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Show Chlorine Water Halts Bootleggers a44 But It Also innoys Pickle Makers Tha rlty commlaaion haa unwittingly unwit-tingly fur yaara past bran a material ma-terial factor In tba enforcement of the prohibition law. ang. Incidental, ly during tha aama time It waa a hindrance to Ilia plcljle manufacturing manufactur-ing buslnrea In this locality until chemists for that Indualry discovered discov-ered the reason. Chlorlnatlon of tho cullasry water wa-ter la a great deterrent to fermentation. fermen-tation. J, It. Winter, engaged In tha pickle manufacturing bueineaa at 741 bouth Third VVeat street, told tha cominleslon Thursday. Chlorine Is placed In the city water aa a means of purifying It aa II finer, the supply mains, "Before our chenileia d ! pro vera d tha situation wa lo-t thouaanda of dollar la pickling product that bad I a already been placed In vats with what would hava been the proper fermentation had tlta water been chlorine free," Winter said. "Aflrr lha diecovery wa drilled walla and are using well water. Winter appeared before lha commlaaion com-mlaaion In an effort to bava aome Intereet on delinquent Improvement taxes on bla profierly abated. He e plained that unknown to blm tba laxea, levied on lha property before ho bought It, had been delinquent for several yaara He then ax-plalaed ax-plalaed Ilia lose su flared by hla oomtrany duo to tba condition of the ctt:mary water. Tho comi:ilaalon acted favorably oa lira petlt.n. reducing the Interest 'Jtrn I per cent to 7 prr cent, which Mr. Winter agieetl la pay. |