The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-11
NOW FOR WATEKWORKS.
An Artesian Well ia Practicable Even
Through q Granite Formation Now il
the Time

As stated last week Col. Baum ha
finished the survey Of the town ALL ha
gone home TO Diake the maps and e.
Inmates. We also stated that we ha'
an interview with him before he lef
and we give it this week.
1t will be seen that be does not hav'
any fears Of being able to bore th'
well through rock, and besides II ht
agrees to sink it five hundred feet anc
does not 90 that deep it will cost the
town nothing.
Now is the time for action. The
Herald and News favors water works
even though our fire insurance Is not
reduced. With the better protection
that will come from water works the
citizen can carry more risk himself.
But we only purpose TO give Col.
Baum's talk this week.
WHAT COL. BAUM SAYS.
"Colonel Baum, what are the prospects Of
getting an artesian we'll in our city,
"Very good indeed. should say, from the
lay OF the country surrounding y your 1aI;y;, cly;
and 1t lies near the surface. How about drill
ing through this grantee"
ii prefer granite TO earth and quicksand.
At Charleston they have to 60 aoout l.!n9
feet before reaching the rock formation, and
they are now drilling well for which ihe
contract price is 81, 200 for six inch diam
eter well 1000 feet deep. 1 will contract 10
drill we'll OF the same size and depth in
your city for SI5,000"
"But would you guarantee to 60 that depth
in this granite formation"
~ certainly would"
"If you contract to drill a well for our city,
would would yyoungy you guarantee to go to The depth
II would; and If should fail to do so, the
well woulo not cost your city one dollar, az
contract to go 10 certain depth or no pay,
and / do not ask for sny money until the
contract Is completed"
with you to drill we'll 5UO feet deep, and
you should drill the well 475 feet deep and
should fail to get any deeper, the well would
not cost the city anything ?"
mot one cent"
How deep do you think you would have
i think there can be good supply Of
water found here at depth OF ac0 TO 5IO
feet"
"Do you think you could get flowing
well here ?"
y DO Tot; yet it is possible ls -. -,,o, ,ora
desira ble?"
~ think not; and will give you my reas-
ons. In the first place there Is not we'll in
this country flowing high enough to- give
your city fire protection, and you would De
compelled to pump the water from Teser-
volr or tank at the well to the desired height
water out OF the well with deep well pump
is but trifle more than pumping 1t from
reservoir Or tank; and then you can geG
twice the quantity Of water with deep Wen
pump. I mean by this that I can put deep
well pump IN any flowing well in the South
and get twice the quantity OF water that the
well will ever flow. And then another reason
why prefer pumping well to q foWlng
well for system Of water works-the water
from flowing well must be discharged into
q reservoir or tauk at the well. IL Is then
subjected 10 all the Impurities of the Amos
phere, dust and other matter, before ills
forced into the water main for distribution,
while with a pumping well the water is
forced direct through the mains 10 the resi-
dences without being exposed even to the
atmosphere until 1t is drawn from the faucet
inside your house, all connections from the
bottom Of the well to the faucet in the
house being made so sight that grain OF
dust cannot enter the water until 1t leaves
the faucet"
.Do you mean TO say the water will go
direct from the well 20 the private resi-.
deeces. without first going into the stand
From six O'Clock in the morning until six
at night, while the well IS being pumped,
the5water goes direct through the maips to
all distributing points, the staDd-pipe re-
ceiving only the surplus water"
"Is it possible to tind sufficient supply OF
water in this granite formation ?"
.sOf the forty-fiye wells i have drilled in
the South, all or which have been in the
granite formation, have found the desired
Quantity of water in all except two wells;
and these TWO wells were less than sou feet
deep. The forty.three wells ranged from
lsoOOo to 5OO,OOO gallons per day.
"Do you consider ertesian water more
healthy than any other water ?"
II Will answer that question by "a ytne, l
have never heard Of case Of typhoid fever
where the person used exclusively artesian
well water, and I do not believe case OF
this kind can be produced"
Ibid the Council take any action In the
matter Of water works this afternoon?"
None in particular. / requested them 10
meet as leave } our city tomorrow for home
and wanted to consult with them as to the
distribution OF main and fire hydrants before
completing the map and making an estimate
OF the cost Of the well and water works
plant"