The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-03-29

with water power 80 the board had
him make IN estimate based on the
falls as the motive power Ia making
the survey, it was necessary for the
gentlemen to take some point as a start
iEg and he chose the land Immediately
north of the depot belonging to = b.
Schwartz. This was perhaps an un-
wise move as it prejndiced many g.
gainst the. thing because they thought
that the works would be placed there
should the vote carry We have been
assured that it is' not the intention OF
the board ~ favor any locality and that
they will pay no more than $1,000 for
land. II the expert says that Mr.. Sch
wartz land is the best and IL can be
had for reasonable price then that is
the place it will 20, but if the expert
says that il ought TO be placed on Mr..
Smiths or Mr.. Jones land then it
will 20 there And, IN this connection
it is patent TO say that there should be
no prejudice against a man because
he resides here. His land is as good
as any other felolw and should have
the same consideration.
Then there is the question Of the best
place for water supply, many holding
that the water in the river is not fit for
drinking purposes. This question will
be disposed Of, to great extent, by the
experts and it is simple one. The
great majority of those we have heard
talk seem to favor reservoir at the
Briar hill
Then there is the question Of motive
power Shall it be water power or
shall IL be steam A safe answer to
this question is that it will be water
power If an up-to-date plant includi ing
the Maple Grove extension, stand
pipe and tower and, a connection with
the mains and the land for the location
of the plant can be had within the $25, =
900 that are asked for All recognize
that he water power is going to bring
about much economy in the operation
of the plant and they desire it if it
don cost too much
Then some fellow says, II don't
believe that the plant can be put up
for that amount of money A mem
ber of the board said in reply that there
is no way he knows of that belief can
be pounded into persons head but
that there are four estimates on the
thing and all of them fall WITHIN the
amount stated and that fact ought TO
satisfy any ordinary man. First, there
is the estimate of Mr. Styrtuvant
He figured on constructing a dam ac-
ross the river and the developing of
800 h. p., putting in turbine wheels
and connecting it with a new pump
of the latest design, installing a new
dynamo sufficient to supply electricity
for a city much larger than this, con-
Meeting the mains at the foot of Sup
erior avenue with the pumping station
erecting a tower and stand pipe on the
hill back of he court house and extern
ding the water mains to McCusker $
place in Maple Grove and the estim
ated cost of all this is SIG, 900. When
some one doubted his ability TO carry
his figures into practice, he guaranteed
to furnish a contractor that will do the
work for that figure. To his figures
the board added So, 900 to provide for
contingencies that always arise and TO
purchase the land To verify these fig
ures another Mr. Keeting, looked the
ground over and his figures were with
in 81 900 Of the first ones, Mayor
Wehse had the two estimates reviewed
by a gentleman who was here look-
ing at the water power and his judg
ment was that the sum was ample.
Then. to make sure Of his ground, May
or Wehse wrote and got an estimate on
a steam plant to be located at the Briar
Hill with water main extending
through the Bristol location and Maple
Grove and this estimate was within
the limit We have endeavored to give
our readers the arguments in an i'm
partial manner. If there is anyone
who wishes 10 be heard on the matter
our columns are open