Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
WILLIAM s. MARSHAL.

Gives his statement of his personal
interview with Consulting Engineer
Ruger as follows:
When Captain Kruger was here Ia the
fall NJ 1871, after he had gone over All
the ground proposed for the waterworks
sites with the committees, ! took my
horse and buggy and again went over the
ground with him, going TO both sites.
ana especially on the Clear Fork away
up beyond the railroad brdees.
While riding nearly half day with
him, discussed the matter OF wnter-
works sites thoroughly with him. He told
me that he decidedly objected 10 the
West Fork site; that the Clear For, was
the proper place for the site for the
wnterwoI'ks for the city.
Vile suggested that IN case the artesian
wells should not deVelope sufficient water
Tor the use of the city dams could be
thrown across the Clear Fork In two or
three different places from about oppo-
site the present new buildings, putting
In Two or three, making as many I'M.
pounding reservoirs, using the bed OF the
river os the reservoir for stNyo or three
miles up the stream that the winter
impounded from that fork would alwnys
be clear and of much better quality thnn
the water In the West Fork.
Among other things, he stated that
after examining the condition of the
North Side, the gravel strata UNDERLYING
the cemetery, and that portion OF the
North Side which draiDs into the West
FORK above the present waterworks lie
thought Il decidedly a dangerous thing
TO depend on using water from that fork
OF the river, as in case Of an epidemic
or anything IN the way Of contagious
diseases, the drainage from the cemetery
necessarily reached the river above The
WNterworks site and could not fnil 10
contamnate the water, and. that AS Veorg
went by this would grow worse md
worse, II the cemetery was continued
There Is no question whatever as 10 his
recommending the site for the water
works which was afterwards chosen"
Regarding the flow Of the thirteen
test well, showed a weir mensuren,ent
Of very nearly 100000 gallons Dor day.
the second VOL drilled showed ouite
"a much. The aggregate Of the weir
measurement showed very nearly 1000
OOO gallons per day, and while the test
Wen FOR time fell on considerably and
many supposed il was on account OF tbe
drawing from the supply by opening
new wells. | always coutended that N
was caused by the wells filling up with
sand. The position has boen demonstrate
ca 70 be correct for since the new sand.
pumping machine has been put TO work
and TWO wells, the test well and No. 2
o.
How has come back TO fully the ORIGINAL
amount when the wells were first OBJ
ened ~
Mr. brakes statement regarding a
bare 1,5OO,0OO gallons OF water from the
present wells Is very far from being a
correct one.
4 am fully satisfied that II Il Il nee.
eS3ary 70 secure more arfcslan water
IL can be secured for the present Ate
fully as easy as IL could be procured for
the old waterworks location.
In regard 10 the overflow of the new
location Qs+cOmpared with the old. every
one knows that whenever we have high
water SUCH as has occurred twice within
the last four years, ull the ground about
the old pumpwOrks h submerged, and
that the water y only kept out Of tie
itself by banking up the doors
with earth. Tie machine floors of M
new pumphouse are entirely above high
water mark.
u forgot 10 mention another thing
which Captain knger stated Ia regam
90 keeping the works at the old'l0cation.
He said That II We ever wanted ~ be
sure Of clear water II could only be in-
sured from the West Fork by building
a large reservoir on the ground near Tie
works and pumping the water into that
with low service pumps, allowing Il 10
setle before being pumped Into TIE
mains, but that this w0uld not remove
the Objectionable quality Of the water.
III would seem that some one bus an
idea that q people who have got as used
10 mud and wafer from the old ninnt
as our people would not discover the
tlinnest kind Of an attempt % throw dust
~ their eyes about anything.