The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-10


Mr.. Traverse Daniel is to build them as
appears from the following in tho News of
Monday; "a reporter of the News had
the pleasure Of an interview, this morn.
ing, with Mr.. Travers Daniels, of Clarks-
vile, Tenn. Mr.. Daniels is here with
view to erect a system Of water works,
which he proposes to submit to our citi.
zens for their approval. The News is graf.
flied at being able to announce that the
project is favorably received, and that it is
only question of time, and it is hoped
very short time, too, when Paducah will! be
supplied with a good working water works
system. Mr.. Daniels is man who has
had large experience in the construction
OF water works, having built those now in
successful operation at Carksville, Tenn,
New Albany, Ind, Dallas, Texas, Birming-
ham, Ala, aud Little Rock, Ark; besides
being the consulting engineer in number
Der OF similar enterprises in other towns.
The plan which Mr., d. now has under
consideration embraces the erection of
pump house, fitted with the necessary ma
chlnery, stand pipe 140 feet high and
10 feet in diameter, with six miles of mains
graded from IL to inches in diameter.
The Importance of good and reliable
system of water works is something that is
so we'll understood by our citizens that it
requires no comment at our hands. Mr..
Daniels will present his plans to the city
council at Its meeting this evening"
These works will be much small
er than those Mr. Daniel con
tracted to furnish the City OF Cairo.
Cairo's works, which Mr.. Daniel was to
build for the city, were TO comprise stand
pipe two hundred feet high aud twenty feet
in diameter, aud the least of seven miles
of mains was to be ten inches in diameter
These conditions we're imposed by the coun-
Gil committee at the suggestion of one Of
its members who was an experienced en-
gineer and who thought that any reduction
of sizes, either 10 the stand-pipe or
mains, would result in rendering the works
incompetent to furnish the supply needed
for city of Caros size. Had the city
council consented to make even but a slight
of the contract in this drec-
ton, it is very likely that Mr.. Daniel
would have found capitalists by the dozen
who would have backed him in the enter
prise, and unless other conditions had in
terferred with the progress OF the work,
Cairo's works would probably now be in
operation. But under all the circumstar-
ces, we believe the council did well mot to
make any concessions in the way of reduc-
ing the dimensions of pipes, capacity of
pumps, etc. If Cairo wants water.works
che can get them now as easily as at any
time. Mayor Thistlewood has, only with
in the last few weeks, received several let
tiers from engineers, asking to be informed
if the city desires to receive bids for water
works. The works Mr.. Daniel has pro
posed to put up for Paducah would, accord
ing to the opinion of the gentleman who
was principally instrumental in formLat-
ing the specifications imposed by the Cairo
council upon Mr.. Daniel, and in whose
good judgment we and the people of Cairo
have the greatest confidence, be entirely
inadequate to supply the City of Cairo
with water. 1t may, however, do, after a
manner, for Psducah, which does not coyer
as much ground as Cairo does.