The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-03

Kansas City Bulletin, " is a foregone
conclusion, and We hope that our cit
liens will give a unanimous vote for
the bonds"
Winona, a growing and ambitious
city of Minnesota, proposes to utilize
the Mississippi River, and By means
of the Holly mechanism mako its
abundant waters supply the needs of
its population. The subject has been
in the hands of a committee of its
Common Council for some time; and,
after diligent investigation and COM
parsons between the various methods
of water supply and fire protection,
the committee, on the Sd inst, unan-
imously made long and able report,
in which they state their opinion In
the following terms: Believing, as
we do, that what is worth doing at
all is worth doing we'll" if our pre-
misses are correct, and we believe they
are, our conclusions must be that the
advantages resulting, as compared
with the expense, will be largely In
favor of the Holly system; and IN our
opinion, it is the interest of the city
Of Winona to have steps taken to Sc
cure it at as early day as practicable"
The report was accepted. and the
Mayor and City Attorney were direct
ed to procure necessary legislation to
authorize the city to make a loan for
the establishment of the Works.
The Holly Works at Peoria continue
to furnish practical evidence Of their
usefulness. On the afternoon of the
Sd of January another fire broke out
there, in an old frame building, cor
ner of Washington and Liberty
Streets. When first discovered the
flames were issuing through the sides
of the house. The alarm was sound
) ed, and within three minutes stream
from the nearest hydrant was playing
upon the fire, and directly afterward
a second stream contributed to the
deluge of water, which sooa mastered
the conhagration, with trifing loss
The transcript states that a large
crowd of people were present at the
fire, and there was but one opinion
expressed In regard to the perform
ance of the water works. It woulC
have been simply impossible for frt
engines to have saved either The
building in which the fire originated
or the two adjoining. The ITGnscrip
, adds: 1.-THE water works were put u
,, during the year, and have saved thou
, sands of dollars to our citizens. W.
can call to mind, at present. nine in
cipient conhagrations that were pre-
vented from assuming large proper
tions by the prompt use of the waite
works"
, We understand that the Holly Com
pany have negotiations in dIferen
stages of progress, with about thirt.
, cities and villages, for water works
| Some of these are large towns, requir
ing water at considerable elevations
: and calling for propor'inably larg
and powerful machinery. Several be
side those named above are likely t.
result in contracts at an c2-ly day
and v III tex the emf re manutactur
ing capacity of the Holly Compan,
, during the present year-postponipl
the execution Of later contracts unit
: the year 1871, or even farther in tn
! future. The predictions OF the cele
, brated Canadian En- ineer, T. G
Keefer, Esq, in his reporS to the au
thorities at Ottlwa, last Spring
that Mr.. Holly, by his ingeniou
and economical arrangement of ma
chineIy, will doubtless create a revo
luton in the existing system of waite
! works throughout the United States,
is, evidently, near fulfillment.