Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-10-28
Water.

! The people of Butler generally recog-
nize that our town needs more manu-
I featuring establishments. They are
needed to preserve and continue its sol
( id steady prosperity.
Oil caused a tremendous boom. has
been a wonderful boon, and for fifteen
( years past been the real driving force of
/ the town. But now West Virginia
| claims the atten ton of most of the oil
men. and as to our local fields we can't
! look half a mile down into the bowels Of
/ the earth and see how long they will
continue their production and assure
/ Butler's maintenance.
/ Our town has unusually convenient
railroad facilities. lately increased Oy
/ the new p, 3. < l.. Z. line and soon to
! be increased again by the Buffalo,
| Rochester & Pittsburg road, which will
! connect ihe eastern Vanderbilt system
/ with the Brice system OF Ohio. The 10
! cal gas wells furnish abundance of the
! best fuel on earth. There is plenty of
/ available ground for manufacturing
/ sites. There is n great open market for
| almost everything close at hand. But
| the one drawba which outweighs all
| the good points is we have scarcely
| enough water to supply our own pres
ent needs and here is the weak rung in
the ladder of Buffers prosperity. As
| someone lately remarked, You can't
! show manufacturers a dry creek and
| then expect them to locate here. And
| so it is Obvious to all that Buffers
greatest need is an increased and suffi-
cient water supply.
This problem outweighs the school
| building, fre-alarm and other present
| questions as lead outweighs chatf. We
| can't get along without more water,
more water And it would be accepta
BILE to have an improved quality as well
as an increased quantity. Now, how
can Butler get more and better water.
sufficient not only for ourselves but to
warrant supply for any factory that
| chooses to locate hereZ
1t is a well known fact that vein of
soft water lays one hundred feet, more
or less, under the town. Many local
households and establishments draw
their supply from this. Why not find
out if enough for general use could be
obtained from this vein?
The South Side has a splendid water
supply. ODIdlIleu lTOIl Wells uIlilcu OH
the range of hills south of town. There
are also many large springs of excellent
water on these hills. We might men
ton the Boyd Muntz and McClymonds
springs These facts lead US to believe
that wells drilled on the big south hills
would send up enough water to settle
The question locally forever. Besides,
the hills are so high tnat rese rvoir on
top of them would force the water to
every part of town and to the tops of
the highest buildings, If there was an
other reservoir as large as the present
one always full of water and ready TO
be drawn on for every need we believe
there would be a veritable stampede of
manufacturers to locate in Butler, for
our town would then be an industrial
ideal We don't think our local Board
of Trade would have to give any facto-
ry seeking a biding place more than one
invitation, if in addition to Buffers
other inducements tho Board could of
fer them plenty of water. Could the
Board of Trade fulfill its mission in any
better way than by seeking and finding
more water?
These few opinions and suggestions
are humbly given III hope that in some
way they may have some little to do
with procuring an ample water supply.
We viii be devoutly thankful if such is
the case.
Happy the day when, instead of the
mud favored, yellow beverage we are
now forced to use we can go to the
spicket and draw forth glass of clear,
pure and palatable water. b.