The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-10
At THE NEW RESERVOIR
The City Officials Were Pleased
With Their Trip.
IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT
The Old Reservoir Has Been Thoroughly
Cleaned and Dug Out Down to Bed
rock 1t Is Filling With
Clear Water.

A party of city officials. including the
mayor, Health Officer Shultz. City En-
gineer B~ickenbaugh and Alderman Pas
coe. accompanied superintendent Car
roll yesterday morning out to the water
reservoir to see the improvements hat
have been made and judge of the future
prospects. The party arrived home last
evening much pleased with what they
"a seen on the trip.
Things look better out there than I
ever saw them before. ".said the mayor.
Il have been censuring the water COM
pany so much ever since 1 have been
connected with municipal affairs that ii
is a pleasure for me to commend them
for once, and they certainly deserve
commentator for what they have done
this spring. / am confident that the
days of bad water are now over"
The improvements which were started
at the water reservoir early in April
have already been fully described in the
Standard. The old reservoir has been
cleaned out very thoroughly. the COM
pany going at IL In a businesslike way.
Tracks were aid and the muck, mud
Inc sediment hauled away. All the up
per end OF the reservoir, which was so
thick with muck and vegetable matter,
has been carted away and a sandy bot
tom reached. The sides of the dam
have also been cleaned and scraped,
and instead of banks of Shiny vegeta-
ton, underbrush and refuse the mayo
found sloping. sandy banks. showing not
a particle of vegetation. The old marsh
has been carted away and bedrock was
reached.
The reservoir is now filling up with
clear water direct from the mountain
tops. 1t is about quarter filled and the
mayor found the water to be so clear
that he could see some distance INTO il.
There are lots of trout in the water
and the mayor brought back one for
his supper last night. The reservoir is
filling at the rate of about eight inches
per day and will be filled completely be-
fore July 1.
The party also walked up to the new
dam. now nearing completion. Mr.. Car
roll is confident of completing il before
the month is over. There is no water
here as yet and none will be turned in
until ii is completed. 1t is to be 40 feet
in height. on the plans already given in
the Standard. The bottom is gravel and
all vegetation has been carted away
from the vicinity.
The upper dam will. when completed,
hold 100. 900, 900 to 1876, 900, 900 gallons. The
water from the mountain streams will
enter this first and settle there. Then
IL will go down to the larger reservoir
through a fiume. The lower reservoir
has an actual capacity of $50, 600. 900
gallons. Both reservoirs will be filled to
the top before the freshet is over and
the water superintendent declares that
there will now be plenty of good water
for the entire winter, and the mayor CO.
incides i'm this view.
The water now reaching this city is
direct from Fish creek and comes by a
fiume without passing through either
reservoir. The surplus. not drawn for
the city's need at present. helps fill up
the lower reservoir.
Mr.. Carroll has invited the entire
council to go out to the reservoirs when
the upper one is completed. This will
be in the latter part of July.