The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-30
LIVE MONTANA TOWNS.
Public Improvements That Will
Make Kalispell a Metropol-
itan City.
Electric Light and Water Works
Systems Now in Course Of
Construction.
Billings. Bozeman, Livingston, Great
Falls, Lewistown, Deer Lodge and
MissOulA.

hAL1SPELI, Oct. u. -lSpecfal. l-lnere IL
no lveisr place in the state of Montana
to-day than the town Of kalispell. The
large capital employed in the construction
of the many substantial improvements to
be seen on every hand has given an i'm
petus to Rcner al business and furnished en-
ployment to all who desire work. The
most important of these improvements il
the water works and electric light plant,
which will be completed and in operation
Dec. l. The franchise. which included
water works, electric light and telephone
service was granted by the city council to
Chester b. Davis. of Chicago, last June,
and with the assistance of Boston capital
ists the kalispell Water and Electric COM
pany WAS formed, with j A. Coram as pres
ident and j. +. Motfatt treasurer. Mr..
Moffatt is the senior member of the firm of
Motfett. Hodgkins d Clark. of Syracuse,
N. v. who own over thirty water works
systems IN the United States. The capital
stock of the company is $3.50. 600; $l30,OOO
Of this amount is required for the con-
ruction of the plant. while the balance is
re served for further extensions and i'm
proyements.
Seven miles of water mains have already
been laid, and hvdrants will be erected at
every street intersection. The freight bill
alone on the thirty carloads of annealed
steel pipe and other apparatus amounted to
$17. 600. The machinery consists of two
Dean jumps, each with capacity OF l,50O.-
600 gallons per day. and capable when COM
bined of supplying more water than is use
in the city of Butte. These pumps are fed
by two l25 horse power boilers.
The water is taken from a we'll twenty
four feet in diameter sunk in the gravel on
the banks of Spring creek. about mile and
half from the city. where the works are
located. The water. from this clear and
rapid running stream is thus filtered
| through fifth feet of gravel before reachinR
the we'll. The franchise permits the grantee
to use water from the creek should the sup
ply from the we'll at any time prove insufli-
cient. test by centrifugal pumps, how
ever, shows that the we'll produces 100000
| gallons every twenty four hours, and it will
thus be seen that Kalispell can have no fear
OF a water famine. The stand pipe ia 10
Gated 14o feet above the town, insuring a
pressure for domestic purposes of seventy
pounds to the square inch while an electric
valve connection has been made whereby
with direct pressure this can be increased
| o'AoS -
( fire. This extra pressu o can be obtained
at a moments notice through the telephone
service between the fire tment hall
and the water wot ks plant.
| The poles have all been erected and forty
miles of wire strung for the electric lights.
while the wiring of the buildings through
out the town is nearing completion. The
city will be lighted by 1000 candle power
arc lights of the Woods system, the moan
des cent lights of the Westinghouse system
can be found in every home. he fire hall
is SO arranged that by throwing open the
doors the rooms will be lighted and the
| alarm sounded.
Politics excite good deal of interest in
this locality at present. The large registra-
tlon list of Kalispell and the outlying dis
tricts, giving total OF 1854 names, has at
traCted the attention of the central COM
mittess Of the state and speake are hold
ing forth in the city three and four even
ings out of the week. Following are some
of the prominent speakers who have re-
Gently visited Kalispell: Hon. w. W..
Dixon, Hon. W. M. Bickford, Hon. T. C.
Power, Judge Wade, Gov. John E. Rick
ards. Col. A. G. Botkin, Hon. Martin Ma
ginnis, Miss Ella Knowles and many 9th
ers. Hon. E. d. Weed will speak here next
Monday evening.