Wichita daily eagle., 1885-10-13
remove distractions of iron from Wichita
street. and on the company refusing, to have

street, and on the company refusing, to have
it removed.
On report of Councilman English recon-
mending tina: family be allowed to live at
hose house No. 2. and take charge of the
hose; referred to next meeting.
On motion of Councilman Smyth that all
fire property ard hose houses be insured,
and that the city clerk report at next meet
ing the amount of insurance already on the
city buildings. That the calaboose be in
sured for $500 and each engine house and
hose be.,insured for $50; carried.
The library committee asked further
timn to procure roome for the library.
The special committee on Water works
made the following report which was adopt
ed unanimously:
To the Mayor and Council, gentlemen:
Your special committee appointed for the
purpose of examining the water works, and
supply, OF source, from which the Water
Company supply our city with water for
domestic and sanitary purposes, beg leave
to submit the following report:
Your committee called at the water works
at $50 p. N. on the 10th inst. We found the
pumps ut work with the usual amount of
pressure-fourteen pounds. On examining
the well We found but little water in the
main well, about two-thirds Of the bcttcm
being exposed and covered with dark mud
The center or middle well was full of very
muddy water, which was supplied by a
large tube or main some twelve inches in
diameter, from which came steady flow of
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core of this tube or main TO the river, one
hundred feet from the well, We found a
number of two-inch planks down in the
mud out in the water, extending some ten
or twelve feet from the bank, resembling a
stockade or fence, about four feet apart.
This fence is supposed by the Water Com
pany to protect the end of the tube or main
that supplies the well with water from the
river. Taking stick in our hand We
walk out on the fence and poke the stick
two feet down in the water and feel the end
of the main embedded in the mud at the
bottom OF the river, and while doing SO,
we stirred up the elements at
the mouth of the main, which makes the
water turn black. On returning TO the en-
gine room, and interviewing the engineer of
the works, he informed Us that the well is
insufficient 10 supply the demand, and to
keep the pumps going he is compelled 10
supply the we'll from the river which he
has done for the last two or three months.
He says that while he knows the water from
the river to be bad, it is his business to run
the pumps and he cannot run them without
water, and the well not supplying it, he is
compelled to get it from the river. He also
objected to the people using SO much wa
ter.
Your committee on investigating the
water works and their source Of supply,
bring forth the following facts:
lst. That the water company are fur
nishing water through the works direct
from the Little River.
I'd. That this water is being used by a
great many of our citizens for domestic,
sanitary and drinking purposes.
Sd. That the water company were to
give our citizens good and holsome water
for domestic, sanitary and drinking purpos-
es, and from well situated 100 feet from
the water edge of the Little River, thereby
filtering the water through 100 of sand from
said river.
4th. That the water company are not
furnishing our city with good and holsome
water according to contract.
9Th. That this water is unhealthy, dirty
and unfit for domestic and sanitary par-
poses.
9th. That your committee recommend
that the city council take immediate steps
to protect tho health of our citizens from
impure water furnished by the water COM
pany, and compel them to supply our city
with as good and holsome water that Is IN
their power TO do so.