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

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are ploughed up and the heavy rains come we have prettymuddy
water. We have an American Filter, composed of
about five and one-half feet of sand, and the water is filtered
through that by pressure, and we also use alum.
We
always try to get pure water, but owing to accidents sometimes
the filter gets out of order ; and we have had to have
some little muddy water, but as a rule we have very clear
water."
Dr. Thomas :
''Are
there many people living along this
creek?" " No, sir, not very many. It is very thinly settled."
Dr. Lewis "
: Mr. Neeve, I would like to ask if there are
any mill-ponds along this creek?" " Yes, sir; there is one."
Dr. Lewis "
: How far is it from the reservoir? " "About
five miles,"
Dr. Whitehead : "There
is one important point that Mr.
Neeve has not stated ;
and that is that whenever he hears
of any case of typhoid fever in tliat section he goes to the
house and has the necessary precautions taken bnt as he
;
has not referred to it I think that, in justice to him, something
ought to be said about it."
Dr. Whitehead "
: The quantity of the water used by the
town will about consume the quantity pumped into the town
every day, will it not, Mr. Neeve?" "Yes, sir; we pump
just what is
used during the day—about 350,000 gallons a
day. There is no surplus."
Dr. Lewis then explained the establishment of the waterworks
in Raleigh
;
about the difficulties they had in getting
the Board of Aldermen to seek the advice of the County
Board of Health before making the contract. Dr. Lewis
wound up his remarks by saying that he thought the water
supply of Salisbury was in a fairly satisfactory condition,
and that, in his opinion, it was much safer than the ordinary
wells of the town.