. The 1910 trip of the to California and the Pacific coast . d , Mrs. R. Miller, Charles A. Hartwell, Hart D. Xewman, GeorgeU. Dunbar, A. A. Aschaffenberg, A. J. Gelpi, T. Tranchina, CouncilmanJohn Frawley, Councilman Thomas Cunningham and Mr. Mayer. TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST 11 At the Filtration Plant Those who joined the ]iarty at the filtration plant were City AttorneyI. I). Moore and Miss Moore, and Superintendent Earl, of the Water andSewerai^e Board. Mr. Earl personally conducted the visitors ahout thebig purification ])lant. Superintendent Earl was assist
. The 1910 trip of the to California and the Pacific coast . d , Mrs. R. Miller, Charles A. Hartwell, Hart D. Xewman, GeorgeU. Dunbar, A. A. Aschaffenberg, A. J. Gelpi, T. Tranchina, CouncilmanJohn Frawley, Councilman Thomas Cunningham and Mr. Mayer. TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST 11 At the Filtration Plant Those who joined the ]iarty at the filtration plant were City AttorneyI. I). Moore and Miss Moore, and Superintendent Earl, of the Water andSewerai^e Board. Mr. Earl personally conducted the visitors ahout thebig purification ])lant. Superintendent Earl was assisted by Mr. J. L. Porter,engineerini;- chemist, in conducting the party about the plant. A buffetluncheon was served in the pumping station, and some enthusiastic official,proud of the city water, ventured to ofter it as a substitute for Roedererchampagne. It was plainly the sentiment of the gathering, however, thatno matter how fine the waters of the Mississippi, when scientifically filtered,might lie for drinking purposes, it was indeed a daring thing for an\- one to. The Fig Four of the New York Special. From left to right; Chas. E. Gehring, FreJA. Reed, K. M. Tlerney, Joseph .J. McCann. make comparisons between the aforesaid a(|ua pura and so delightful abeverage as Roederers, which, b}- the way, was enjoyed by the party atevery point visited in the Southwest. I failed to meet the local Roedererrejireseiitative, but he must have been on the job eftectivelw On the Mississippi River It was about 1 oclock in the afternoon when the party returned to theSt. Charles Hotel. Only a short stop was made. The Easterners wereagain taken in automobiles and whirled away to the Canal street landing,where the steamer [. S. was boarded. 12 THE 1910 TRir OF THE H. .M. M. \i. A. Mayor Behrman inade an address of welconu- that was decidedl\- outof the ordinary. He did not merely say. Glad-U-Kiim, but compHnientedthe visitors on the compHment they had paid Xew Orleans by making thatcity the first
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