The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-05
" LETTER 70 THE CITY COUNCIL"
Wafer works Proposition.

The Mayor aud City Council have
received the following letter from Mr..
y. B. Hyland. 1t will probably be
acted upon this evenii 4, ut the COun-
ell meeting. We greatly need II better
water supply than we have, but, the
Council will probably look sometime
before accepting as eXtravagant a
proposition AZ the following. twenty
thousand dollars seems II large sun for
boring well with no guarantee that
continual supply Of water will flow;
DALLAS, TEXAS, September 4, 1876,
To the Hon. Mayor and CITY Council OF
Dallas city, Texas.
observation-disclosures some friends,
| learn that you would be pleased to
hear my proposition to supply your
city with water. therefore, respect
tulip submit to your consideration II
proposition to supply your city with
good water tor fire aud household
purposes Mt all times:
|. That the city, buy lease or rent, Il
piece of ground on the highest point In
or near the city of Dallas, | will then
erect derrick, put engine and boiler,
and drill "A well eight inches In dame
ter, until strike water sufficient to
supply all the demands Of the present
time, either by II natural flow or by Il
pump, from two hundred to two humid
red and fifty gallons per minute or
more, as the the case may be; the city
mt her own expense to lay the pipes,
from the well through the city. | aim
to cast of all hard lime water, furnish
ing nothing but good fresh wOter For
this work the city il to pay me the day
that strike good water the sum OF
five thousand dollars, and when the
we'll il finished ii fteen thousand dollars
more, making twenty thousand dollars
in full for the well; the well then be-
come the city property, and the rent
for the water in few
years will pay for all. aud mt the
same time it will reduce insurance
about half what 1t IL now, and by put
ing il on the high ground somewhere
about Main and HARDWOOD street, the
natural pressure would carry II over
any house in the city.
.. That the city buy, lease or rent u
piece OF ground on the highest point In
or near the city OF Dallas, and thereon
erect and build derrick and engine
house, and furnish fifteen horse in.
cline engine and boiler, with all their
connections, furnish wood and water
while running, also furnish the casing
to shut oil the hard water. | will fur
nish tools and men, and drillan eight
inch hole for ten dollars per foot, the
city to pay two dollars per foot as go,
payable everylhundred feet, the remain
ing eight to be paid when the well il
finished. Or, If the city will furnish
land, engine aud boiler, derrick and
engine house, wood and water for boil
er while running, tools, cables, sand
lines, sand pumps, and men to drill the
well, | will superintend the drilling
and use all my endeavors to finish it
AZ soon as possible, and make II n COM
plete success, which know can be
done II properly managed. lhave had
several years experience in drilling
wells, and have put down many.
Should you agree to my last proposition
| will superintend 1t for five dollars per
day. Respectfully submitted to your
consideration. | remain respectfully
yours, n. II. HYLAND.