Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-22
PUBLIC WATER WORKS.
Citizen. of HyattsvilIe Adopt Plan to
Secure IL Plant.
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
EVANSVILLE, Md, January -, 1900
The Masonic Hall last Saturday evening
was we'll filled with representative citizens
of this village for the purpose of receiving
the report of the committee appointed by
the citizens to inquire into data, &c, re-
gardinc a water works for the town. DR.
Charles L. Postley, president of the board
of commissioners presided, with DR.. Joseph
r. Owens as secretary.
The chairman read a report submitted by
the committee letter was also read from
Mr. w n. Perkins of Baltimore who has
Installed a water works on his subdivision
in This village water being pumped from an
artesian well b. gasoline engine 10 large
tank above the well. Mr.. Perkins offered
to dispose of this equipment to the town for
5000.
This report and the former one were then
submitted to the citizens for their action.
Mr.. James B. Burnside offered an amend
ment that the names Of Messrs. VIM. Meyer
Levin j. H. Ralston and j. c. Rogers be
included with those of the town commission
ers in the presentation of the bill. and that
the report as rendered by the committee be
adopted This motion was seconded by Mr..
Charles Langley, ana Was cdIIleu ny d Nole
The I report as rendered by the committee
is, in part as follows:
I've were informed by one Of the enSi'
| neers, referred to in this report later on,
that he was authorized by capitalists to
offer to put in water works, provided the
town obligated itself to pay yearly rental
of not less than $50 for each fire hydrant,
and take no less than thirty hydrants. An
other engineer said he thought a private
corporation would exact $35 year for the
same number of hydrants, and capitalist
said he would require $40 per hydrant; be-
sides. the town would have to guarantee =
certain number Of water takers, at rates OF
from Sc to So year
..Tnder such plan the total yearly aV-
erage cost to the town, as whole, for the
use of water as a fire protection only would
| he 81 O5O. while individual water takers
would nav from Sc to $l2 yearly. The water
| from the hydrants could not be used either
TO fiuSh cutters or lay the dust in the
| streets nor for any purpose whatsoever ex-
cont To mt ont fires The hose would have
| 10 he bought by the town. Your commit
tee were offered no prospect That the charges
and rates would decrease during the term
of franchise, but they do see how the num-
her of hvdrants would necessarily increase
as the town builds up. thus adding to the
fixed yearly cost for MIGRANTS.
."Tbe estimates given the committee were
| 500, $40 to S21940, $4,000 to $4,000 ana
| soS 900 respectively. AS an example of the
S 800 .nd COST of water works, the fol-
| lowing are given: For well, go feet,
| with nine. 5000; for gas engine, 5000; for
numn and connections $500; for a house,
| s3 600: for elevated tank, reservoir, &c,
| 81 600: for two lots of ground, $500; fifteen
| water gates, $500; thirty fire hydrants,
| 81 600. engineers commission, $1,000 total
| cost of plant, So, 600 The cost of water
| from branch is about the same; the mini
mum estimate is $20.930 The estimated