The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-30
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
Mr.. Pearson Says There Is a Fair
Supply in the Reservoir.
WATER FROM FISH CREEK
The Acting City Engineer Looks
Over the Ground and Gives His
Reasons for Believing Things
Are All Right.

II. G. Pearson, acting city engineer.
returned yesterday from his tour of in
spection to the reservoir and up the
Fish creek fiume for the purpose OF
making a thorough investigation into
the extent of Butte's water supply. He
was accompanied by one of the water
company's men who knows the ground
and the trip up into the mountains was
made on snow sleds. 1t was found that
about as much water is flowing in from
Fish creek as has been stated by SUI
perintendent Carroll. and Mr.. Pearson
saw no immediate cause for alram as
regards a scarcity of water. He found
that about as much water is running
into the reservoir every day from Fish
creek and Basin creek and Bear gulch.
as is consumed by the city and the
warm weather of yesterday and the day
before would materially increase the
supply. Mr.. Pearson found that the
snow was getting soft as far up as he
went. He says that the only thing
which can make the starting up OF the
pump station in the fiat necessary is a
long, cold snap. and If the fine weather
of the last two or three weeks holds out
there is no danger on that score.
II went up the fiume to the Fish
creek divide" said Mr.. Pearson TO a
Standard reporter yesterday afternoon,
(which is about three miles and a half
above the reservoir and seven miles
from where the water comes out of
Fish creek. The divide is where the
water is turned into a gulch that runs
down on this side of the range. and l
could ascertain the supply there as accu-
rately as by going farther up. The
fiume is two feet wide and the stream
that was running through IL yesterday
when / measured IL was five and a
quarter inches deep. This is equivalent
to a supply of a little more than $780,
600 gallons every "a hours as l figured
II at first l have since learned. how
ever. that the bottom of the nume is of
planed lumber instead of rough, which
will make the supply little more than
1 figured II at first
"A mile or two farther down the Fish
creek water empties into Basin creek.
and the combined streams run over a
weir. where the water is measured, just
above the reservoir. The weir is feet
inches wide and there is inches of
water running over II, which is equiva-
lent to a daily supply of 2,013.O0O gal
Ions, less than 100000 of which comes
from Basin creek. There is a small
stream of about 100000 gallons daily
supply running in from Bear gulch, so
that the total amount of water running
into the reservoir is more than 1900. 600
gallons a day. Superintendent Carroll
informs me that this is about the daily
consumption. Some days ii runs a lit
tie over that and some days is consd-
erably less.
THE reservoir is frozen over and the
water is about IA feet lower than when
i was out there last September. There
is water on top of the ice N some places
and II seems to be raising a little. The
water that is coming In is nice and
clear and there is a fair prospect OF
getting "a big flow of water, so that the
reservoir can be washed out. In my
opinion, we will not have good, clear
water until that has been done The
water company expects to double its
supply when the tunnel. which It is
driving to bedrock at the head OF Fish
creek. is complelted"