Show 1 HERES HERE'S CITY'S TESTING BUREAU kW 1 9 4 q qA A rt M F r 4 1 Ij L I M Ii p L S Iii ii t i i i The welfare of Salt Lakers is safeguarded in man many ways wa through op operation operation op- op of the city chemists chemist's laboratory in the city and county building Miss Ethel Walker is shown with equipment used In testing drinking water ter N. N E. E McLachlan l Plays Important Part in Promoting Welfare of S. S L. L City Chemist Chemist Chemist Chem Chem- Conducts Countless Tests When Salt Lakes Lake's drinking water waters is s below standard N. N E E. E McLachlan city chemist is the first to know about it Testing the city drinking water is isone isone isone one of the many duties of Mr McLachlan McLachlan Mc- Mc Lachlan who maintains a laboratory on the top floor of the city and count county building He tests gasoline an arid and oils used in automobiles samples of sugar mate mate- rials nials used to pave st streets and many other things too numero numerous S' S to men- men tion ion Mr McLachlan plays no small p part in seeing that justice Is meted out to violators of the prohibition law The courts depend upon the chemists chemist's chemists chemist's chem chem- analysis of the alcoholic content content con con- tent of liquor seized from bootleggers for convictions in hundreds of cases and if you take Mr McLachlan's word for it it some of the stuff is pretty bad The fhe laboratory In the city and county building was started in 1910 b by J. J A. A Phillips who is now one of Mr McLachlan's assistants Since then the department importance as asa asa asa a part of the government machinery has become greatly enhanced |