Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
GREATaFALLs WATER WORKS..


GREATHFALLs WATER WORKS.
Five Million Gallon Pump Ordsred-Rev-
enues of the Company.
The Great Falls Water Works have,
during the past week, let a contract for
a five million gallon Holly-G Haskell high
duty pump. The new pump is n Of
the finest pieces of machinery of it's kind
in the country, and will cost, put in place
at Great Falls, over $4,000. When it is
added to the present equipment the
company will be supplied with a total
pumping capacity of S,500,OO0 gallons
per day, which is considered quite suffi-
Gent by hydraulic experts to supply the
consumption in a city of 10000 people.
Some idea of the substantial nature of
the new machinery may be gained from
the fact that it weighs lO4 tons and will
require five cars to transport it
1t is being manufactured express
ly for the company, and the con-
tract calls for it's delivery sometime in
next April. The only city in the west
which has an engine of the kind now in
use is Portland, Ore, and when Great
Falls gets it's new high duty pump it will
be one of the best protected cities in the
United States against fire.
In this connection it ia a matter of
! considerable interest to the business
men and property owners to know that
some time ago, when the addition of this
pump was first contemplated, the
Pacific Union board of under
writer's, which then controlled insurance
rates, promised in writing to make a re-
duction in the insurance rates Of 5 per
cent as soon as the new pump was put
in. The rates are noW controlled
by a state board, but they will
doubtless do as much as the
Pacific Union promised to do in this di-
r%ection, 30 that the addition Of the new
pump will prove a practical saving to the
taxpayers in the way Of insurance. Five
per cent reduction would mean at least
$4,000 a year saved IN insurance rates
and would be about equivalent to a re.
duction in the hydrant rental of that
amount in it's practical effect.
Since 1898, when the present manage
ment of the water works took control
$4,000 have heen expended in extensions
and the construction of new mains, in
GLIDING 9 new 16-incb main connecting
with the Third street main at Ninth ave.
nue. south, and an extension to Eighth
avenue south. In this way the compap,
have practically three ways of supplying
the city with water, so that in case of &C
, cident to any OF the great mains, the cit,
} supply would not fail,
> The new mains and new high dut.
I pump represent an outlay of abou
$4,000 on the city water works plan
, since 1893.
The following, figures taken from
circular recently issued by N. W. Har
ris e. Co., give the gross and net incom
of the water company since 1890, and a
they have never been published befor
they will make interesting reading t
= the public.
g 1S9O-Revenue from all ources, SIG,
1883; operating expenses, So, 1925
o net revenue, S7,3S2.5O
g 1891 -Revenue from all sources, S2G,
o $50. 20; operating expenses, SS,4sG.2.
net revenue, ST., SO2.95.
1S92-Revenue from all sources, $50
}, 1851; operating expenses, Sl0,o4771
d net revenue, S25,29S.2O.
The new company passed into c0ntrC
q on May 1, 1893. The net earnings fc
l. the first four months of 1893 wer
q S7,72O.60.
d For the year ended April 3o,1so4-
s. Revenue from all sources, s3G, lSl39; OF
ID Grating expenses, SLIGO 60; net revenu'
IS S27,55l.T9.
% For year ended April SO, 1898 Rev
10 nue. from all sources. 2l2,l7S.TO; opera
l. ing expenses, sl2,117.9l; net ravenu
10 52),AOoI0
n AS the interest charge on 100000 j
Is bonds, half bearing I per cent and tt
1t other half 6 per cent interest, 10" oG
II standing against the plant, aruaunt5
n So 1t will be seen that there vas
H. net profit to- the stockholders OF $1,000
IN on the years busioess ending last Apr
or The circular ends by stating 'reesi
IL investigation Of the plant and lis ma
agemuut confirms the high opinion q
is have always had OF this plant as d bas
t Of security for tine bondho!der, II
~ works ave been in successful operate
~ for several Years; the income shows
O. steady annual increase, and 81 h II
III br.gnt future of Great Fat'2, wo con
dently recommend these bombs. "
offer a limited amount only, SUBJECT
prior sale, at l0l and interest