Reading Observer 08-1920

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T~E GOVE.NMENT.

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TEiE INORl!lASl!lD RAILvfAY

READING'S WATER

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INSTALLATION OF NEw"
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TH~ B~?GEST AND THEI WO~6T

WHITLE-Y'S WAR
MEMORIAL.

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-;::-r-OHUROH AND OHAPEL :OOIMEIIN:m.

A DISAPPOINTING DAY

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It wu a whIm of t he f~te'" that t he blgg.eft
Bank Hoi da.y ever known should become abo1 t
"the wet~elt aod moat mllitrabl.e I1J reg31~
To lhose -who hlld put. n !;everru weeks
One of the finest war memorials m the
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arternoon
lD last weok tbe Mayotesa \lcather that could pOl!.Slbly be ImnglOcd or e; r-'~J'Onu>'u, work n- prqmralion for the Con&ena- "a.e unveLled a.nd dedicated at ChriSt.
THE DUTY OF THE PRESS \
. hve and Un W'n!t E"te In oonn"""hOll Wlth the \Vhlt.ley 00 Wedoeida.y evewng Th. 'I).",u>ri.~,
of 'Roadinsr (Mn. G S Abra.m) started tbe n ew Rerlenced Several things comb ned to make /"ilL
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Read ng ..con"f)n~ja..t.1\ .6 a na Un omst- AsSOCIatIOn whIch lakM the fcmn of a hIrge whlts
tUN)lDe pumpUlg plant. at. t1 0 Corpora.tlClu 8 Sout..b
a. record holiday In the matter of nnmbers
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baa been erected by Ihe people
8. one reason a large number of firms
Monday nJ ll.'\l hI) e proved a bear!. bra... mg expel'
On the 0000. on of the Conserva.hVe and Unlcn cote Wa.terworks \ Tho new mstaUatioD \
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d1Stllct UTespectlve of cla.s. or
lance f or e, eryWJUlg
t-' 0
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ilt fete &t Pa.lmer Park 0 0 Bonk B ohday the mode rn Wjltct"dnvon p ant wInch :when rUQD UC' dove for the , eek and the) Ju ~t
Park for a. bUm~>e!" fete N olh ng was InlSsmg- and It stanWs In the grouIldf!J of the
at full Bpeed I' .ble t.o pump 1i mlllion gallons
Borough Member Lienl Coloncl Les.he WtJton,
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j)iCCcpt fine Wei thel"---'and Just tU<t.t
one t h mg Ch-'UJ- Ch f aclDg K ~ d rick Hin as a lastmg
of w&tor per day of 24 hours up to
Da.tb roa.d hol,dalll came 11'1' news that aflAr
wbo sttended to 411tTlbule lbe pn.... had In worb and reservolJ'Z
It woulcf havo been COJIl
tended to .. d11 ...er A poht. cal speech but the. J)lctNif IoDK beto~ now had lt not boon fol:. tbo
the
e\oementa and Lhe
number of ptoPl& pre_nt dcla~'~ moonvcnlctl.oo cauaed by he mbulder. reckJess duperado that ap;>eared to be
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bee It IS fol' that reason tha.t the -sa h ••
Iven ,otj> wea -!r"
e even " ou
ave
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forOOd any .uCh undcrlak ng
In lieu thereof .trike .... 1n his speech lit LeaHe Walter {Waf.c~ a.! th()ugh hundreds and thousands of p eople sold
an undouoted. 6UC~S8 .a.n oJ wo'Ufd ha.ve dra.wn
er«:ted outaide the chUrch
dol'
(ool, ..l WLI ... roqueato publloLty for hi' ,ntended WOI'O M_aer) tIlr.... rot the b,.' thilt .. t\.o to the Govenlment and the railway companies In
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by tbe thousand &! 11 w .., the l'espon'" to t.b~ &RpeaJ met WLtti unmeLhati>
~ tbro'igh lAo m<ldlUm of U>. local Pm. neW phwt would not. go on for over tRlt.bout rapaU' ellee;' To the de.,l w th ~ou and your high
..And they
of raID rendered the thing +. diS IfPODse and the w,ol e of Zthe II1llll req~
It was desIrable tha.t u/l?! Col'POtolltton ahOtl!q, {ll~. 11t t{lke my hoi day now
He wnte!
did
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and only a few hundred raised pnor to the unveiling of the
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I WIll not aUempl to df!Q 1 at Itngth "Ith the oM-aln &nothor
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""'t'e result that on Sunda.y fh"e 9C1l!.lde
element. and turned
to memorial which waa desIgned byr W.
