LOSS OF FAITH IN PURIFYING METHODS.
The conclusion that artificial methods of purifying bad water can not be carried out in railroad water supply, was not arrived at hastily. It was reached by slow degrees, and through the convincing ordeal of many disappointments, with methods and nostrums that promised to effect the desired results.
Experience demonstrated, that, in the limestone regions, the proper and only way to avoid trouble from lime incrustation in locomotive boilers, is to obtain soft water from streams, or by collecting the rainfall in ponds or reservoirs.