Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-08-27

er7hi- cum plain 2 conc~fnin- the m-agsr
supply % water n Fort Nyer. and a.
rious plans have been c,nsisier~-i s1T
supplying a sufficient amount Of water
for th- cytmforf- convenience and heaig Il
Of The soldiers stationed thsre- The
prevailing impression was that va
dHst must - buit to connect the fort
with the water supply OF this city u
accordance with talS plan. an apur1-
prIatioa of SIeo.ls1e vas made. and the
SECRETARY Of var caused the subject 10
- investigated bv his engineer Officers.
@ho reported that a well ought 10 ID
SUNK on the premises y hich wuali sup
ply sufficient water. and which woalsl
1ost act mnca l~~s than the viatuef- Il
WAS reported that a low Of 5o.0oo yal-
Ions per day would o. ample and sur-iy
t,at amount could D. procured by an
ARTISAN well " any rate the efcr;
should b. made.
just az that J1ncture ex-Cau<ress
man Levi Mash. OF Pennsylvania. So
eured the contract for digging the well
E h compensation 20 De 5000. IL he
evuid produce 5o-oo0 gallons per day
Col Marsh hire,l Subcontraetor il
T fennsy ivania. brought him here and
set him tn work Three wells were titl,
the first two being unsatisfactory. Ths
t.sirJi well produced 1ow of 60.eoo gal
7 lCns Of pur- water per day; and the
I government chemist declared that ths
/ water was absolutely pure. II was nos 1
Z
with an eight-horSe power pump. 1,
was thoroughly tested. and sure enough
do.a@9 gallons per day were produced
/ and the wei vas accepted. and the g.
I 90 paid 70 the chief contractor
I The quartermaster general recently
I caused the well 70 b. carefully -xas.,-
med. because il did not produce the
amount Of water required In fact wher
The pump was worked and the y~are,
used. il soon gave cut Investigation
disclosed the face that a tuur-inch srrr-
Gotta pip was connected with the well
and rsn down ta- hill side into a ltd.
brook A few hundred yaryls down IN,
stream a dam had bern constructs
u hieh backed mp the brook water. =
that IL could o. pumped up into II.
fort premises Bur. as long as the va
ter was merely pumped 70 show in
volume. il ran hack into the HttI
stream; and thus a flow Of 500 gal
Ions pr dav could be kept up. Tn,
same water WaS being pumped up owe
and over again There was no well a
all and there never had been a well 7
& a -
suhcontractor VINO secured his none
and then disappeared
Congress appropriated SI0o.ooo q
provide water supply for Fort Nver
The sum Of $500 has already ben II
pended and no result produced. 50 nos
only S9e.0o0 remain available for IN
I purpose. and the soldiers NJ Fort Mye
must still go thirsty. or else pump u
water from their little brook until /
becomes exhausted. and IL is NOT YER
full Of water during this heated season
The ex-congressman proposes 70 "a
back the 5000. although he will be n
loser OF that amount. in addition 10 IN
money which he paid the swindlin,
subcontr4s.or. The question :. hou
VIII he get Il back into the treasury
Under existing practices. the none
having been expended for the well. an
TIE treasury bscks showing that faci
the money ezn only b. restored 70 Il.
treasury as a part Of the eunsciene
fund Il cannot be added 70 the app-r
priation t0r Fort Myers wate- sur
= SAITH o FIR.