The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-27

corporation paid as such toward the Town
Hall in taxes the sum of $4 4,3G6.S7. But
inasmuch as the bulk of the tax duplicate
is within the corporation this property
paid at least two-thirds of the remaining
$4,000 which was raised by township
tax. 1t is safe to say the corporation paid
from two-thirds to thpee-fourths the cost Of
the Town Hall.
The road bouds outstanding amount To
ST 200 as Mr. Webster stated. But as this
years levy will raise 81 200 for this pur-
pose this debt is but Sc, ,O0Oso far as water
works are concerned. Then the payment
of these bonds has been anticipated for
three years. IL we choose nn'more bonds
need be paid foTthe next three years. leav-
ing only $500 interest to be taken cSse of.
If amy system Of wsterworks fs at all pro
ftabIe from a financial point Of view, by
that tSme we might expect some assistance
from that sou1ce. At any rate this was
the argument adSanced last sursrtier. 1t
is equally as trae.now.
The corporation is authorized to- leSF
ten mills cf taxes While we use nearly
aN of this for fixed expenses repsirs'and
improvements, it sbelieped by thoge who
are acquaitted wSth corporation Ifaairs
thaS the fixed expenses cam be met lg'the
revenue raised fromisiM MILLS of taxation,
untiltSHch time as the waterworks wilifuF-
nish Rrevenue to meet itE own expeves.
This will leave four FuilIs with whiclswe
can tide the waterworfs, the period!of
no reveNtre. T3e itens'are as follows:
cOMPA ARAnTvR STATEMENT COST OF 'A.TxTAINANusE
g6wer- GravtgA
Operatn = expensep.. S1,50I 500
| IAterest on waterwOrks
| bonds ..~"4."......-.." 1850 2,5m
Interest eR outstanding,
klroad bordS .......-.... SO' 9fS
| Total. $3.50 S3,3C9
Balance in favor of gravity 'systeml-."~-. $3.50
| POWER sYsTENa
Annual expense of power plaut'plrDia--
| terest on road ......- $3.50
Income from4 mills t&Estion....,.,-.,-.~- $500
/ Behciency-~-s-..,. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $3.50
4 GRAvITY sssTEN.
|. Anpual expense of gravity syssem piue
7 interest ontOad bonds $1,000
I Dneome from #nills taxastlon. $3.50
| ACefh N T
These calculations a7e based upon state-
menis of the waterwerks' erahusf2Ets of
last summer. They Aeld geedi aIsO for
| the Aatter is thG cheapeys'to nlninthan even
| withlthe Increase of $3.50 interessllHnm the
s.gtEa $15, ,00CG-
HAE PRESssiggRs..
| The l75 feet elevation Of 7sservoiTiabeUe the
villsge will give aecordingS0 theszI1leSSt civil
engineering a.gressure otsepentYt two pounds
30 the square iuGis at all oa'she hydrnntb This
Is after friction tS taken OStJ
| pressure OF forty pounds at ;helhBtHznt
us,oa.the authOclhg !of tbs superintendent of
wassyworks Of Cleveland Hsli tLssow a, stream
siJShtv feet high.
|
auky.0 gravity System) sSsses thatea pTBss1re
ascxs sixty pounds isimpyaaticaktel Ib Games
atos fixtures to- leak, will N, tiR56 stag1 1he
bD4nts in the pipes anFI!s an, unnecessary
! ssririn upon thetnains., gAey, aTer abSe.with
1tkia pressure 10, throw wafer roH,the toDo Of
Jtse highest buGkiiDgs., Tseg, haye ~ latWal
pressure Of oveF 100 pOunGsNbut' aasne ysslhneed d
bt TO sixty on aGsOuHt the sroublSffonD s&res-
sivs pressure.
II will be found lin evegy, CASE c&tedS where
shegravity is SAID 10 be Unable to-tilrO~water
very high, the mains aTseso sE2Ail tAHt the
srietion destroyeS the pressares Atpnesslre of
fsesenty-two pounds at 5he' hydsGnts is the
same whether, produced hy, graVjtattsn or by
= steam engiHs. Hayingaths ALI thala is ne.
eeSsary Is thas the mainG be lsrse' enough to
2seOmodate' the required flow. Tsle capacity
oha pipe to o8HVey wategcis limited A little
rejection VIII show thaJFhis lnHst be 5he case
and no one n9ed be mis.z&hy, ,whatexaT is said
10 the contrary.
n Engineering authorities state thaJ all that
is necessary oS insure The success, Cd gravity
4 waterwOrks is Il pres glsre of frOIn sixty tC
eighty pounlSS and ma:Ea Of suf.lChGnt size to
carry the necessary WAGER. We oaIl meet botl
these cond atoms.
THR TArtRsHEA.
No one yesrets more thaR,Mp. Chaplin hi,
betrayal by bhe reporLnnade so'hini of the e,,
tent of thasWaterShed ID available fOG the reser
: volr. The criticisms chat ARC. made ought =
take into account tho Aeceptinn, tlEAt was prag
, tced upOn him. But our Syrlpa5hy for hi1
and ourselves will net matewa1ershed arei.
What casb be done VithwAHb We have?
I The Ceanty Surveyor asoertained that ca
acres OF watershed, arein, sight in she oeH
tral bs sin with l3j and 32S, acres more innrs
vines ON the east and dwesaneSpectively. Til
water 3rom these can 10 diverted into til
3 reservoir by means Of.dibahes run dagoRa
to a pRant above the. lexGD OF the dam. gh
: cost OF both these ditehes will be less, ,taa.
$500. We will thpS be- enabled to stora, oh
water from poTtion, CO all of these areas
J pleasure.
: The average, ,Iainfall Of 0berlin is 81 inaAe,
4 mihimum "a Inches, Prof. G. F. WtiGAt.
0berlin, Istates, that the average rainfall Il
the Great Lakes basin is 81 inches. The rail-
j tAll for WelliagtNn Will compare with shat
n Oberlin.
!, The foloviug table Is based upon ah0se co
\ ng condltlpnsi:
II A very conservative estimate, for annu
II rainfall is,22 1t2 anches.
= Estimated thai only 40 per cent Of rainft
~ will be saved.
Daily oonsnzAption 100000 gaalOns 0berl
l uses faOm SOvOC0 to 100000. Aukhorities sta
that residence towns where little msnufa
ID turing is carried on use dailS per capita frC
ne Is ta,5O gallons.
Area reservoir 20 acres Capacity SS.OOOl
:. gallons, 100 days consumption at 100000 .
'ir day.
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