Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-21


AND rt,AN ron IMPROVEMENTS orr
tiNRn
FoHf woRfu, Nov III, 1894.
To tho EdltoT Of the uaauttoi
The experience OF Last year with our
water works has been n lesson % those Of
US who are not TOO old TO learn That
there are defects la tho system IN plainly
evidenced by tho falling on In tho receipts
IN that department during tho last quar-.
teri aud In following M the effect we tnd
that the cause Of thia decrease lien Ia tho
bad quality OF the water suppllcd II IL
plain that II something ho not done aoon
10 remedy this detect tho water works
viii elmply be an lncumhuH on tho city
AZ the present time they fall far short VI
paying expenses, The wator supplied
Fort Worth II not surpassed IN point OF
1lthinoaa In that " any city IN 4. xaa or
the South, And more considering tho
cost OF Keeping the pipes
clean q tIath pumped Into
them, the water u more expensive than
that 81 any city IN America. The exist.
ouc0 Of this drawback IN oil the more IN.
cXcusahlo when the means ~ amel0ra.
iton lie NJ near at hand. proposition
waB before the Wnlar,wofkA committee,
city council, which uote forth plan Tor
M Improvement that would Insure a con
Htaut supply OF pure, wholesome water,
Tho plan suggested ", In short, this 10
build dam near the mouth OF tho Clear
Fork which would keep supply Of water
on hand that would tide M over The most
severe drought. this dam 10 bN supplied
with ilond.gatoa 10 lot on down coming
mud and trash IA time Of riaoa In the river,
10 purify the water u CRIB constructed Of
solid mao, ~, In tho nature OF
Ia o9ffof-dahi, fhould DO built
short distance above the dam from
which the supply Of water would BIZ
pumped Into the piposi and the water,
altering up through the eRnd at the bot
tom OF this crib, wpnld bo ae clear ~ n
from mountain HprlnR
That is tho proposed Improvement, aud
| " N one which must commend llHoli 30 M
all n w the only solution Of the water
Hupply question Tor Fort Worth and n ~
an 0mlnently practicable one, The cost
wOnld not be exclusive and would DO rU-
placed IN loaa than year When we
consider TINT constant Aupply Of water
~ FOR drinking VIII Boo produced one
wonders why this plan has not been
adopted long ago This IN not an export
mont, but well tried plan and q salts
factory uno wherever introduced,
Austin has II and any one
who haa over seen The water th0re sau
bear Witness TO ltan0ycrenanRng purity
me city Of Lonlsyllle IN supplied IN this
manner from The Ohio, diftur stream
than tho Clear FOrk, ana hott0r water
than hers cannot be found IL America
Tho plan has tho support oi many prRo.
IDEAL men aud Of several experts, who
have given " their attention, ! beleygf
some ~ our Influential cltizeDs would put
their shoulders 70 this " would soon b0
moving toward communication There
are aomo Of our city fathers mol IN iogor
~ this proposal, but they should fomom.
Der that they were placed In their
present positions 20 advance The interests
" the city, which they can do IN no bet
Tor way than by obtaining Tor II hn oill
Client syHiOu ri water works
And mo truth u this assertion win bN
more fully tUatgd IN case the insurance
companies cancel policies held ~ Fort
Worth Oh account Of deficient protection
from Ore, Rs thoy threatened 70 do last
summer, when our water ran no low,
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