The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-31

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valves xsa s 10 in. valves sls2 Is tire ydrants
at s22 $40: 90 in. by IL feet boiler $50 10
u by Is duplex pump 500; valves and con
nections $50, boiler feed pump =, station
stand pipe 100 feet high and 10 feet in
diameter, lis. 900 lbs. at cts $40
Foundation 50 wards masonry at S3.. lD
Total stand nine ............... $500
setting pump and boiler sl15
Making "A total of.................... xi9.5s,
BY putting "A reservoir on Jergcr hill
deduct stand pipe ...-......+,..'-.'+.. o.su
sls.ss
Add three quarters OF a mile Of 10
Excavation 20 by 60 # IT. deep. $50
payinr. Is 900 brick AT y.................. i26
Total with reservoir. .......... sl6,.le
think, after looking the matter
all over, that this last plan will be
the best. 1t will carry the water to
any part Of the town, and will make
ample fire pressure, by bringing the
pipe from the reservoir direct to the
station, and letting the 10 inch pipe
line from the station to the desk
factory remain, the reservoir can be
cut off at any time and direct pres
sure used.
can shrink the pipe bill several
several hundred dollars when |
come to study the map more fully.
You had better organize a stock
company with stock at $40, 900.
Let the town take So, OOO-and your
enterprising citizens enough to COM
plete the works. Let the town
guarantee the interest at 3 per cent.
on the stock taken, and issue 80 900
in bonds, and take up at par the
stock as rapidly as possible. have
given you close figures on every
item. If you can have the vote
taken at once the whole plant can
be put up this Fall. In the final
specifications / will work the whole
|plan out more deliberately. The
Iabove is sufficient for vote. Rush
lit through and you will never regret
lit. Yours truly,
A. II. KENNEDY.
Upon the above estimate Of $40,
loco cost, it would require an annual
tax levy Of rs cts. on each 500 OF
value in the town to meet the in
Iterest, and 5 cents on each 500 a.
a sinking fund, making 81 cents on
each 500 in the town, required by
law. 1t is presumed enough water
would be sold to citizens to pay the
running expenses Of the works af-
ter the first year-and that the first
year probably 10 cents on each 500
would meet the deficit for expenses
making the necessary tax the first
year Al cents ON each 500, and af
tier the first year 81 cents for the
water works.
i The COURIER is informed by the
Howe Water Works Contracting
! Company's agent, Of indianapolis
that these estimates may be reduced
by one-fourth, or to $4,000 0
$15, 900.
/ As to water supply the cities o
+ Rockford and Joliet, Ills, are eacl
supplied with pure water from ar
) tesian wells, at Rockford from
well ia inches diameter 300 fee
, deep, which supplies 1886 gallon
+, per minute; at Joliet from tw'
e wells 7 inches diameter l,2O5 fee
E deep, which supply "a 900 gallon
r per hour.
5 The drill in the gas well at Jas
$ per at 1893 feet deep struck a sup
b ply Of pure, clear, soft water tina
e flowed in large stream over tn
5 top Of the eight inch pipe, an
: nearly deluged the derrick SUI
y roundings before it could be case
g off. With Pohle Air Lift pun
# and that supply Of water reached i
< new well, it would be sufficient I
: furnish the town If not, two sue
G wells should, and they could b
q cheaply put down by water work
J contractors, and the $3 900 for |
:, inch pipe not needed then, woul
il be saved.
Il Jasper needs and must have Wa
!, ter-works, but in the interest Of tn
o taxpayers the town board shoul
l. make an examination Of all the dill
L ferent systems, their RESPECTIVE
!. merits, relative cost, durahilit,
n healthfulncss, &c, before adol tin
a any plan. A hundred dollars ,
h two spent in this sort Of investig;
It ton will be many dollars saved |
y the People.