Prescnt
at.
the
starting
ceremony
wero
too
Mayor
many unfair cr liel!IIl8 which ha.v& been dlreeted
resorts \\ It-hill eaay reach of Londo 1 were QIlor
of sports or to take pm l-llLoweU, takes the form
a large
and
Ma.;yorCM
Ald
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ParAt.t.
(Cbs rman or' tho
moualy
overcrowdedj
and thousande -Jmf>nt
the
other compebtlOns proVIded gran ,~- cm!! stan ding on a. rough hewn
n"8. nIt the &\er lment by a 1"1'8.6 and mftuenh:ll
h
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W.tarworo
Go"'!'"I"e) AId J 'W Mart.. Iho
';ctlon of tq,o dally Ptna It le weU known, and
n g t 011 t ho very tioubUul cOmfort. of tPe sands I)fe cup of c~pgnn was re. d&t'e~ 'tho more blUe' the IBrne mn.terial ~na. i mall mound
'ro~ CierI!:: and' bin Jobnson M!£I, Sybil'"Abtam Wbnt those tho~ll-d9 did on the next digbt the by t he fact t bat 1.he da.J was sandWlchcd In
81(') now wen underatood noto- onl,. lD thia coun
Ald and Mn S Haywa.rd CounClUon Butler soakmg wet. M6nday one shuddet!. to
belween two such g]orlous days a.s Sunday a.nd Cront of the block
es 80 bronze pla.te
t T) but po the Continent the feehog which am
Downmg S,*rks Wmtcr Rowe Wooldndge 11m pla.te
l'uesd qy whej wann 8unshw6 was the rule ra.ther the tDScnptlOD
nu es thete altaeks generally directed ag.mst E
than the e:tcephoq
~~tt.on D Egglnt,()11
Shott Tarrer and
rhe scenes at the great London tenmm were
Ib addlt.lo) lo the sports programme WhlCb 10
To the honoured memory of the men
toe Fr me Wn.. ter ,,"(purely personal 000 nnd
Mr Lcsll. Walker &Od llr Oi!ldor (Tram
pract:
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precedellted
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every
tram
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ltself was a.n attl1lct.lon the orga.nL!el'S had
thiS Parish who dled. for tht:lT country In
r'lOO born from & sense of dls&ppomtment that ways Mana-Rer)
One of the Co~t.lon motor
not as or e traJn but 8S several so that no ona a.rranged a. baby lihow skittle bowlmg cont~sts a
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Lb ~ capacity fo admmlstrtttion and t he ments bl1lJes conveyed tho party to and from tho works
could tell whether a pa.rt.lcul~ tran
'","us 'bowl!! to\ltriament whIppet raClng dancmg and
The croSs 18 qUIte ph\ln With the .exception
Ald P ARPlTT 10 extcndin&, & bearty welcomo R~rt of ODe that left l5om~time belare, or one
lind al)1hty of the ma.n ho direct' the polley
vanety .ehtertalllmJKlts and tn addition to all
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of t h!t eectlon of the Frees are better known nud to all who luw. R/ttoodod to Witness th~ open ng of WlO later regulat" scheduled tram"
!\.r1d no
these tbere were the 1]sual
to a fete a sma raised marglDlt.1 fillet and the:
hoop la, lDltJ.aJs 1D the. a'enlire The ldea of the d.litn.~
approclaled by hun than they are by anyone .Joe the n"" Installation said that the;' were thep cared 80 long as they got whCllt they want~ to cokemut slues
But has been to symbOlule
l!;tCrijioe, wtbhout
1'i 0 one be le\~ more stroogly tha.u I do m tBe Tight out m tho wllds of Southoo'to and Q.lthougb go and once InSIde tbe compartmeot tbey reeked and <la U t h.D
on embelliahments to detract from thiS thought
froedGnt of the P ress bu~ this Go\emmeJttf and tho.y .eemod to be so far away from Readmg they lIttlo o f duteomfoxt \\;hlCh under O1'dm~ Clr there waS
the TelUlt haa
entirely
wCt'E!! still Within the 8.Tea. of tlle a.cLLvltics of tile cum st4nC65 they would not have tolerat-ed for Po
aJ ~ Govemment 11 ~ntltled to ae:k for f&lI treat.Borough of :Rea.dmg Tha~ station was OtI,crHLlly moment In many ataea It W88 Dot even !lB-ndmg
There
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me nt and JwrA cntlclatn It. gete neither from
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la.id. down "by the old oompa,n y about &eVenty Yea.ra. room but l}lanlng room olily And all thi. had
those pn.pen to which I aUud~nd I partlcu
the road
the motor
&go befOt'c being taken ovel' by t'ho Coroporl!'t:tion lts counterplll't
chlrr
a-bano
h
eld
fJ'Wa7
bu!Zm
up
hill
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lorh widi.t to lie UDdel'ltoo~ "tho.t 1 am not They wOUld aeo that ILftornOOri. some tdea. of the
.peaking of the ..,ptpV)JlcIal Pn.s more parhcu pNlScnt;;.da.y ..pplie&t.ion of watcr po.}Ver 10 wOfk1ng down dale WJth tbetr full com ~ement of pM
lady of tha, "Be:rUbir6 and Reading neWsp'~rs tho now turbme pumping maclnu&"
There w...
