Complaints are frequently made with reference to railroad water supplies. These complaints come from passengers as well as stockmen who are compelled to use the water for their stock

Fogel, Estelle D.

Pammel, L. H.

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science Volume 12 Annual Issue Article 25 1904 Some Railroad Water Supplies L. H. Pammel Estelle D. Fogel Copyright ©1904 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias Recommended Citation Pammel, L. H. and Fogel, Estelle D. (1904) "Some Railroad Water Supplies," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 12(1), 151-155. Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol12/iss1/25 This Research is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Academy of Science at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by an authorized editor of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@uni.edu. SOME RAILROAD WATER SUPPLIES. BY L. H. PAMMEL AND ESTELL'.]; D. FOGEL. Complaints are frequently made with reference to rail-road water supplies. These complaints come from pas-sengers as well as stockmen who are compelled to use the water for their stock. To study some of these problems investigations were made of a number of the railroad wells of this state as well as some along the Northern Pacific railroad in Dakota and Montana. The work is not completed but the facts ob-tained may be of interest to the users of these public water supplies. It may be of interest to state that the water supply of one municipal corporation, which was also used by the several railroads entering the city, contained Colon Bacillus. It makes it extremely desirable that railways should be very careful of the water used for their passengers. The railroads have, no doubt, in some cases been responsible for the conveyance of typhoid fever. 'rhe railroad water supply should be examined chemically and bacteriologically from time to time. The chemical analyses appended were submitted by Dr. J. B. Weems and C. E. Ellis. Quite a number of different speciel!! have been found. In well waters from the west the following species have been determined. Planosarcina mobilis (Maurea) Migula, Micrococcus cinna-bareus Flugge, Micrococcus coralinus Centa.nni, Bacterium glaucum Maschek. Bacillus aurescens Ravenel, mealy orange. (151) 1Pammel and Fogel: Some Railroad Water SuppliesPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 1904152 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. TABLE SHOWING BACTERIOLOGICAL ..; ! " ~"" .... oii .9 0 "' . 9 "'a Where Located. ... .... .e "' P. 0 " " ... .... .... "' "' 0 0 E $ "' "' " ;;E-< Q A 1904 C.& N.·W., Ames .......... ...... June 22 June 25 .. Belle Plaine .. July 7. {Jilly 9 ...... July 15 Boone ......... ...... June 10 June 12 .. {May 29 Carroll .••.... ······ May 28 May 31 Co. Bluffs •.•. June 14 ) 'June 16 June IS Eagle Grove .. 01° F June 20 j June 23 June 25 Elmore .•••••. ...... Sept. 6 j Sept. 9 Sept.10 Glidden ...... June 21 June 24 .. LaMollle ..... 51° F July SO Aug. !.. M"son City ... 50°F July 7. )July 9 July 18 Mo. Valley ... June 15 {June 16 ....... June 18 Tama City ... ...... July 7. {July 9 July 15 Webster City. 55°F .June 20 j June 23 June 25 Marshalltown ...... Nov. 28 Dec. 3 .. c. G.W., Marshalltown ..... Nov. 28 Dec. 3 .. I. C. , Marshalltown ..... ...... Nov. 28 Dec. 3 .. 1905 C.,B.& Q., Clarind,. ..•.. 50°F Jan. 16Jan. 24 .. Creston .••... 45°F Jan, 16 Jan. 24 .. Villisca ...... 35°F Jan. 16 Jan. 2!.. 190! 1904 ~Billings l Yellow· )aw Aug. 16 Aug. 19 .. N.P. stone j Ang. 16 Glendive river. Ang. 14 Aug.18 Mllee City ....... 5!°F Aug. 15 Aug. l9 .. Fargo,. •••••.•...... Aug. 12 l Aug. 14 Aug.16 C., R. I. & P., Des Moines. ...... Dec. 15 .......... C. & N. · W., Des Moines. ...... Dec. 15 .••••..... U.R., Des Moines ..•..... ....... Dec. 15 .•.•....•. •From Nodaw"y R. a Sand and gravel, base of Wisconsin drift. b Alluvial silt gr1tvel. c Gr,.vel, base of Wisconsin drift. d Alkali silt. " ~ .... 0 .<: 10. " Q ...... } 35 ... r:::: } ...... } ...... 30 } 862.:: } 70. l ······· } ..... .... .. ........ ········ .. "60: :: * ········ 20 ... ········ .. ...... ........ i:i .s ;; s ... 0 .... ... " .... .9 0 " d a b Drift .••. c ·········· .......... Drift .... Orift .... Drift .... St. Peter Alluvial Silt .... Gravel Drift .. Drift .... ·········· . .... . .. ......... ·········· . ......... ......... ......... ·········· .......... d . ......... .......... .......... .... .... ···-······ Character of Media ..; ,_; :. " .. < < -70 ...... { 790 560 800 800 10 ...... { .... ····50 ··40 10 250 1050 300 1050 1 ·ioo ...itio 190 ...... 36000 42000 p~~ · "56o 1800 .. .. 40 50 850 250 850 450 l 55 100 1000 350 220 330 250 300 1500 160 865600 767500 560 . ..... 65600 . ... 4200 2800 40 10500 14000 80 240 1400 20 2800 2700 1000 . ..... 1400 . ..... 400 ...••. oi ,; "' "' 0 0 ""' ""'  ti ...::i ...::i 11l Ill "' "' .. s .. s .... !l,~ <~ < 20 1 . ..... . ..... 31 0 0 0 0 30 •.•... ...... 30 420 420 ····30 ...... 