The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-15
WELL TESTS TO GO AHEAD.
so DECIDED BY THE CITIZENS
COMMITTEE.
81. Grau's Report Concerning Fill
s tering Plans on the Mis-
souri, River.


souri, River.
A called meeting of the Cltizens
Water Committee was held last mig y.
for the purpose of receiving fepoi.
from the Wells Committee and autnof-
ling further experimental work
ID. A. Lindley, for the Wells Commit
tee, reported that after conslderapie
time spent they had succeeded IN Sc
curing options on a number OF pieces u
land suitable for sinking wells Tor TEST
purposes. Property owners, ne saiu'
had been slow in granting options, anu
IN one case a party had uecllileu ~
bond her property for fear IL might
interfere with a sale in the near future
Mr. Lindley said he had only that
morning succeeded in getting an optlon
on the land on which the two Cham-
Der of Commerce testing wells had been
sunk. He considered that tract, winch
contains thirty acres, a favorable site
for sinking at least a number of the
proposed wells for testing purposes, in
asmuch as the two Chamber of Com
rnerce wells could be utilized in max
reason that it had been determined that
we'll orers would have no cobbles to
contend with in sinking the wells.
On that property, which is we'll known
by well contractors, they are ready ana
had sent in bids for sinking the neces-
sary number of wells, but on another
tract which had been bonded they de-
elined to take contract except by the
day, because a bed of cobbles would
have to be passed through. On the
latter tract the committee hired man
to sink a small well to ascertain the
composition of the soil. and he struck
cobbles at a depth of forty feet.
On the land on which is situated the
Chamber of Commerce wells, Mr.. Lind
ley said, the contractors said they could
easily sink a we'll to the required depth
in seven days, and that they would
bind themselves to do so in ten days.
A number of them had agreed to bind
themselves to sink all the wells re-
quired in that length of time. He estl-
mated that the cost of sinking eacn
we'll would be from 500 to 500, and
estimated that by using the Chamber
of Commerce wells a saving of from
$500 to S4U0 could be made. Con-
tractors. he said, would not take the
contract to bore wells through strata
known to contain cobbles, except ny
days work, which the committee, he
thought, would not be willing to aus
thori.e.
He said he had written to the San
Francisco Tool Company, which con-
Germ does a general well-boring and
test-pumping business, but that he had
as yet received no answer from them.
He had asked that the meeting be
called to find whether the committee
deemed it advisable for the Wells Com
mittee to go ahead with the work OF
sinking the test wells on the land on
which options had been secured.
Mr. Lindley said that aonther reason
why he recommended sinking the pro-
posed wells, or a number of them, at
least on the land on which is situated
the old Chamber of Commerce wells.
was that at that point the water lifted
could be drained off without damage
to any nearby property owners, where
as on some of the other pieces of land
considered there was no natural outlet,
and the water lifted would cover the
earth in the vicinity.
T. B. Hall said the report concerning
the options on the land the land itself,
and the recommendation that the
Chamber of Commerce wells be utilized,
was eminently satisfactory to him, and
that the only thing to be considered
was the financial part of the PROPOSE
tion. He wanted to know what guar
hot
they would be paid for their work
Mr.. Lindley said that another reason
tee would have no trouble in making
agreements whereby the contractors
would receive their pay after the jan
uary collection of taxes. If it should
happen-and he did not anticipate any
thing of the kind-that the city would
refuse to pay the bills, the committee
would simply have to dig down and
pay.
Thereupon Mr. Hall moved that the
Committee on Wells be authorized to
go ahead and let contracts for boring.
and to develop the wells according to
their best judgment.
The motion was seconded by Herman
H. Grau, and carried by the unanimous
vote of the committee
AT the suggestion of Mr.. Lindley, the
names of Chairman Tozer and Vice
Chairman Grau were added to the
Wells Committee.
Mr. Grau, who, during his recent trip
through the East, had at the request
of General Tozer examined the water
supply systems at Kansas City, Mo-,
and Kansas City. Kan, submitted the
following report:
RIVER FILTERING PLANTS.
Sacramento. Nov. 10, 1899.
To the Citizens Water Investigation
Committee of the City of Sacramento
Gentlemen On the request of our
worthy President, General Tozer, l Wis
tied both Kansas Cities in Missouri
and Kansas, during my recent tip
East, for the purpose of investigating
their water supply, and beg leave to
report that Kansas City. Mo-, clarifies
its water in a number of large settling
basins which cover seven acres. The
water works are located seven miles
above Kansas City, on the Kansas side
of the river, to avoid the sewage and