Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-10-27
From Saturdays Daily.
0TTuMWA WATER POWER
The Work Will be COMPLETED
this Fall.
And the Wheels will spin
Round and Round.

This morning a COURIER reporter in
company with a few friends visited
the water works and found the work
progressing in manner that is high
ly complimentary to the contractors.
They arc using every effort at their
command 10 pnsh the work, and from
the appearance of things, and from
facts and figures that are indisputable,
tho work will DO completed yet this
fall. They have now at work on the
permanent dam on this side of the Is-
land about one hundred and sixty.five
hands, who work in watches, day and
night. Through the day tho wood
workers put in the timbers and at
night the other set OF hands ill in be-
tween the timbors with stone, gravel.
&c. The dam from appearances may
be described as nearly "a possible, in a
homcly style, by comparing it to a
boys quail trap. The bottom timbers
arc bolted to the rock in the bed
OF the river and the main timbers
and cross tics are spiked securely to-
gcthcr ard tho cribs filed with stone.
The dam nearest this side of the river
is now we'll along, and five moro six
inch timbers will finish 1t. The foun-
dation on the other side is also almost
al in place, and the entire structure on
this side of the Island will be compile
ted inside of ten days If the weather
continues fair. The guard lock will
be completed by Tuesday night and
like the dam will certainly stand all
the pressure that can be brought to
bear upon it.
In \ short newspaper article it ia
impossible to give an idea of the worl,
exactly, but abort visit will prove
very interesting TO any person.
Yesterday Mcssrs Sears & Son COM
menced driving piling for the dam
on the opposite side of tho Island, by
horsepower. They lash together two
of their largest stone bosts on which
they have a windlsss run by horse
power, the horses travelling in a
circle on the boats and thus run the
pile.driver. The work on that side OF
the river will be completed. If the
weather holds good, inside of thirty
five days. Langford & Orion will
have tho race 80 far completed that the
water may be turned into it inside OF
the next ten days, provided the teame
now at work hold out, or others can
be procured to take their place. Az
soon as the race is tinishad the water
will DO turned on in full force, as the
Golfer dams are built on the opposite
side OF the island.
After careful review of the situ.
alton, of the force at work, the splc,l.
did weather we arc having, the well.
known energy of Sears & Son and
Langford & Orion, we have no hest
fancy in giving the opinion that the
work will all be completed
and wheels turning before the
river freezes up, provided the means
are furnished to pay as promptly AZ
the work is done. The destiny OF OF
tumwa is as fixed ne any other fact,
and this water power will do rs much
"a AlADfo@AaAAM a.y .ssa.Aa. sAAAss salaA.ts IS
help US along, ana we nope ana BE-
lieve that our people, never behind in
any enterprise, will now come forward
and pay up tho installments as they
may become due, and thus encourage
the contractors to pnsh the work for
ward as fast "a it,can be done. 1t il
due to Sears Il Son that this should BIZ
done, and it should be done at once.