Mr. Gardner. As a matter of fact, before getting up into the lake the only town above you of any considerable size that sends sewage down to you is Clayton, is it not?
Dr. Goodale. Clayton and Cape Vincent.
Mr. Gardner. Have you ever considered any plans or schemes for purification of sewage?
Dr. Goodale. We have had schemes suggested to us with which I am not familiar that we have considered not to be feasible, on account of our being situated in such a way that the water goes in both directions at Thousand Island Park. Part of it goes into the Canadian channel and part into the American channel. We have considered schemes of treating the sewage there, and it has always been so expensive that we could not afford to do it if it had been desirable.
Mr. Gardner. That, then, has been the only reason why you have not formulated plans for the purification of sewage, the matter of expense?
Dr. Goodale. The matter of expense and the fact that we have not considered that it was necessary so far as we are concerned.
Mr. Gardner. But you have recognized it as a pending evil?
Dr. Goodale. Yes, sir; we have not dodged that. It is an evil that has got to be done away with. However, we have not suffered with it at all. We have about 15 or 20 very good wells from which we obtain drinking water.
Mr. Gardner. Are they artesian wells?
Dr. Goodale. No, sir; we pump the water, and sometimes a hundred families get water from one well.