The commission reconvened at the expiration of the recess.
Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Jennings, we will hear you now.
Mr. JENNINGS. Gentlemen, I am not prepared to say very much on this
preliminary report that has been made, the engineering part of it
being out of my line, but I will say for the city of St. Clair
that we indorse this project in principle, although perhaps the
engineering points of it we might not agree with.
Mr. TAWNEY. You mean that your city indorses the results of the
investigations so far as they relate to the treatment of sewage and
the purification of water?
Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir; we are heartily in sympathy with the
purification of water. We think it is necessary and we certainly
shall do all we can to push the project along.
Mr. TAWNEY. Have you any criticism to make in respect to the
standards proposed for the treatment of the water?
Mr. JENNINGS. Nothing that I know of. The preliminary plans as drawn
up by your engineer I will leave for Prof. Weil, of St. Clair, to
discuss with you. He is the consulting engineer of the Diamond
Crystal Salt Co., and a man who is well up in his line.