The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

lower works. One of the steam plants
is run during the entire year, while the
other is put in operation about the 1st
of October and continues to turn out
electricity until May. This is done be-
cause of the fact that the water sup
ply is not so great during the freezing
weather as it is during the warmer
months. The third plant, however, can
be put into instant use at any time.
Each of these three plants is equipped
with the most modern patterns Of gen
orators and other machinery that go to
make up a strictly first-class power
house
OF recent years many householders
of the city have installed electric light
service in their homes, finding it much
more cleanly, less expensive, less dan
gerous and more convenient than any
other Illuminating agency. This branch
of the electric departments business
has grown to very considerable proper
tions.
Further encomium upon the lighting
system in Anaconda is unnecessary.
The results speak for themselves.
The rates for electric lighting are
reasonably low and compare favorably
with rates in Eastern cities. The light
ing of residence in Anaconda costs
no more than it does in Chicago, New
York and many other large cities.
The Water Supply.
There is no purer or better water in
the country" That is the verdict rem
dered jointly by the city and county
health officers with reference to Ana
conda's water supply As clear.
sparkling and crystalline as when It
leaves the snow neves of the towering
mountains flows the water into the
homes Of Anaconda. Much has been
written from time to time about Ana
conda's water supply, yet, though a
thousand times more We're written, the
half would not have been told. Two
classes of people can appreciate the
blessing Of pure water--those who have
it and those who have it not What
untold millions, indeed, would such
cities as Omaha, Kansas City and hun
dreds of others whose source of water
supply is a murky river, filled with
dead and dying things, give for this
greatest of all boons which Anaconda
/ enjoys. The subject of the water itself
can be dismissed with word-it has
no superior on earth. That covers 1t
all.
A few words now concerning the un-
surpassed excellence of the system
which gathers this life-giving fluid and
distributes it throughout the city. In
the beginning 1t may be well to state
that the volume of water available for
immediate use at all times is sufficient
for city of double Anaconda's popu-
lation This will be readily understood
when it is known that the supply is
contained in three vast reservoirs, two
| built by the hand of man. and the
| other greater than all, the work of ma
ture.
Lake Hearst lies nine miles from
Anaconda. at the very base of Mount
Haggin. 1t is a body miles in ex-
tent, and is the repository for all the
melted snow from the mountains
round about. AS there is not living
plant within miles of it, it will be easily
seen that the water must be as pure
as the day it fell from the heavens.
Two years ago the work of construct
| ing a dam across the gulch running
southwark of the race track was be-
gun. The work was completed in due
course of time, and the result was a
| reservoir of millions upon millions of
| gallons capacity. From Lake Hearst
to this new lake there interviews dis
tance of some miles. A pipe line was
laid from the lake to the reservoir, pro-
vided with electric valves. A touch of
the finger will let the immense body
OF water of Lake Hearst into the new
| reservoir, as fast as the capacity of the
| pipe will allow. But the new reservoir