Arizona republican., 1900-12-29
JEROME'S WATER WORKS
They Have Been Tested and Found
 Standard

rcspondence of The Republican.)- At
 last We. the people of Jerome. have
 seen water squirting from q hose suf-
 fcient'y strong to put out any fire that
 might start in any building in town.
 Having completed the tank. the council
 at once started out to try the force of | the pressure. They, accompanied by
 number of firemen, connected the hose
 with one of the fire plugs, turned on
 the water. and the way the stream
 sought the upper regions was sight to cure sore eyes. Several times the 1 height of the average building on main : street the stream of water went up in- to the air in a solid column. Two men could hardly hold the nozzle. so great
 was the force With hearts rejoicing the crowd went from one plug Ito an
 other. till everyone had been tried and found satisfactory. The plug highest
 on the hill. where the pressure would be the smallest, was connected with the | hose and thc stream Burned on. The pressure there was as heavy as almost any water system in the west. The stream was thrown from J. F. Hoov-
 CTS residence clear over the roofs of th- Thorbeck houses. fully 100 yards.
 The tank was filled to within four feet of the Eop and did not leak very badly. All the leaks will bp swelled and water tight within a day or two. The tank. which holds over 5O,OOO gallons of wa ter. is 26 feet in diameter and 17 feet | high. Il is built on a solid foundation. | and is a most solid piece of work. We can now feel easier in Jerome than anyone has felt for years. for heretofore | tI,-, visit from the devastating fire. Three years ago the 25th, of this month the town was destroyed by fire. which started in building owned by Japan- ese Charley. In ahe following Sep tnbcr and on the 11th day. another
 fire started in g dwelling next to pr. Carriers house and only stopped when there was nothing else to be burned. 1 That time there was nothing left on Lhc ground where Jerome had stood and now, stands but piles of charred embers. The business men went 10 work as though nothing had happened and soon had another town built. Then on the 18th of the following May a fire started in the Leland hotel and swept a large portion of Jerome bare again. Had there been half as good water system then as now. every fir would have been controlled almost at the first alarm. Knowing that with
 cut incorporation we could never get protection from fire, the people peti> toned the supervisors to grant us cor 'porate rights. The supervisors looked over our papers and found that every-
 thing was all right, and granted the
 petition. Now W see the wisdom of
 the ac.ion and feel that we are almost free from the fiery curse that has vis> tied Us 30 often in the past. The council
 cannot receive too much credit for the
 manner in which they have discharged
 their duty to the town. Insurance
 rates will now be less, and almost any
 building can be insured. Heretofore
 only the best buildings would be ac-
 cepted by the agents of the companies. and then eXorbitant "Ites were
 charged.
 Monday morning at II o'clock there
 was a row in the Charley Hong restau- rant in which one Chinaman was pret- " badly hurt. Scott Shannon. the man who caused the row and hurt the Chi
 naman was bound over to the grand
 jury with bond fixed at S1,000, and is
 now languishing in jail at Prescott.
 Shannon went into Hong's restaurant
 the previous Saturday, and, after eat ing a meal. said that he had no money with which tc pay for il. Charley tod him it would go that time, but for him rot to do ehe same thing again. Mon day the fellow went into the r. estauraut and ate his breakfast. Lee Hong, q
 cousin of the proprietor asked him for the pay. and he said that Charley had agreed 10 trust him. Lee called Char ley, who was at work in the yard, and asked him about it. Charley replied
 that he had told the man he could not have any meals without. the money. shannon started to walk oun and L. Q closed the door. shannon attempted to shove Lee out of the way and Lee resisted Thereupon the fellow grab bed up a syrup pitcher and struck Lee on the head, cutting d deep gash.
 When the blow was struck the pitcher
 broke, and Shannon then jabbed Lee across the nose with the broken edyi, cutting the nose squaraly across from cheek to cheek. Lee threw a sugar bowl. which landed on Shannon's head, when the latter got out of the door and went down the street. Charley went after Marshal Roberts. who arrested
 Shannon. A physician was called to attend to Lee. He found the nose sev- cred in such a manner tha- he had to
 sew it together. He also had to take
 stitches in Lees check and forehead. The Chinaman is in bed, where he will remain a few days. Too many men at tempt to impose upon the Chinaman be- cause they are Chinamen. Mr. Rob- elts is to be commented for his efforts to rid the town of men who live with out work, for such people are always |. menace to the citizens of the town. shannon will probably go to Yuma fug time for the dirty work he did
 The Miners Union will give d grand
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