Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

rotary, brewed, during the year sine
Jan. 18th last, $3.50 barrels of beer
They manufacture their own NAL
from barley, principally, grown Ii
Northern Iowa. Barley Of the bes
quality costing them from 6Oc to 10
per bushel, freight included. TIL,
hops used were bought principally il
Oneida county, New York. VIM
Kramer is the President and A. Dan
guard Sec. and Treasurer of the Com
pany.
WATER WORKS.
The water works of this city were
built by s. L. Wiley & Co., of Green
field, Mass. Capitalists Of Boston
Mass, are interested in it. The con.
tract for the same was entered into
Sept. %, 1877, and by its terms abou,
one mile of mains were to be laid
and the works put in operation thui
far by the first of the present month
Work was commenced about the
middle Of October last, and so far 81
the work was agreed to be done this
winter it is done, and the whole cen.
trail business portion Of the city has
excellent fire protection, 26 hydrantt
having been set.
In Mr.. Wiley's absence at this time
we have not the exact figures in re-
gard to the expenditure thus far, but
it will not fall below $4,000. Next
season, about four miles more OF
mains will be laid and the large pump
weighing eighteen tons put in place
This pump has the capacity of $500,
600 gallons per day. The small
pump now in place is ample for the
present mains laid. 1t weighs nine
tons and throws half q million gallons
per day. These pumps are nlanufac'
tnred at Vergennss, VT, John r
Flanders, patentee. We believe it tc
be the best pump made for the pur.
pose. The water works are run by
Ottumwa's
MAGNIFICENT WATER POWER.
This water power is justly the pride
Of Ottumwa. This work was. com,
menced in 1875. The funds were
made up by a subscription among
our citizens and by them joint stock
company was formed. For two
years the clouds poured down rain,
rain, and consequently high river
to an almost unprecedented extent
delayed the completion and finally
hard times affected the payment OF
subscriptions and so the means got
short. 1877 found the work in an I'M
finished condition with no more
money to complete it. The Directo.
ry finally succeeded in interesting
Massachusetts, capitalists in the pow
er and under an arrangement made
with them it is now completed and
running.
The Eastern capitalists are repre-
sented here by s. L. Wiley, who is a
manufacturer and the owner Of a
New England water power-a thor
oughly practical man, resident Of
Greenfield, Massachusetts,, and gen.
tleman of means, integrity and ener-
gy.
We should mention here that Fran
els Parks, of Deerfeld, Mass, dam
builder of twenty years experience,
has superintendent that part of the
work, this year; and given the best of
satisfaction.
The amount expended, this year,
upon these works is about $40, 900.
The head of water under present i'm.
provements is ten feet six inches, and
at the lowest stage Of the river the
volume Of water with this head will
give from $500 to 5000 horse power.
There are about thirty acres of land
in connection with the power, lying
right alongside our railroad tracks,
ON which buildings may be construct
ed for the use Of the power. The
under this land is solid
limestone rock. Below the present
site of the water power is another
natural fall in the river of from three
to four feet in three-fourths of mile.
The power, therefore, can be greatly
increased by carrying the tail race
down over the rapids, quarrying out
the rock and building an embank-
ment with it on the river side. This
would prevent, in large measure, the
back water. We believe the power
has superior capabilities to any other
in the State of Iowa.
At present, besides the water
works of the city, there is very
large Linseed Oil Mill, owned by
Daggett & Harper, run by this pow
err. There is Foundry also, not now
running, which will start up in a
short time.
TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
1914, 200.
The following sales, made by our
haVa heen carefully com.