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  sight, 
  Erie 
  canal 
  was 
  doubtless 
  the 
  most 
  economical, 
  and 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  that, 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  Moreover, 
  both 
  these 
  plans 
  could 
  have 
  

   been 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  Serious 
  objections 
  to 
  their 
  

   adoption, 
  however, 
  were 
  raised, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  fil- 
  

   tration 
  is 
  inadequate 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  water 
  safe 
  for 
  drinking, 
  but 
  

   also 
  that 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  waterpower 
  on 
  the 
  various 
  races 
  would 
  

   prevent 
  any 
  abstraction 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  water 
  by 
  the 
  mill 
  owners 
  

   rested 
  principally 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  their 
  waterpower 
  would 
  

   be 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  abstraction 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  quantity. 
  On 
  

   March 
  20, 
  1891, 
  a 
  committee 
  of 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Sey- 
  

   mour 
  race, 
  the 
  Rochester, 
  Carroll 
  and 
  Fitzhugh 
  race, 
  the 
  Hy- 
  

   draulic 
  Power 
  Company's 
  race 
  and 
  the 
  Rochester 
  and 
  Brush 
  

   Electric 
  Light 
  Companies, 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  such 
  

   owners 
  would 
  permit 
  the 
  city 
  to 
  take 
  2,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day 
  

   from 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  an 
  annual 
  rental 
  of 
  f 
  14,600; 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  the 
  mill 
  owners 
  on 
  Brown's 
  race 
  resolved 
  

   that 
  they 
  would 
  oppose 
  with 
  all 
  reasonable 
  persistency 
  any 
  prop- 
  

   osition 
  to 
  draw 
  any 
  further 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  or 
  its 
  

   tributaries. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Erie 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1895, 
  the 
  writer 
  examined 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  somewhat 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  town 
  of 
  

   Lorain 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  shore, 
  twenty 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Cleveland. 
  The 
  

   results 
  of 
  that 
  study 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  a 
  paper, 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  as 
  a 
  Source 
  

   of 
  Water 
  Supply 
  for 
  the 
  Towns 
  of 
  its 
  Borders, 
  and 
  little 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  reference 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  this 
  place, 
  except 
  

   to 
  state 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  chemical 
  analyses 
  

   given 
  in 
  said 
  paper. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  99 
  gives 
  monthly 
  chemical, 
  microscopical 
  and 
  bac- 
  

   teriological 
  analyses 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  water 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  from 
  April, 
  

   1902, 
  to 
  March, 
  1903, 
  inclusive. 
  Only 
  one 
  chemical 
  analysis 
  was 
  

   made 
  per 
  month, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  determinations 
  of 
  bac- 
  

   teria. 
  The 
  chemical 
  analyses 
  are 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Herbert 
  M. 
  Hill, 
  while 
  

   the 
  bacteriological 
  determinations 
  are 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Wm. 
  G. 
  Bissell. 
  In 
  

   order 
  to 
  fully 
  understand 
  the 
  indications 
  of 
  these 
  latter, 
  one 
  needs 
  

   to 
  study 
  them 
  in 
  detail 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  monthly 
  bulletins 
  of 
  the 
  

   Health 
  Department. 
  

  

  