The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-30
THE DAM
TO BE BUILT.
The Committee of Twenty-Five FavOrS
Mr.. Franey'S New Proposition.
WORK TO BIZ DONE BY CONTRACT.
The Resolution Also Favors the Repairing
of the Present Reservoir, and the
Lowest Bidder is to Receive
the Contract Finances
Not Considered.

GHe OOutIaCJ- lu0uCeS
Not Considered.
The committee of twenty-five property
owners, appointed at the public meeting
called for the purpose Of protesting against
the erection of the proposed reservoir Mt
Davis Run, met in the Council chamber last
evening for the purpose Of putting into
execution the views of the taxpayers and
property owners of the town.
Those present were First ward-Timothy
o 'Brien, Joseph Coughlin, John Berg, Frank
McAndrew, Zeph Robbins Second ward
John Burns, James O'Haren, w. II. Glenn.
7. J. Miles Third ward-J. J. Franey, +.
J. Davies, William Kimmel r. ]. Higgins
Fourth ward-Patrick Connors, Morgan
Davis, James OHeam Fifth ward-Christ.
Schmidt, Thomas Convillo, William Britt.
James Hilbert, Patrick McGuire
The first business before the meeting was
the selection of chairman, and James
O'Haren presented the name of James J
Frney, who declined the honor with thanks,
and suggested AS substitute for himself
John Burns The latter gentleman also re-
fused but was finally persuaded to grace the
chair. l.. j. Davies was elected secretary.
,ybo ,,odo tLo s,,,,,,,,, a,',I Ct -
rrnposcd ros,r,,oir mn - 'I0
and ,yos caIIed ,,rn,, r ,,,, 5,,e,i.
mation. He said ~ thi,,I, tla -
,itc lroaIta,,t ,,, suo proposed
,,id l,I1 900 oou ooo ,"o aCo ,Oil Tii"'
of water. You conld build a hre,st ono l,,,,,
d,od foet bigb I fgrrod ~, e. On ono ooo IL.
reservoir with a 30.feet breost Nv iii
Of 1907 is 81 fac siniIe of tbis ono - p'O'''0
Quite a number of questions ,yoro tbor
propounded by the members and tho rnost
important ones answered. bv stamfl,r ,aer ,I,
following.
BY Mr.. Kimmel .-"How mucb yrornd
would the reservoir covor ~, s''o''''
A.-Eipht acres tbirtv.foet honI
Kimmel.-If the bant was to, foo, ,,i,,,,,,.
what wonld If bold2
A.-About ~ ono OOO golIons mona ond
would hack nm 1000 feet
Bv O'Haren Wand tho breast.,yorl,s ho
nerfactlv eofo .
A-ParfactI, sofo
Rv Fronev YITo,s dean ,,o,,15 - ho ,ooos
sarv TO 90 to Get solid backing2
A-Ibout Al mr. oi,ht foo+
Franey,-Does the bed coutain sufficient
clav 10 make a GOOD breast,vork for the dan,
A.-yerv good oIav
E.J Dayies.-Wbicb is the hest mothod 70
do the work. contract or dav,s wagesg
A.-Day's wages is the cbeapest method
Coughlin.-Is there suficient stone an the
ground?
A.-Yes.
O'Hareu.-Could Won piveus an idea of how
much it would cost to erect the dam
A good dam would cost 500 Ooo and
would hold 20 600 600 gallons
Frapev vou knovv tbo ,d,,a,+,,,oo
offered bv that site yyopId briId a 5or, IiI(o
that for lass than s15 Ooo9
A-It MIGHT bo fniIt f,- los, 7 +h;,,t. $40
only have t9 ,,o down several soet fnr fo,,rN
datiope
| Higgins What i tho alov,tio, os +i,o
stream 10 the hack of tbo dam ono foot
A.-About pa feet To the 100 feet
The onastion of rurcbosino, oddi+io,oi
| -. -,
= Wy ''n0i 'uo vi 'Lo nlouli'alh'
WHICH IL ls claIheu "ould supply sufhclent
water without another dam, was then taken
up Tor discussion
Kimmel.-Do you think you could run
those streams by gravity cheaper than build.
ing a dam
u,i,,, ,, ,l MI ,.
Vi'lnA VIC 'o"'u' IHe Instance Is
aoUu' hNe nll!eS'
H. J. DaVles-WOulu those streams by
gravity be cheaper than building dam
| A I do not know.
McGuire.-Does syndicate own these
| streams9
| At ,o,,,,,,+ IL, ,,,oo,...i,,,,
| - -. HS
n"' "ouiu pe Vhe "lnerehce III
cosl III Dulldlhg uam on TINS side OF the
mountain and one on the other slider
Alt would cost about half as much Il
build il on the other side.
This concluded tho into,r,,,, +,,ios ,;.,,I ~,
tho s,,r,,o,,,,, ia NJ N,fIa, "loI
w 'O1' ""u MI " ii"lon Vhoh askeu
'ho quest'oh "heCner OF hoI the borough mad
sufficient revenue to build the dam without
inconvenience to the taxpayers The ques-
tion was not answered and Mr.. Franey stated
! that We want more water and offered the
following resolution:
Resolved That the Recommendation of
this committee of twenty-five citizens,
selected by the chairman of the late meeting
OF citizens OF town to submit to the Borough
Oouhcll thslr views as TO Vhe best anu most
i.,Uto Vi une poious
cvnense and at the same time crrpMjsh p,i,'' a
sufficient quantity and quality of tho hest
water to be had that il be the opinion
Of this committee, in majority assembled
that the building OF the proposed reservoir at
Davis KUN, as wen as the repairing OF the
l, ult que, anu f lnaAlls soou ana guaranteed
ri''ioiI,' HtIya Va m"Se' ~ wa wa
Iadvortised botL far huiIding The nov, Az
and repairing the old dam ON this side separ
ately for ten days; that the CONTRACTING