ILION, N. Y. Designed by the Stanwix Engineering Company and are used for treating reservoir water, which is generally clear and not subject to pollution. Description: Eng. News, Vol. 31, p. 466. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. (New York Suburban Water Company.) Designed by J. N. Chester, built in 1894. These filters are similar in general construction to the Lawrence filter, although the dimensions both vertical and horizontal are reduced, and the area is divided into three parts. The filters are used for treating reservoir water, which is generally quite clear, but which is polluted by a considerable amount of sewage. Since the use of filters the reduction in the typhoid fever death-rate has been very great. Description: Eng. News, Vol. 32, p. 155. MILFORD, MASS. Designed by F. L. Northrop. This filter is very simple in construction, and is used for filtering Charles River water as an auxiliary supply. Description: Jour. N. E. Water Works Assoc., Vol. 10, p. 262. GRAND FORKS, N. D. Designed by W. S. Russell. These filters are covered with roofs. They treat the water from the Red River, which is very muddy, and also sewage-polluted, and which formerly caused typhoid fever. Description: Eng. News, Vol. 33, p. 341. ASHLAND, WIS. Designed by William Wheeler, built in 1895. The Ashland filters were the first vaulted masonry filters to be constructed in the United States, and are used for treating the bay water, which is polluted with sewage, and is at times muddy from the river water discharging into the bay near the intake. The filters are below the bay level, and receive water from it by gravity. Description: Jour. N. E. Water Works Assoc., Vol. 11, p. 301; Eng. News, Vol. 38, p. 338. LAMBERTVILLE, N. J. Designed by Churchill Hungerford, and built in 1896. These are open filters with earth embankments, for filtration of reservoir water. Description: Eng. News, Vol. 36, p. 4. FAR ROCKAWAY, L. I. (Queens County Water Company.) Designed by Charles R. Bettes, Engineer in Charge; Charles B. Brush & Co., Chief Engineers; and Allen Hazen, Consulting Engineer. Constructed in 1896. These masonry filters were used for the removal of iron from well waters. They are also designed to be suitable for the filtration of certain brook waters which are available as auxiliary supplies, but the brook water has been but rarely used. Description: Eng. Record, Vol. 40, p. 412. RED BANK, N. J. (Rumson Improvement Company.) Designed by Allen Hazen, built in 1897. They are similar in construction to the Far Rockaway filters, and are used for iron removal only. Description: Eng. Record, Vol. 40, p. 412. HAMILTON, N. Y. Designed by the Stanwix Engineering Company, and were built in 1895 to filter lake water. Description: Eng. News, Vol. 39, p. 254. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y. Designed by Stephen E. Babcock. These filters are open, and were built in 1898, and are used for filtering river water. Description: Eng. Record, Vol. 38, p. 7.