Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21


has all the qualifications, and doubtless
Will make God office.
Mr. w. G.. Skunk of TIppecanoe town
ship was also elected commissioner at
the last election. and will take Mr. Nor-
els position as commissioner Of the third
district. at the December term 1855.
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There are one hundred and twenty
nine school houses in the county, which,
with the ground they are built on and
the apparatus used III the schools, is
estimated at S2172iG in the last report
of the county superintendent to the SUI
perintendent of Public Instructions of
the state. The whole number of school
teachers employed for the school year Of
1881, in the county, was one hundred
and SiXty-SiX. of whom eighty-nine are
males and seventy seven females. The
enumeration as reported May LIST, 1894.
gives the total number of pupils or
those who are entitled to school privil-
iges as S,576, of whom 1891 are males
and 4,lS5 are females. The average
price paid male teachers was S1,61 and
females Sl.65 per day, in the township
schools.
Argos pays male teachers S3.1l per
day and females Sl.92. Bourbon town
ship paid mail teachers $40 and
females S2:i2: Bremen paid male teach
ers $3.50 and females Sl.1o and Plym-
outh city paid her male teachers, includ
ing the superintendent, an average of
Sl03 and female teachers S2:3l per day.
The aggregate amount paid to all the
teachers for the last year was 81 ,S64.S4.
Prof. Fish is the obliging county SUI
perintendent of our public schools, to
whom we are under obligations for
favOrs.
CITY OF PLYMOUTH.
On the 18th day of April 1872 an cleo
ton was held for the purpose of taking
the sense of the citizens on the PROPOSE
ton of changing the form of govern
ment of the town to that of city, and
the proposition was adopted by large
majority. The first city election was
held in May 1873. At this election poll
tits were ignored, about an equal mum
Der of democrats and republicans were
placed on the only ticket that was voted
for. Horace COrbin was the first may
or of the city. and gave the new city a
very satisfactory send off At the close
of the first year, after paying nearly
II 900 of the old debts of the corpora
ton and current expenses there was left
in the new city treasury the sum of -,
936.O6, of all liabilities.
CITY HALL
Since its organization as & city,
Plymouth has made many credltable
and lasting improvements. The engine
house and city hall were completed in
the fall of 1915, at "a cost of something
over $1,000. 1t is very substantial
and commodious building. 1t was
built by Robert McCance and VIM. T..
BeatOn.
WAITER WORKS.
Plymouth water works was built in
1883, is owned by the city and control
de by the city council. who employ \. Il.
Underwood as superintendent. There is
two Holly duplex pumping engines cap
able of discharging 100000 gallons of
water per day. Two boilers and all fit
tings in duplicate Water is obtained
from flowing wells which are led into a
large reservoir, from which the pumps
draw. Originally there were but three
miles of mains, but additions have been
made until there are over five miles of
water mains, ranging from ten to four
inches. These are supplied with thirty
eight double fire hydrants, with two and
a half inch discharge, besides twenty-five
cut off valves The system is what is
called direct pressure system, pressure
being furnished direct from the pumps
to the mains. While this system has some
disadvantages when used for private
consumption, yet this is nothing com
pared with the advantages when need
ed for fire use. The fuel used is crude
oil.
The Plymouth fire department con
sists of Torrent hose company, No. l.,
with 20 men, ID. Il. Armstrong foreman;
Wide Awake hose company No. =, with
20 men and a. II. Underwood foreman,
Protection hook and ladder company,
No. 1, with 80 men, Joseph Swindell,
foreman. The oversight of this depart
ment and body of men Is in charge of
Fred III. Kuhn. chief with y. II. Under
wood LIST Assistant.
Taken together, with Plymouth water
works and Fire department, this city is
amply provided for, in case of fire. and
with record of but one house lost since
the establishment of the water works,
land that only after very long night
run, where three houses were on fire at
once, and but one stream of water could