Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-26
The Water Works Question.

The contract drawn up, adopted and ap-
proved by the board of mayor and alder
men Thursday night, for the construction OF
water works in Knoxville, has been made
out in duplicate, and a copy forwarded py
Mr.. James Comfort, attorney, to MIR. Charles |
E. Robinson, one of the contractors,
at Charlotte, n. G. Mr.. Robinson is
then to forward it to New York to be
signed or rejected by the company. Then,
if signed, it will be returned here tor the
signatures of our mayor and recorder,Wh
act will make it contract, in full force, anu
the work of construction must be COM
memo edty days thereafter Ii there IS
no delay in the sending and it is promptly
attended to, the contract ought to make the
round and come back to Knoxville in some
thing like ten days.
| WHERE THE MIGRANTS ARE
The contract if adopted by both parties,
adopts the plans and specifications made by
Mr.. Moses Lane, year or two ago, and
map was marked out locating the public fire
hydrants which were contemplated
under that plan. There were only
So of them. however, and they were
located as follows, as we find by examining
the map: Beginning at the south end of
Gay street, at the corner of Hill, there Is
one at the corner of each square, (the main
to run on the west side of Gay street, from
that to the Vine street corner, making 9
hydrants. On Main street, west of
Cav, there are 4, one ia
front of the courthouse and one
at each of the corners of Walnut, Locust
and High: one, also, at the corner of High
and Hill. On Church street there are three,
at the Prince, Locust and Henley street cor
ners On Clinch three, at the Prince, Lo-
Gust and High corners. One also at the
Grove and Henley corner. One at either
end of Market Square, on Prince street,
and one at the Union and Walnut corner. Two
on Asylum street. at the Locust and Broac
corners. and one at the end of Broad, Oh
High. One at the Reservoir and Prince
corner. and two on Vine at the Walnut anC
Broad corners.
On the east side of Gay, one at the Main
and Crozier corner, one across First Greek
on Main, and one each at the Henderson
and Swan corners on Main. One at Cum
berland and Patton, one at Pine and Lee
On east Clinch there are 4, at the Crozler
, Kennedy, Mckee and Patton corners. Or
Reservoir there are two, at the State AM
Crozier corners, and one at the corner Q
; McClung and Crozier.
=, In the northern part of the city there ar
-, on Hardee street three at the Croziel
Sneed and Lanier corners. On Crozier, on
- at each of the Depot and Park corners, an
$ one at Park and Morgan, then at Crozie
l. and Fifth Avenue. On Morgan street, one
each of the Fifth, Fourth and Third avenu
r corners. At Crozier and Third avenue. 0
e White street two, at the Depot and Par
lie corners On North Broad street three, OF
l. posite Gray Cemetery, and at the Bellevu
/ and Depot corners. Finally, one at tt
Is Bellevue and Jacksboro corner.
J. The main pipe, running from the river u
Lee street, to the reservoir between Ea
= Hill and East High, thence down to Mabr..
l. and down Mabry to Crozier, WI
fixed by the Lane plan at 16 inche
~ Then up Vine to and down the length {
L. Gay, the main was fixed at at II feet, al
also out Crozier to Depot. The balance
Al the mains range from 8 to and Inc
pipe, under that plan.