The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-09-27
W. L. VlNSON TO FURNISH SUMP.
TER PLENTY OF BOTH.
He Takes Charge Of the Electric Light
Plant October will Pm In New Ma
ehinery, $50 lneandeseent and 50 Arc
Lights-Large Force Of Men on Water
works-Be Completed December I-One
Million Gallons Day.

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electric light plant October !. As 500
~ he gets control II will be operated al
night. Bv the middle Of the month h
viii have installed new machinery Of ia
greater capacitythan that In use at pres
ent. There will be iso.horse powe
boiler. il5-horse power Corlis engine,
dynamo for supplying $50 I6.candl
power incandescent lights and so 2,ooo
candle power arc lights.
There are at present only $50 incandes
cen, lights In town, that being the full
capacity oi the plant. There are scvera
az lamps IN position on the street
around town but no ligh, radiates iron
them. Mr.. Vinson says he already ha
orders ior several hundred additional in
t,ndeSccn, lights and about iortvar,s. sup
posing that the city takes ten. The cit,
council has no, vet decided definitely how
many street lamps viii tc necessary. hu
/, has decided ,ha, the streets shall b,
lighted.
Not satisfied with turning night int,
day; the work no, being sufficient 10 keey
him Interested, Mr.. Vinson is rushing hi
water works plan, to an early completion
| aSt week he put twenty men tn worL
digging the bitches from the reservoir I,
the city ior the condu, pipe, and has beer
increasing the number every day unit
there ate now employed fully hity men
And Nr. Vin>on saws he will hc ready I,
supply customers with water nv Dccem
Ter I.
When completed, No town IN the stat,
viii have 80 ample a supply oi pure water
aS that furnished Sumptcr. l,comes from
Pole and Wind creeks, 7s inches oi II, ol
=. flow oi something over a million gal
Ions = day, 10 gallons every minute
Resides this constant supply, the reScr'
Nnlr holds over ,ooo,oco gallons. II is
constructed at an elevation oi eco ice,
above the business center oi the town,
arcu, /. 500 lecl IRON the city limits. With
this natural pressure, gfavitation and
other natural impciimentS considered, a
stream oi water can he thrown over about
>cven ol the tlllcN buildings in town,
piled on top at each other,
-Four and half miles oi main viii he
laid 4, once, = ten inch pipe being used Ia
con iu,tthc water from the reservoir down
town.
Thus /, viii he Scel tha, NJ. Ninson is
tcnrla,tnT 10 the town; tnat while he |,
lrnmg an honest dollar tor himself, he |,
tcncllttlng every citizen oi Sumpter. moi
only hy supplying them With con
Nenlrn,cN ana comforts demanded Nv
modern civilization; but more MATERIAL,
Nv knocking the bottom ga, oi the alnos
prohlhitofy prevailing i've and eight an,
y,en ten per cent assurance rates. VIII
this incNhau>,ihle water supply, excellent
ire protection Is furnished, ani lnsurant,
rates Nv all laaS.oi equity should ee tu
IN tao 4, least This will save the xii
lcns OF Sump,er thousands oi dollars an
n allN ana keep the money at home,
~, NlnSon Is u good, valuable ti,ilen
lis ,leu, active h ain Is busy with other
glg,ntit projects Tor the good ol the com
mul,y a, large, ~ we'll as hlmsell-he is
worth carload oi ordinary men Ia any
toNn,