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

FIFTH BIENNIAL KKPOKT. 127
STATESVILLE.
The question of water-works has been discussed, but nothing
has been done. The proposed source of supply is a
small creek at some distance from town.
It is safe to assume
that the water will have to be filtered, as any stream in this
locality would become very muddy after heav}' rains. A
sewerage system will not be a serious matter to arrange for
when the time arrives.
TAKBOIJO.
This city has put in a small water-works system for fire
protection only. The supply being taken from a creek at a
point below undoubted pollution, precludes the idea of the
present system ever being used for domestic purposes.
Attempts have been made to procure an artesian supply,
but the results have apparently not been very promising.
The present domestic water supply is from dug and driven
wells and rain-water cisterns. The most natural method
of sewage disposal would be to discharge it into the Tar
river and the problem would probably be easy of solution.
WASHINGTON.
No public water supph' or sew^ers, and tlie question of
providing either will be quite a serious one, as there is apparently
no water available except the highly colored river
water, which is also very muddy at times, and the natural
surface of the ground is so slightly elevated above the river
that it would be difficult to construct a system of sewers
that would discharge into the ri /er by gravity alone. The
present urgent need of this place is surface drainage, as
stagnant water was observed in at least two localities on
inhabited lots. At the time of my visit a drain was being
relaid for the purpose of abating a nuisance of this description.
A shallow creek or branch, bordered bj' swamps,
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