The record-union., 1898-12-21
Reports on the Results Of the Tests
Recently Made.
Wells Near Oak Park Capable Of Furnishing an
Inexhaustible Supply Of Water OF
the Best Quality.

very swift current. Taken as miners
measurement, it would make at least
flow Of 1o0 miners inches.
The Well No. was doing the same
work, with about the same flow OF
water This would make 800 miners
inches, or 100000 gallons in twenty
four hours.
This is from two wells only, fifty
feet apart.
Well No. we bored fifty rods east
of Wells l and 2, and We measured
this one many times before and dur
ing the tests. The water stood at Ii
feet s inches in No. 3 before pumping,
and all the time during the tests 1t
was just the same, and am satisfied
with the supply.
My personal views of the water
proposition for the city of Sacramento
are these:
First-Purchase all the land at or
near the place where tests are made
that is necessary-say from thirty to
fifty acres-not necessarily in one
piece.
Second-Sink wells sufficient for all
emergencies. L should say ten wells.
Double case cement and make them
absolutely perfect.
Third-Erect a fire-proof building
over each we'll, just large enough to
hold the electric motor, and install
thirty horse power motor on each
pump of the most approved pattern.
Fourth-Connect these by wire with
the works hereafter mentioned.
F'ifth-Build reservoir near the
wells of any capacity desired. I should
say from five to ten million gallons.
Sixth-Connect all these ten pumps
into this reservoir.
This completes the power system of
water supply.
Seventh.-Lay the large main, as
proposed from the present water
works to Thirty-frst and o streets.
Eighth-Purchase the best 12-million
gallon pumping plant that can be
found.
Ninth-Erect this new pumping
plant near Thirty-first and r streets
and put a large stand-pipe near the
pumping plant, about % feet high,
SO that the top of it would be as high
as the top of the reservoir at the
wells
Tenth-Connect this stand pipe with
the reservoir, with a large main pipe,
and the water would stand at the
same hight as the reservoir.
Eleventh-Connect the pumping
plant between the stand-pipe and the
O-street main, and this will give the
city a 25-foot gravity pressure, and
very little pumping will give the neces-
sary pressure
Twelfth-Complete the new plant
with electric generators besides the
pumping, and connect the motors at
the wells in such a way that the en-
gineer will have full control of them,
and by turning a switch can start or
stop any one of the pumps at will, and
he can then keep the water at an
even pressure by using one or more
pumps, as he wishes.
Much of the time two or three wells
would supply all the water used.
When irrigating, or when a fire is in
progress, the engineer could turn on
as many more as he required to keep
the reservoir full.
Thirteenth-The cost of such we'll,
with pump, 30-horse power motor,
building, we'll double-cased and ce-
mented in first-class order, would be
about $1,000.
In view of all the facts, I feel war
ranted in recommending that the honor
able Board of City Trustees be Pc
titioned to take the preliminary steps
to provide a complete plant to supply
the city with water from wells. on
these or similar lines
L. l.. LEWIS,
Member on Committee on Wells
Mr.. Lewis said his reason for hand
ing in the supplemental report was
that the matter had been investigated
for thirty years, and that there could
be no doubt about either the quantity
or the quality Of the water in the
wells around Oak Park. He was not
in favor of spending more money to
investigate a, question which had been
definitely settled years ago.
President Lindley said the water
from the wells was the same as that
analyzed by Professor Rising of the
State University two years ago, at
which time it was pronounced abso-
lutely pure.
r. D. Stephens said he had personal
knowledge that the water was excel
lent, having used it for years. It lies
entirely below bedrock. through which
surface water cannot find its way He
said the water would, if furnished the
city, be an Improvement over that used
W any Clts III the OIHleU SldleS.
Mr.. Lindley called on Mayor Land
for an expression as to the merits of
the water, he having visited the wells
and seen the pumps at work.
MAYOR LAND CONVINCED.
Mayor Land said he had been IA
vorably impressed both by the guam
tity and quality of the water 1t tast-
ed sweet, and he believed it to be suf-
ficient in quantity to supply all the
needs of the city. He had been great
ly surprised at the quantity of water
TO be had, and after careful investi-
cation he believed the estimate sub
mitted by Mr. Lewis to be correct.
The Mayor, however, said he had