I. Reading and duMfct tho wn.
,\ bleh ~ ilwa.Y';.lerupulou.ly fau e.&thel' In aup planty of water power VlowmK the" polSttulit.y of 00 told All dRy Sa~urday
sl.....~d
port. or attaCk o,p the GO'\lernment While It lS an ibcreaae In the popuilltion of tho town. and the of the ra.ilway st at 90s moo
t.h. dllty of tb6'l'rer~ 14 edncate to lDltruet Qn~ ~uent requlremcnt of more water m '\hCS(' d ay full advantage w ae taken
amuse.. any sectl(ft1l: at the p .... whIch thmu It da.ys of great expenaes 1t seemed alJncrt crlmmaJ. aU the world apd hIS mother were r:;::F~a.jt~:;
buses radlJlting 11 to the country_l
can take the place of Parluunent and govern tho to allow &0 muah {lOWer to KO to waste
were pac-ked llnd 80ve ral reI ef
lllBTOR.Y 01. SOUTliCOTE w-.a •
oountry bi. headline! IS .rn..a.k.ing & :nustake fata!
The t.ram",
Mr LES1J:E W 4LXER read I' short. pbper m grent
10 ,"'elf "I'd .4oj!.roys te> th. counlrr
people demand
to tho nverslde
and the d,"~~~l~d;~,~
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'TheeD worn wero con bluk w th people whtle the rlver W!lS
81 ve
I courd ' grfe many lD sUmaee to prove hqw which ho .ta.ted
In tho 1,te
\lnfaJ..I" so ~h of t~la cntlc:1SID 1I In the cup, str-uctcd under the Ide Mr JatOOS 'Simpion con w.th crafl of .very d...,.,pllOn
for oxamp1", of th~ Ministry o f whic~ I Am Par &ult.i.ng engmecr to 'bbe Reading Wa.terworks Com everung the crowd. whiTh oongroga.t.ed on the
pan,. durwl{ the. yoars 1850-51 They .I,.~tna:Wneed bridge and the IiridS. approach nwn,ltng tram
homollta"l l S.d£~ .Il.... newsp>pers
pumpwg 6poratlODI m the summer of l852~ and can WQ.s an e:xtroordmary slR;ht
asserted In hea.vy type thQ,t there waa
Had the day beel fine tho samo tale w~ld
of £100 000 000 on- th. eo! m.... of the Mini,1ry 'Were mbsequentiy acQuirod under the RUd ng
ha.,1e been told on Monday .. perhapa In 6vorl
ot ShiPPtng and I hllvmg wTltten to .;;.pl"i.bi;! Local Bovd Wate1"Worka Act. 1868.. t.ho,- wa., (f greater
iigur~ but the weather forbade It nnd
thd. th~ai nothing of the: sort and
areat mrportance In thQSo days beiug 1m OOD}lln"C after :ww.tlng d,sooneolately for.
