The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-29

thousand dollars and the increase of the indebt
ednese Of the city by like sum and the con.
struction OF municipal water plant and the
levying OF tax for the year 1901 OF two mills
on the dollar Of valuation to be followed by
other taxes regularly thereafter TO pay the in
torest on said bonds and provide sinking
fund for the redemption thereof. The estimate
OF the cost Of the municipal water plant wes
based upon report Of the city engineer, dated
June IL, 1901 In this report the city engineer
makes an estimate OF the cost OF construction
Of reservoir built upon the Ransom tract in
which he says: "My estimate based upon
reservoir built on the Ransom tract located
southeast OF Carbondale and TO contain a storage
capacity Of not less than three hundred million
gallons Of water which in my judgment from
personal observation and actual measurement
taken of the flow Of water last fall and this
spring, can be obtained. Had this proposed res.
ervoir been built last fall 1t would have fllei
with water by the first of January and with the
rains which we have had this spring would
have filed the reservoir two or three times over.
The Ransom tract Is within the water basin OF
the Jennyn Water company which gets its supply
from Ayesworth creek. The Jcrmyn Water com
pany was incorporated under articles OF incor'
poration, approved by the governor June ..
1854. under the provisions Of the act of April
20. 1874. and its supplements. The purpose OF
its Incorporation was TO supply water to the
public Of the borough OF Jerrnyn, Lackawanna
county, Pennsylvania. At the time that the bill
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