The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-22

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work was begun, aud prosecuted under |
almost every dilliculty-the weather ex- |
ifemely warm, labor hard to control, |
scarcity OF money to pay the bills, etc. |
mo large pipe from the pump to tho |
river all had to be uncovered, proper !
drainage and river connection made. |
me pump had to be completely OYER
hauled, many parts OF the steam |
machinery had been taken to supply |
wants at BroWder Springs pumping sta !
tlon-these all had to be replaced
We prosecuted this work dav and
night until it was in "a working condi- |
tlon, which was a long and expensive
job, 1t is now in fair condition and
ready to supply water from that direc-
tlon TO ITS iull capacity at cost to the
clty or $l,blISO, rs shown by Superin-
leudent Wheless' report, which report,
with tho accompanying bills, 10 iie1
marked a." and made part of this
report.
The Browder Spring we found in
dilapidated condition. It's walls fallen
Io"li mud IN the reservoir, until It had
iilled all tho inlets for water, conSe-
quently no water comparatively could
he had from that source. First of ali.
therefore, we had TO clean the.mud and
debris from the spring, rebuild its walls
and protect from overflow by proper
emit aukments. The building contain
ing the pumps, boilers and machin-
cry for pumping was nearly ruined
by neglect. Doors and window frames
knocked out, walls knocked down,
and everything about il in bad shape.
All this had to heremediod and repaired
IN order to get any good out OF them.
Accordingly, we set about this task.
though it seemed herculean. This was
accomplished under many difficulties.
and IS to-day in iair repair and doing
good work. This all being done, cur
next move was to make the experiments
looking to an increased supply of water
In that region. We accordingly made "A
Typographical survey of the rock i'm the
PARK and vicinity and found that the
water would flow OF its own gravity
from that vicinity into our pumping sta-
ton without any additional expense i'm
pumping. We commenced then to ope-
rate our plans by cutting ditch east
Wardly across the branch and into II 0
park from the pumping station. We at
once, rs We expected, began to find wa
ter, and the farther we proceeded the
more water we found, until we had de-
Veloped water enough for all PURPOSES
OF tho city to tho ontire exclusion of the
| original BrOwdor springs for the sixteen
days last past. This being accomplished.
/ in tho midst fan unprecedented drouth
OF now nearly four and One-half months
! duration, weare able To congratulate your
honorable body and tho citizens Of this
city on the satisfactory solution of the
water supply for the city, and also as
TO the excellent quality OF tho water, IL
being pure, sweet, clear water, flowing
from tho south and east, therefore, ma
danger Of contamination by the oilal
OF the city.
In addition to this, we constructed A
reservoir near tho BrOwdor sYrngs in a
| gravel bed, and a pipe % the river, so
that II 1t ever becomes necessary. wator
can DO thrown from the river into tho
| gravel reservoir and hlter through into
| the spring, thus making good Wa.er of
the river water.
All this has been done at cost TO the
city OF S!,l6.2j, as shown by bills hereto
attached by the water cOmmitte, it an
nav .ng been done under heir immodi-
ate supervision, which are made part
OF this report aud filed herewith.
marked exhibit b."
We recommend, first, That tho
bills included in oXibit a. aud b., be Al
| lowed and ordered paid, thoy having
been audited and found correct.
Second, We recommend that 81, 900 be
| appropriated TO wall and protect the OK
caVatlons In tho park from destruction,
To 10 done under the direction of tho
water committee, or rs your honorable
body shall direct.
Your honorable body are aware or the
Tact that we had several schemes and
| propositions before us, submitted by
some ol our entorprising citizens look
ing to furnishing water for the city, run
ulhg IA prico from $4,000 10
"a l.. a d
body nc one time directed that one OF
these propositions be received and CON
! tract closed. But the emergency was
! upon u.s. we were bound TO have water
~ once, SO your committee went TO
! work, devotiug large share of thoir
| individual time To II, until success
| crowned their efforts, at a cost alto.
! gcthgr, so far, OF less than Si.OC8 for all
repairs aud new Developments. And we
are confident with further expendi-
ture OF $4,000, we could furnish pure.
nice, sprlng water fora population of So
Respectfully submitted,
q ~ ~ Gt!AlTEn, chm. Water
j. MoRoNEH, Commission
Oct. n, 1891,
Tho matter was disposed OF in this
Wis0' Alderman Brown introduced tho
following preamble and resolutions.
which were adopted.
! WHEREAS, On tho 7th day of July.
! lS9i an order was passed by the council
! directing the water commissioners In
take such steps and mako such experi-
ments rs in their Judgment, in con
nection with the present water-worts,
would adequately increase the water
! supply of tho city; aud
a 4.
thus FAR sucue siully aud economically
prosecuted said work, securing a most
Erstiying increase Ofpure water; tho e.
iure
Resolved, That said commissioners
are hereby instructed to complete under
the existing contract made hy ON, tho
excavations In tho lake In progress i'm
the city park, including the draining on
the banks thereof.
Resolved, Thatthe wator commission
ers with tho mayor, be instructed to re-
ceive bids for erecting retaining walls
10 protect the excavation In the CITY park
according to the plans submitted Nv the
city engineer; said bids to DO opened hy
lhem IN ne oiheo OF the city hall az 10
a, m, October -, and that they shall
award the contract at TINT time.
Considerable debate onsuod on tho
presentation OF the water commissior-
ers' report. Mossrs. Seay and Gibson
had made their appearance after tho
vote on the veto, and as the vote stands
on the different positions Il would seem
that the original recommendations OF
the vetoed resolutions were adoptpd
WIN tho single addition of the mayor 10
inc committee entrusted with the
awarding of the contract for building
two 200 feet walls. Their action rs To be-
almost Immediate, 10 O'clock Thursdav
being the hour for awarding the cons
Alderman Coekrell moved and had
auopteu resolution, extending tho
sewer from Murphy, along Commerce to
Sycamore.
Tho fire department wanted soma IN.
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