There is a comradeship amongst men in all professions—though it is diteule to persuade oneself that the
can be put in the" same group—Shanghai and Chapel waterworks which holds them back from belt ting a fellow practitioner, but one an get information from a variety of sources and something of the condition of the Chapel waterworks kas been ascertained. The blame for the disgraceful state of affairs cannot be laid to the account of any ale man, but rather to a variety of conditions, the whole being well pretentative of the manner in which the Chinese, when left to themselves, run any. public undertaking. If hot incompetency, at least a lack of thorough technical knowledge, no pretence at discipline, of course squeeze,"" no. eneouragemeny who would do the right thing lowed, and "maskee" in general, were the factors that temporarily ruined the Chapel waterworks and brought on a cholera epidemic which has cost hundreds their lives and rigored thousands more.
Originally the waterworks be-Jonged to the Government, but about two years ago they were taken over by a private company, which also tune the electric light service. The Gleetricity part of the undertaking ays, but the water service does not, ud people who have been in China some yeary will not need to be told Vow much interest Chinese show in anything thay does not give. them In.mediate profits. It is understood that the salary of one of the most senior employees is not much more than Tls. 1,000" a year! He is said to be a reasonably ble and conscientious man, but if all those under him are paid at proportionate rates, the results' may' Ue imagined. Small wonder that! alum scarcely recognizable as such has been used and that chlorine ap.
works. vorantly has been unknown in' the An Unspeakable Intake 'Tie waterworks have a piece of filtering gear of British make and the most up-to-date pattern, but the ucttoma has rusted out of it' through neglect! Everywhere where filth could accumulate was choked with it Heggar huts were planted thicker and thicker in the immediate neighbourhood of the intake in the Soochow Creek und within a few yerds of the intake there was a fleet of beggar boats a: practically Jo permanent anchorage. A. start was made with new works on another site, but there was the usual procrastination and for all that has happened the work might ax well never have been started. The Shang. hai Watervorks had been supplying Chapel with 15 million gallons. per acy, but more than four million gallons. in add From the Chapel well-nigh perfect cient to say of Cholera Vibrios that is a very delicate organism and water must be very bad for it to coxist therein.
There, followed. prompt and ener-wet io representations to the Chapei authorities as @ result of which the utter, in the most expressive language of Flanders, "got the wind up vertical" and: they made no bones about asking for foreign assistance. 'The' latter was readily given
at work: ids: than a fortnight, end by mo. means" have ae and. though the men have been done is too much of a techniical nature thoroughly to be under-'s(ood by a layman, but in the space lof a week the workmen have cut out what was too far gone to be im-Jmediately used, run new connecting pipes here and there, poured in [chlorine to an almost unheard-of tent, and given the machinery and plant as much cleaning as" was
called upon to do what they could ye shift as many as possible of the a The police also were
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