weather to
tbe mlJ~ mto which they had (aUen
tlon with the re.acrvOlt'S Bnd filt.ors coso ~N mend m06t people attsa.iled the
W. pape'" b~ oect,on wh ch had had
at Bath road. durrog the aamo portod" <tbo" J nt monl p1Ac.. W tb th~ result that
ptbtDioenl
il\ea on this ",bJoct had
nemas could
courte8y 01' f
e!i ~ to msert my letter or refer works to .u~l1 filtered. \\ &ter to lhe inhabitants muSlC ball a.nd the c The
to It Po and .yen to-day I am l1~.ronned ~ thOle of BeadinK'_ bo prlO~ to this roceJ.vod.. theIr water over a-Ad over agam
",ho read theM F,pera only there IS 0. behef that tor domestic i.nd otbe:t u.&ClA dll'-ect from. tho Ke.nnet Whlch. h nd been proVided In ~~~i~~1~~~~~; 1
servative a nd Un on st fete lD
such a
de&e:tt ' ,had actually been diaoovered m 14ill1a.n8 a.od from o!.ber placet in a. ooolhLJ
deacnbed I beheve generally as neat. O!l '!l C>:.dn v; otiJd have proved no
and wu 80 fact ...
1.et, me take the mcrease 10 railWAY rat. 01: "letion of :u:nproted filtration and pumpwp works thotL'\.8.nds ,,",8 doomed to
'What JS alluded to aa the " RIIIway Ramp
m AUfUSt, 1894 t.bo pumping of nver =lent supporters of the sport.. and ~;~:~~~:r.
Whot ..... thO facts' O. lhe ~", ..nl expend,I.", .a~l' from South~ and Its 8Ubscq~t filtration braved the eiemenb and put m an l
and l'eOIilpta there will be. a aeliClt for the cOJUYlg at RaUl.:r'OBd \VotU 1't'aS dlScootmued: and South But t.be day ~t. leut h .... d ono good
year of some 60 nulhon& This defiClt baa oote Works rem~ed out of WtO ;Unpl,. ib&f year It-If anyth I g n.bouti It can b:
not.lti", to clo mtlr'auy ...... of 6Z)':Onditure 0 ...' 1898 Dtirmg tho latt& yc&r the ()ld flou r' m 1 U that was that It deoen ed no
eammgs ,LD the put.
18 the aClditlOnal aum
tOns It Irt.arted early Ilnd d~:!'i:~~~i~~
wh,ch hu t. be rwod foe. th. ""en •• of tILe fotmerl, .. 1Jll'6 mdl which WAli purchased ougln no hopes whaevar of being ~
went abroad dId
nu.lways ceM8IJ to be th conoem of the Oov:ern ally by t.hQ Jl.e.admg W&tcnrorks Co '"lD order to 'W1et a ll da.y So ~ha.t those
meot, which d&t& tn 8.0C'0rda.nee With the agree. ieoure the sole rl,ght of UBeJ' of water for powel' eo fully ~nn.red for the weotber elA.d In mack n
oshes
nnd
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theJ.r
aid
clothcs
and
no
ono could be
purposes .. t Soutbooto was ~;Y: puUcd down
m~nt entered Into by; Mr Asqw.th s Govemment
..,U be Ul 4 - 1921 The cause of lhi. ,. the ma.t.erisl of tho upper storeys being utih.ed to moan the 10S5 of a good hat or mmmer flnery
nnless he or Idle had gono out full of the most
es:eured a.penilItDnl 18 well known
'11le
eJ:tiend the 10lt'er or ground. :ftoor Btore), and COil &
ublune Opttml!lt11
But. thOlW) '\\ ho d d JeO out
hill on th~, tail1,&)'8 haa mcrenaed mm ~ .bc,u'c;
.~ i.he covered fiH.ers nol'" u~ed.(as pro-alters were ccrl.ainly not the deprealonable kind and
m.il11()Ol: pfe....T to about 160 mllhoni
PUlDlunl{ of filt.ered wa.ter ;f.rom 8oubhoote Works they went through Wltb It...wlt!\ a. cheerful 8plt1t
ihe cOot of all ma\eria1 labour
first oommenced m June 1899 tho rceulta chaWla. Aud ORe frequently heard suuh remarks llS that
gOlle tiP vf!J!'Y <fatrge1y 10 80Ule
.tIl were qwte sat18fa.ctorr
t
of ~ one gentlema.n aUuoed m a mackintosh that
" - of ~. boiler p1&t.eo biz
had lo.sb nil claim to bemg a wa.terproof and With
u much as newy 101tt
ADVANTAGFB AND COST
a lItraw bat i;ll.crgmg sadly ovel' hIS cnn who on
qU ..tlOD ~ td ~h. boat
" In January ~91D It was deciaeCl to unproye.
bemg 11 fonned b, a tram conductor that there
Mdl1iQnaJ rwen1le was'
iilt.ratlOD b 'rrc! ..111M ~1&lLy was Dtt all WWI room only on top
remarked
Well J.
