The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-11
HERE IS AN OFFER
A CHANCE TO SECURE WATER
BY GRAVITY.
ABUNDANT SUPPLY AT LOW COST.
One Dam and Piping is all That
is Required to Supply This
and the Mahanoy Valley.
The New Movement.

Having hoard that W. D. Setter Esq
had said that he could give the people of
Shenandoah sll the water they need
cheaper tn an the cost under the old water
company and cheaper than the joint m
mittee can furnish it should it perfect its
plans, a HERALD reporter sought an inter |
view with the lawyer.
Mr. Seltzer was found in Squire Deng-
i9r's office, where he has desk room |
Yes" said the gentltm man, when the re-
porter repeated what he had heard II did
say that and l believe it can be done.
There is a stream of water on the Green
Mountain, / have an arrangement with
the party owning the place by which it can
be secured for water purposes. In fact,
own the place and can say suthoritatively
that it can be secured The site l speak of
is about nine miles from heren
That is quite distance when compared
to the locations of the old water compauy's
works and the proposed borough work :"
suggested the reporter.
True" said Mr.. Seltzer, "but the works
at my place would require but one good.
sized dam and no pumping would be
required. With the dam constructed and
pipes laid the plant would be complete.
| The stream is strong one, so strong that it
has washed out boulders weighing from
| Is to 20 tons, and it flows on Green Noun
tain go feet above the CaLawissa creek
l. could be brought here by grade and
would give ample supply through twelve
inch pipes for not only this town, but for
all the neighboring patches as WE'LL"
| Have you ever estimated what the cost
would be to bring water here from the
place you speak i?' asked the reporter.
Yes, l have. About four or five years
ago tried to get up company to bring
the water here and also supply houses in
the patches, but people complained at that
time that money was too scarce and the
m tier fell through although Boston in
| surance company was ready to take all the
bonds. The same company will take all
the bonds of water companies to-day
| W Il, when that was under way, sent to
New York and secured an estimate from a
company rs to the cost of piping-spiral
pipe they call it, the same kind of pipe
that the Union Pacific Railroad Company
uses for carrying water long distances
Fr m that estimate and o,her approxi-
mates l was convinced that a company
could make a handsome profit by supplying
the patches in this section and not touch
shenandoah"
Well what do you think it would cost
TO establish the plant you suRgest2'
That l can't say. / haven't got the
figures had when the other project was
on foot ?"
Could it be done for S45 GOO p
mo, sir il could not And the pro.
posed water works of this joint committee
cannot be established with that amount
Why their pumping plan, alone will run
up to that figure The pumping of water
over to this place will be costly. The val.
ley on the other side is considerably lower
than this one, and reservoirs will be needed
on top of the mountain, or on this side, fuI
storage purposes, as well as on the other
side"
"Well, do you think it will cost $4,000
to bring water from Green Mountain tc
this place ?"
"Noi perhaps it would not run that high,
but l am positive the water could be
brought at les cost than tn joint com
mittee can bring water over this mountain
and the plant won't cost rs much as the one
owned by the old company. AS said be
fore, put dam in the raviEe on Green
Mountain, which is about as wide as thai
in which the old water company's dam
are located, then lay your pipes and you
have a first class water plant"
FLOW do you stand on the present wateI
question W
II haven't taken any side, because 1 dc
not think the project of the joint com
mittee will amount to anything btcaus,
the project for which the special election
, was held ten years ago was abandoned anC
+ they cant take that up now"