44000 250 ...... ...... .... io ...... . .... ;;so 230 . ..... 1250 ······ ······ . ..... 2450 60 3200 190 1400 5600 ...... ...... . ..... 1 1 40 ..... 1 1 50 40 ...... 17 500 0 20 ..... ····· 1 400 20 200 200 8 00 ..... ...... ····· 2 000 50 2 ··-··· 1 4 200 200 00 42 ..... . ... ·-··· 2Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1904], No. 1, Art. 25https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol12/iss1/25IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 153 RESULTS OF RAILROAD WELL WATERS. and Number of Organisms per c. c. Glucose Bouillon. H. 40 80 10 ...... :::::::::::: :::::::::::: :::: ·97:58 i:1 "6i:42 i:s .. :. ............ ........... .... ...... .... .5 :::::::::::: ......... :iiii "iii:::::::::::::::::::: .. .. ·~·,~~:~J.0 ·~~~~~~lf :::: :~:~ :::~ :~~:~~ i~ .. ~~ 40 so .......................... .. 70 80 .... 57.89 5.5 42.11 4 .. .. 8500 5600 100 ...... ...... "'250 :::: :: :::: :: 250 BS.SS 1.6 66.67 3.2 .... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . .. .. ... m ......... ioo .800 27. 17 .6 72. 2s i. 3 .. .. Liquefied Liquefied Liquefied Remarks. Water clear, colonies all white. Water clear from tank. Carried through pipes one mile. Water clear, rapid, colonies white. } Sarcina lutea 10, water clear. Water somewhat turbid, all white. Uses city water from Mo. river. f Sarcina aurantiaca 10, water clear. Water clear, white colonies. Water collected on June 9 in sterile tubes and shipped to Ames. Water clear. Normal level 24 feet, water clear, all colonies white. } Water clear, white co.lonie• . Water clear from tank Water plated a.fter five hours. I Water from tank clear, all colonies i white . No gas. 10 minutes pumping, water clear and rapid. } Alkaline. Water turbid, temperature 70° F. Pumped from river in tank. Water clear, alkaline. Water turbid, taken from Red river, 300 200 yellow colonies. e 720 liq. ""'["'" 870 liq. e 400 non-liq. , 250 liq, f '60 non-liq., S liq. g Preaent. 11.Present. i Acid apeclea present. g 2 h s .... 3Pammel and Fogel: Some Railroad Water SuppliesPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 190415~ IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. S.everal other species were also identified, but in some cases the identification is doubtful. Of these one is a new species of Sarcina occurring in capsules and of a canary color. Of the rod-shaped organisms are Bacterium n. sp. color oleaginous, Bacterium near B. Havaniensis, rose pink, and a Bacterium of lemon yellow color. These colors are described as they appeared on nutrient agar. Biological and morphological characters were determined. Under the latter head a study was made of the form and arrangement of the organisms. On the different media, the size, staining powers, motility, spores, and such special characters as capsules, involution forms, etc., were studied under the one-twelfth Homogeneous oil immersion lens. The biological characters were determined from their growth in the following media: gelatin plate, agar plate, milk, litmus milk, blood serum, gelatin stab, agar stab, agar slant, potato streak, lactose bouillon, glucose bouillon, saccharose bouillon, anmrobic glucose agar, Dunham's solution, litmus agar. In all cases duplicate cultures were made. TABLE SHOWING RESULTS OF WELL AT AMES FOR ONE WEEK. Place. I . Date I I Lit I Plated, Agar. Aga~ lk04. • Gelatin. I }~ I Remarks. c. &N.·W., Ames ... Nov. 29. 5400 4800 ... .... 900 BOO . ....... No gas . C. &N.-W., Ames ... Nov. 80. 380 500 .... .... 560 500 ········ No gas . C. & N.·W., Ames ... Dec. 2 .. 840 1000 .... .... Lique. Part lique- Noindol. 480 C. &lli.-W., Ames .. Dec. 8 .. 750 ... .... .... Lique. Lique. 55~·0: Noindol. c. & N.·W., Ames, .. Dec. 6 .. 280 Total liq. Total liq. Noindol. C. &N.-W., Ames ... Dec. 8 .. 52 40 100 140 500 .... :i5o ..... ....... No lndol. . & N.·W., Ames ... Dec. 9 .. 280 170 200 180 Part liq. ........ . Non· liq. c *Lit. agar Incubated at 87%0 C. 4Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1904], No. 1, Art. 25https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol12/iss1/25IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 155 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. oi ...:. = i:i .,; Cl g i 0 .; " "" ~ " a = ;:: '.a "' " . ... ... 0 ... s~ ai s 0 0 :;; ~ ;::: Name of well. -a -ti ~ "" -a z r:I""' oil .,r:s 0 :s! I> ~ :I "' 1:11:1 s " " oil o·~ 0 i 1:1 1:1 1:1 1:1 oS a i ~ 0 §0 0 " " l:IO < "' "' '"' '"' ...... ~~ 0 0 .. r:I .Sl ;g ~ ... ... '"''"' .. :e :::oo ;::: .... 1>.1:1 ... .Cl 0 0.-< z M·~ "" < 0 al al rn z 0 C.& N. w. at Carroll 2.12 .07 3.5 504 500 448 Trace .30 1.20 c. &. N. Wat Boone after use of lime .. 1.80 . 056 7 . 184 172 146 .04 None 1.10 C. & N. W. at Boone before use of lime 1.91 .094 4. 482 451 404 None None 2.10 c. &. N. W. at Mo. Valle y ············· 1.66 .07 27. 958 932 814 None None .75 5Pammel and Fogel: Some Railroad Water SuppliesPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 1904

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