Goven!nltDf, Oll MiOiBtry 01 T~Ul~porI.: j,.1
that. was. de81nble lD the IIgbt -of modcrn methods suppo~e 111 have to ~ wet now
11&1.. Advioory Gomnul!.........
of W&t~r en.DilDa.t.ion and purJfica.t1on
It wal
p'ondollt Coi!Iniit!6ii p""",dcd over by a
~ereforo decided a.f't.er yery thorou&,h mvestlga
~t King. CounOilJ,Ot
They 04Vlood
.. to the: re1a.tive advantages not
III
i this doll.,. could/best h. mot by &II ,'"'rreo,io ' of
to ca.t)ltal a.nd mamtel)ance oo.tI of sand
.25 pel' cent on pauenge.r fares
yertua pnsIUte Ait.et"l to matal the JaUer, 1abe
malOdor to be put on goodt hut
type cGa.cn ~g known a& tho Candy De-Ulor
reMnue
to be ra.Iud 'the
Mestt'l Gandy 01 We3tmmlter "boildon
being
~ye":il
&too
!:be makera .... d patenteoo
Th • ....,sUo or _
trial wh,ch was oomm •• ood m Much ~ 910 ~",e WELL KNOWN LONDON
i(t€r prolonl'ed ezpetiment nrovea' fu De &o (.eD
MART.
tireJy ...t.isfact.ory that th8 WMerworb Gomnllttee
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rooommeaded m Qd.o~ "' 1910 tho purchase or
thia Alter for the IIUID of £450 FollOW1lll tbl&
MElSSI"8 N1.cbolas (of ReacUng ana PIccadilly)
tri.JJA were extended aDd. In June, .l9l2, It. *as
~- 'A.:I by S J
h TichL,__I
doOidcd up... my r........ndalinn tel' motal four """ lD.~ue~
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additiotta:l fUt.eTa of this tYP,2 at a. ..fqrtlier...PJ6t of hiS Doughty esta.te 10 the hea.rt of London Thia
£2100 Tb
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property whtch covell an a.re& of nMrly 14 ncte8
,
e -eaPlt~ cost of too fi trJ$.on at \t.heae 18 '-bouilded on ,the fJOuth by H'gh Ho1bom a.d
woru wu £S 056 The Candy 1UUn-S 1. re 20 f~
itt hGlght.
Each has a snpe~elal area.. of Jl.x .tretches north along the ("whole of Brown]olV
aquare yarde a::od tilter. at tJlO r&te- of ~ cq, street lDcludl'Dg the east ade of Bedford Row,
g-a.llona par square yard per da.y of 24 hOUri ~h s1rirtlDg Gray sInn, croe61Dg TheobeJd a road,.
6lter therefor6 dElA1s voth 1ge.000 .g&IIoM per d ..y taking Gmy'. Inn load John street Doughty
the five w,th 9600001'<r day t;pO\!lrh they .,)Ll stroot Great and L,ttle "_"tl!eet pan. of
under normal .,~tor ooD~'t'oa.. deal diet- Gcildford ~ and 'a1moot ~achlng Meckl ..
Wlth one mill,on gallon. per day The 61tra burg ~a.re and the Found).ing H08I)lt~
epee.! of these filters l& 80 t.iIiles that of .~d
The e~ II freebold and tbough there are
and then' actual capital doBt per p.;1I11-pn number of ~nd rente. man!: of which
galloD'S m&talla.tion 18 onO"pal! thit of eaud filtc" merely q.ommaJ, the8e have ea:rly rever$1OtUI
The 'Water. 11 regularly cximl!Jed chCmlC&Uy a.od remaInder of tho prowrty IS let on leases
bt,ot-oriokcica.Uy by Dr John to 'DlrD5h and his agreements a great num her of w bleh are d¥e
aaalltant Dr John 1!' Beale ot bhe Counbes expire tn a; sha rt. tune.. lhe Mle 1S of pa.rtIcular
Publio Health Labora.tOncs London and t.he1r Ulterest to the Jegal
the maJon1y
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re:porte de&cnbe the wSJteor as f!X(l(t ~~m qual ty
1lie Doughty esta£e h as
and emmetltl,. tlUlt.&ble for domestic WiiO
Dr pIoneer ot educahono.l
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