by storing the normal flow in a settling basin to be used
as a su[)p]y during the time the creek is at its worst.
This scheme is evidently not an entire success, and this
system is unqualifiedly one where filtration should be
adopted. Plans were prepared some years ago by E. W.
Bowditch, C. E., for a system of sewers, and one outfall
and a small portion of the system has been built. It was
intimated that some changes in the plans were contemplated,
but it is to be hoped that such will not be the
case, at least without the advice of a competent engineer,
as the one who furnished the plans is without question more
of an authority on the subject than any municipal committee
on sewers. The jail was visited by request and in
compan}' with one of the pi'omiuent physicians.
Tiie sanitary
conveniences are of the most primitive type and a
disgrace to the county, when it is taken into account that
the jail is situated in the heart of a flourishing city, which
is provided with water-works and sewers. The surface
drainage also needs attention.
GOLDSBORO.
Water su})ply under private ownership, and derived from
Little river, one and one-half miles from the city. Water
very turbid at times and water-shed not above suspicion.
This is considered a case where filtration is essential and
if
faithfully carried out would doubtless remove any proper