settling and also lightens the work on the pumps. From this point it is pumped through the town mains, the excess over that consumed passing to a second wooden tank located on the hill back of the Glenville Normal School. This last reservoir has a capacity of 20,000 gallons.

The pumping equipment consists of two Fairbank Morse duplex steam driven pumps 17x7x12. Steam is supplied by two 40-H. P. Atlas tubular boilers, one of which, I believe, is gas fired while the other burns coal. The distributing system consists of 10,000 feet of wrought iron pipe as follows:

There are eight Ludlow hydrants and formerly there were 15 meters in the system. The latter, however, have become so badly rusted they are no longer in service.

I am told that there are approximately 150 takers, and that about 600,000 gallons of water are consumed daily. This consumption is used almost entirely for washing and flushing purposes as very few people drink the water, knowing it to be dangerously polluted.

As noted above, the supply is taken directly from the Little Kanawha river which at this point has a large, though somewhat thinly populated, water-shed that nevertheless contributes a considerable pollution to the stream. In addition, there are several small communities within ten miles above Glenville that throw their wastes directly into the stream.

In the brief time at my disposal it was not possible to study the problem, but it would appear from statements made by the operator of the ice plant that the soil along the river is of such character that it should be possible to build a filter gallery parallel with the river that would provide a water reasonably free from color and turbidity, while destruction of the bacteria could be obtained at the small cost of about four cents a day by the use of a chlorinating plant.

It is well known that a large portion of the wells in Glenville are unsafe for drinking purposes, and the town is urgently in need of a good public supply. It is to be hoped that the Glenville Water & Light Co., which, I understand, has not yet made money on its investment, can see its way clear to make the suggested improvements which should not cost over seven or eight hundred dollars.

GLENVILLE-GILMER COUNTY.

Private Wells.

While at Glenville in October, 1915, I investigated many of the wells in the town and found a large majority of them to be very poorly constructed and a probable menace to the health of the community.

Glenville is built on hillside and a narrow flat along the north bank of the Little Kanawha river. The older portion of the town is on the

level land at the base of the hill and here the wells are all extremely bad, while on the hill there are many the construction of which is good.

The three accompanying cuts are illustrative of the character of the wells to be encountered in Glenville. Cut No. 3 is of the so-called Bell well in the rear of the Whiting Hotel. It is about 10 feet deep and water stands within 18 inches of the surface of the ground. There is no protection whatsoever against surface drainage. A sewer from the hotel toilet, indicated by the black line, has been laid just under the surface of the ground and passes within three feet of the well. This drain has been broken at a number of points by crushing from the stepping stones shown in the cut and just beyond the well the sewer is badly clogged, with the result that almost all the wastes from the hotel water closets passed directly to the well. This well was disinfected and ordered closed.

Cut No. 4 shows the well at the Gainor Hotel. This well is three feet in diameter by twelve feet deep and in constructed of rough stone laid dry. Water stands within four feet of the top of the well. protection against surface drainage.

There is no

WHITE LINE SHOWS

Cut No. 5 is of the well in the yard of Dr. A. L. Peck's residence. This well is about twelve feet deep with ten feet of water and is constructed without the use of cement. The lowest ground in the immediate vicinity is that about the well, with the natural result that the surface drainage is. directly into the well. I have twice observed wash water thrown out the kitchen door shown in the background.

The importance of protecting their wells did not seem to have impressed itself upon the citizens of Glenville, and consequently I gave a public lecture on typhoid fever in the auditorium of the Glenville Normal School and endeavored to point out the need of safe drinking water, and

WELL AT THE RESIDENCE OF A. L. PECK.

then gave a chalk talk on the proper method of rendering various types of wells safe from surface contamination.

The talk was evidently fruitful of results, as in the next two days that I was in the town I had the gratification of seeing eight wells improved as I had directed. I am told that since then several others have been improved.

Nuisances.

In order to improve the health tone of Glenville as far as possible I ordered a cleanup of the town. This was a general order which took the form of a proclamation which was printed and distributed to every house in town and posted in store windows, on telegraph poles and in other conspicuous places.