Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-22 | Page 18 | Mississippi River Polluted at Source

Pp i iver Polluted at Source ST ST. PAUL JIl Jap 22 AP Bac AP-Bac- Bac Bacteriologists are now diagnosing the serious Illness of or The Father of ot of Waters Vaters who vho Is Suffering from a 0 I of ot severe Revere attack pollution contracted contracted con- con traded from Twin Cities' Cities sewers I In Its Us Incipiency the trouble could have ha been remedied by Ily a t small sum but now engineers engl- engl estimate It will cost the Twin Cities ClUes approximately lora fora fora for lor a cure Back In 1914 the Minneapolis city council discussed the pollution of or the upper Mississippi river rl but no action was taken until the Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota Iota state board of health recently warned the Twin Cities that something something something some some- thing must be done The sister cities voted jointly Jointly to test the I upper Mississippi at regular intervals intervals intervals inter inter- vals to o determine the extent an anC seriousness of ot the pollution Engineers hAve hive advised the conor construction construction con con- of or intercepting sewers flowing Into a single huge dispose or settling tank for lor both cities A. A TI n. ant Ant f rf s sufficient nt lc-nt size would cos cost COlt approximately they es estimate esti esti- l- l mate Municipalities l along th the 1 Mississippi sippi as far Tar south as La Cross Cross Vis have of the condition condition condition con con- con con- of or the river