Overview of the Collection
Onondaga County Public
Library
Local History & Genealogy Department
447 South Salina
Street
Syracuse, New York, 13202
(315) 435-1900
English
Papers Pertaining to the Purity of the
Ice Supply in Syracuse, N.Y.
1904-1905
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This collection consists of papers
and statistics and reports concerning the ice supply and purity of the ice supply in
Syracuse, New York in 1905.
Biographical History
The papers pertaining to the purity of the ice supply in Syracuse, N.Y. were given
the Syracuse Public Library by the Syracuse Commissioner of Public Safety in 1905.
These reports offer information on the purity of the ice supply taken from various
water sources in Onondaga County.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection consists of correspondence, scientific studies and analysis regarding
the purity and safety of the ice supply in Syracuse and vicinity in 1905.
Arrangement of the Collection
The papers in this collection are arranged in the order they were received from the
Syracuse Commissioner of Public Safety. This order was preserved in the
inventory.
Related Materials
There are related materials in the Local History/Genealogy Department of the Onondaga
County Central Library. Please view the library catalog www.onlib.org or contact an
OCPL librarian for more information. Please check with OCPL
staff to access the archival collection.
Access Restrictions
User must have a valid Onondaga County Public Library card.
Use Restrictions
User must use materials in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central
Library.
Permission must be obtained from staff for reproduction of any
materials.
Subject Headings
Persons
Bowen, R.S.
Landreth, Olin
May, William H.
Lewis, Daniel
Shove, B.J.
Tucker, Willis G.
Englehardt, F.E.
Statistics
Technical reports
Correspondence
Analysis
Onondaga County Public Library
Places
Water quality-New York
(State)--Syracuse
Water-supply-New York
(State)--Syracuse
Public health-New York
(State)--Syracuse
Syracuse, (N.Y..)-Water supply
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Papers Pertaining to the Purity of the Ice Supply in Syracuse, N.Y.,
1905
Onondaga County Public Library
Local History and Genealogy
Department
Shelf Location: MS-22
Acquisition Information
Papers were giving to the Syracuse Library by the Syracuse Commissioner of Public
Safety, 1905 to include in the library collection.
Inventory
Letter from Dr. William May to R.S. Bowen, Commissioner of
Public Safety in Syracuse, NY, reporting on the water and it's
analysis, May 1,
1905
1
1
Michigan State standard of the purity of drinking water
specified by the Michigan State Laboratory of Hygiene, n.d.
1
2
Letter to R.F. Bowen from Olin Landreth, Schenectady
engineer, concerning the preparation of an ice ordinance to be put
in the new Syracuse city ordinance,March
29, 1905
1
3
Analysis of samples of ice and water taken by the Syracuse
Department of Health, n.d.
1
4
Analysis of samples of ice and water sent to Dr. W. H. May
and Dr. F.E. Englehardt, Syracuse, N.Y.. and to the State Board of
Health in Albany, N.Y.,, n.d.
1
5
Letter from Dr. Daniel Lewis to R.S. Bowen, Commissioner of
Public Safety and attached report made by Dr. R.M. Pearce concerning
the ice and water specimens from Syracuse, N.Y., March 7, 1905
1
6
Letter from Professor Tucker to R.S. Bowen and attached
report analysing samples of water and ice taken in 1905, March 10, 1905
1
7
Dr. Lewis' second report of specimens of ice and water from
Syracuse, N.Y., March 6,
1905
1
8
Dr. Lewis' third report of specimens of ice and water from
Syracuse, N.Y. Samples were sent to Bender Hygienic Laboratory,
Albany, N.Y. March 6, 1905
1
9
Ice ordinances by B.J. Shove, that the Syracuse council did
not pass, n.d.
1
10
City of Syracuse, Department of Public Safety issued Ice
Ordinances to various dealers, 1904-1905
1
11
Analysis of water and ice of Syracuse and vicinity by Dr.
Willis G. Tucker, 1905
1
12