The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-18
The WATERWORKS.
The Council is Considering a
Proposition Submitted
BY CHAs. POWER, OF SEATTLE.
The Proposed Site Of the Pumping
Station, Meets With Opposition
A RemonStrance in Circulation.

names of the parties who are deslr-
GUS of putting in Athena's water
system and taking in payment
therefor, the bonds 1.-THE follow
ing proposition was submitted by
Mr.. Power, to the common council
of Athena. at a special meeting
Monday night:
PRoPosITIoN.
ATHENA, Jan. IA, 1895-[To the
Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Of Athena. ]--Gentlemen:
II beg to submit the following
proposal for constructing your
water works system, in accordance
with the enclosed specifications,
and to furnish and put in place,
the following material, and to do
the work specified:
Dig four [4l wells, ten 10l feet
square, not to exceed 20 feet deep.
and to be curbed with. 3 inch pine
or fir planking. Furnish q COM
plete pumping plant, with 200 feet
Of six inch suction pipe connected
to the wells by 3 inch branch pipes
fitted with the necessary gate
valves, foot valves, strainers, etc.,
said piped to be located below the
surface Of the water to prevent
freezing. The wells and the suction
pipe to be located where directed
by the City. Furnish and lay 765
feet of 4 inch Matheson Lock joint
pipe; furnish and lay $3.50 feet of
6 inch Matheson Lock Joint pipe;
furnish and lay $50 feet Of 8 inch
Matheson Lock Joint pipe. Fur
nish and set gates Us sfollows: Two
8 inch, seven 6 inch, two a inch.
Furnish and set II gate boxes.
Furnish and set Is Watrous fire
hydrants, each to have two d inch
hose nozzles. Furnish and set
5000 pounds Of special castings.
Furnish the material for and erect
the tower and tank, in accordance
with the plans and specification,
and furnish and lay in any streets
designated by you, 1900 feet Of 2.
inch standard screw pipe, dipped
in asphaltum.
In payment for the above work
done and material furnished, I will
take the $4,000 of the City of
Athena's water bonds, as now vot-
ed, and in addition to furnishing
the above material and labor, |
will pay the City Of Athena $3.50
in cash. The bonds to be delivered
to me as follows: An estimate is
to be made Of the work done and
material furnished, at the end of
each month, and you are to deliver
to me a-suficient number Of bonds
to equal 80 per cent of said esti-
mate. On the completion of the
work, in accordance with the speci-
fications, you are to test the same
and accept it, and the balance OF
the bonds left in your hands shall
then be turned over to me, on the
payment to you Of the above mem
toned sum Of $3.50. / will also
agree to employ my labor from
among the citizens Of Athena, with
the exception of two or three skilled
pipe men, provided that the said
labor can be obtained at the cur
rent rates. .rhe City to furnish
the right Of way fer pipe lines, and
we'll and tank sites, where the same
are located on private ground.
make this proposition with the
understanding that there will be
no boiler required for the pumping
plant, but that the City will hire
the pumping done. Yours truly,
CHAs. Power.
The proposition was referred to
the finance committee, which con-
sists Of Kirk, Jones and Barrett
Mr.. Kirk has been absent in Salem
looking after matters pertaining tc
the senatorial fight in which his
friend, ]. N. Dolph, is one of tht
principals, and desiring all mem
bers Of the committee to be presen
to consider the proposition, th'
matter has been deferred until thi
arrival Of Mr.. Kirk.
The site Of the pumping station
seems to be the bone of contention
Many are Of the opinion that th'
proposed site on the fat near th'
mill is totally unfit for the pur
pose, SO far as the water for domes
tic purposes are concerned, OWN
| to the fact that it contains alkal
in such proportions as to make
absolutely unfit for household use
This beliefis championed by many
and there are those who believ
this to be the case who go so far a
to emphatically state that the
will never use the water shoul
the works be located there.
On the other hand the friends {
the proposed site claim that whe
the surface water is shut out er
tirely from the proposed wells, th
water obtained would be as good I
any contained in the wells Of tf
town. The reason Of the selectio
Of this site-Which Of course hi
not been accepted-is because
the inexhanstible supply Of vat
which abounds there, and whicl
in the opinion of those who ha'
the matter in charge, is as pure
! any water used in Athena, and fu