The record-union., 1899-09-27
vas confirmed in his belief that an old

| IN the Wells mad never pceii Solhpe1i ~
with the water in the American R1ver,
he thought a string of wells, Thousand
| feet apart, should have been bored To-
ward the probable source. He SAID L
| the source of supply was the American
River the water would stand higher as
| the stream was approached, and py
| that means the source could be DEL
! initely determined.
| Dr. Power informed Mr. Schussler
that the water from the wells was
| harder than that in the river, ana thal
that from different wells varied, anu
/ the latter said that water would nat
urally get harder as it went away from
| it's source He said If there was an
unlimited amount of water in the wells
the question would resolve itself into
a question Of quality, but If the supply
was limited it would necessitate secur-
ing the territory back to the sourcs
of supply. A system of wells, ne salo'
would demonstrate whether all Were
supplied from a common source. ao
pumping from one to the standing lever
would bring it's neighbors TO the Saline
level, provided they were connected anu
came from a common source. III 1t was
ascertained that they were supplleo
from a local source care should pe
taken that it was ample.
In relation to the proposition or brlns'
ing water from the mountains, MI
Schussler said that people as rule op,
jected to drinking ditch water. he
thought, however, that 1T would De
well to consider the mountain supply
proposition.
IN answer to a direct question MI.
Schussler said he would advise thor
oughly investigating the river supply
before going deeply into either otner
proposition. Even, he said, II the river
supply was adopted, there would De
nothing to prevent the city at future
date to take an auxiliary supply from
wells
The proposition submitted by the
| North Fork Ditch Company was ex-
planned to Mr. Schussler. He advised IL
! it was adopted, he thought the contract
should bind the company to place
specified amount Of water into the city
each day that the company should
take care of the plant.
| In answer to a question by DR.. Hen
derson as to the cost of properly ex-
perimenting with wells east of the city,
could give no definite answer, Dut
thought the wells and pumps ought not
to cost over $1,000 or $4,000, and the
running and analyses to follow would
cost more He said that to thoroughly
| test the wells used by the Spring Val
LEY Company, had cost $34, GOO.
I Captain Hall inquired as to the cost
| of mechanical alteration when the
water first had to be lifted into the
settling tanks, then lifted so as to aer-
ate it, then dropped into the filtering
! basin and a large quantity of alum put
in for coagulation purposes, and finally,
after passing through the filters, being
put under pressure and injected into
| the mains.
Mr.. Schussler inquired what the doc
tors thought about settling the water
by means of alum.
/ Captain Hall explained that with rap
/ id alteration 50 worth of alum was re-
quired for every million gallons Of
water.
Mr.. Schussler did not make an esti-
mate of the cost.
| Mr.. Schussler said settling tanks
should be about feet deep, and to hold
~
about 500 feet long and 200 feet wide.
| He advised having plenty of room and
get plenty Of land on which to locate
the plant, somewhere outside of the
city, where the land could be had for
stationery suction pipe and said that as
the muddy water would naturally seek
the bottom and the clearer the top,
to place a stationary pipe four or five
feet below low water, would put it
/ twenty feet below the surface at high
water mark - in other words, the city
would be getting the very muddiest
water in the city, while the clearer
water would go on down the stream.
In answer to question Mr.. Schussler
said if he were the city, he would first
of all make an accurate survey of the
rivers and of the surrounding country,
locate the best place to lift the water
from the river; which side of the river
to take the water from; how to get the
water into the city If taken out above
the mouth of the American, and hun
dreds of other matters which could only
be done by a careful and experienced
engineer.
| In answer to a question as to what
kind of talent would be necessary for
successfully constructing such a plant,
Mr.. Schussler said that there was no
need to go out of the city for chemical
experts. He thought reliable local en-
gineers could be found to make neces-
sary preliminary surveys, and after all
that had been done practical con-
structing engineer would have to be
employed. There were many men in the
State, he said, who claimed to be able
to superintend such work, but whether
they could do it or not remained to be
seen.
Asked direct question, he said he
should first take preliminary steps for
surveys for the river proposition, and
if before that was completed a more
feasible proposition appeared it could
be adopted. He said that in 1870 or
1871 he had been employed by the
Trustees of this city and the first thing
he had advised was that they construct
settling plant He knew of no city
similarly situated which had not such
plant.
At the conclusion Of the conference a
vote of thanks was rendered Mr.
Schussler.
ADJUSTMENTS