The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-27
The Water Works.

The brief call Of the PLAIN DEALER,
last week for information in regard
to the cost Of the proposed water
works, was rewarded by a member Of
the town council handing us the
Hoopeston Chronicle, which contain
ed four column article, descriptive Of
the water works Of that place, with
views of the building and stand pipe,
with their capacity and cost, and the
income derived therefroIn.
The cost Of the plant is given at
$4,000. This includes about five
miles Of pipe with hydrants at suita-
BILE points. The well had been prev
iously provided by the citizens Of the
place at cost of $500. It's depth
was about $50 feet.
The capacity of the works vii furn-
is 100000 gallons Of water per day.
The stand pipe is 104 feet high, has
an iron tank IL feet in diameter and
thirty-six feet high. with capacity
Of 10000 gallons, affording a pressure
sufficient to force the water through
the mains and pipes, in all the parts
of the town. The reservoir is IS feet
in diameter-and feet deep, with the
capacity OF 10000 gallons, which with
the tank in the tower, should be kept
constantly full, thus giving 10000
gallons always on hand in case of
need.
In order to make this available in
case Of fire, the city has purchased
fire hose, reaching distance of two
blocks. It's cost is not given. The
books of the city clerk of Hoopeston,
for the fiscal year ending June 1890,
shows the financial condition to be
as follows:
Number Of water takers June
l, ......................... 1914
Revenue for same. 50
Engineers salary per year,. $4,000
Coal and other expenses........ 1880
Interest on bonds..... ..........., 647.5O
Interest on other Indebtedness 3d. 50
Total expenses............... $15OO.S 80
Net reyenue............... .43
This table may serve rs o criterion
to measure the cost to our people for
its use. 1t is probable however, that
the cost Of fuel here, will be greater
than at Hoopeston, as we are farther
from the coal supply. Hoopeston is
located in Vermillion county, about
leo miles south of Chicago, and in the
midst of the soft coal supply of ILL.,
nois and Indiana, with an abundance
of railroads for transportation.
Whether the number of water TAX
ers with our people would be as num-
erous as in the given table, we are
unable to even form and make a
guess. Had the article given the
population of the place it would have
helped in specializing on the com.
parative support of our contemplated
works and the ones mentioned.
These are all the facts we have been
able to gather, and from them are
unable to advise our readers for or
against the project. Read, investi-
gate and judge for yourselves.
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first wealth Is health" and it was
wiser than the modern philosopher
who said that the blood lis the life."
The system, like the clock, runs
down. 1t needs winding up. The
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a certain wise doctor. after years
Of patient study, discovered a medi-
cine which purified the blood, gave
tone to the system, and made menv~-
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feel like new. He called it his ''Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" 1t has been
sold for years, sold by the million of
bottles, and people found such salts
faction in it that DIR. Pierce, who dis
covered it, now feels warranted in
selling it under IA positive guarantee
Of its doing good in all cases.
Perhaps it's the medicine for you.
Yours wouldn't be the first case Of
scrofula or salt-rheum, skin disease,
or lung disease, it has cured when
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