Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

stantiate this charge. He was true 10
his convictions and he sought to carry
out the letter of his party platform.
HOW CITIES GET WATER.
The Waterloo Reporter has been
making inquiry into the water supply
of a number of Iowa cities and, towns
and publishes the letters received In
reply. Some of these contain informa-
ton of especial interest to the people OF
.Keokuk at the present time IN view OF
the poor quality Of the water there ana
the efforts that are being made Tor It's
betterment.
DUBUQUE claims to have n OF the
best systems of water works in Iowa.
The plant was purchased by n CITY
about five years ago at a cost OF $54o,-
600. The source of supply Is five arte-
sian wells, located at different points In
the city. Arrangements have been made
for pumping water direct from the Mis-
sissippi river in cases Of great emer-
gency. The artesian wells have a natu-
raj flow of about $500. 900 gallons per
day. One of them dug eighteen years
|ago is 1850 feet deep and six inches IN
diameter. The flow from this We'll IS
said to be just as good today as Wneh
first sunk. The cos of sinking the
wells was 50 per foot. The maximum
amount Of water consumed IN Dubuque
in one day is 100000 gallons.
| Marshalitown also owns its water
works plant. The supply consists OF
forty drive wells which afford an
abundance of pure. clean, cold water
Last year $4,000 was expended for new
sources of supply, in addition to the
original cost of the plant. The daily
average pumpage asst year was l,2S5,-
900 gallons.
Sioux City's water supply is secured
from drilled and driven wells. There are
100 driven wells 80 to 100 feet In depth
and two inches in diameter, the lift OF
which is from twenty-three to twenty
five feet. In addition there are SIX drill
lied wells $50 to 500 feet in depth, eight
inches in diameter, passing the firss
stratum and striking a second. These
drilled wells are used only in cases OF
emergency. The lift in them is about
the same as in the driven wells. All the
water. for whatever purpose, comes
from these subteranean sources and II
is claimed by Mayor Caldwell to be Of a
quality probably not equalled in the
state of Iowa. The system has been in
use eighteen years, during all of which
time it has been either directly or In
directly under public management.
Oskaloosa gets it's water from wells
on the banks of the Skunk river, four
and one-half miles north of the city.
The water is pumped into a large res
eryoir in order to allow 1t to settle. 1t is
then forced into the city mains. A new
system of wells is now being perfected.
The old wells are about fifty feet deep.
The system is owned by private parties
and the quality of the water is good.
improvements TO the plant costing $780,
900 have been made recently.
The source of Waverly's water sup
ply is a well LIS feet deep, which gives
a continuous flow of 325 gallons a min
ute. No water flows thru the mains
except that from the we'll, n 1t Is
clear and wholesome at all times. The
well cost approximately $4,000. There
are facilities for drawing water from
the river, but 1t has neve been neces-
sary to use them wen in case of fires,
as the we'll furnishes an abundant sup
ply
Vinton is one of the few towns of
Iowa that have two systems, n for
supplying water for domestic use and
the other for commercial purposes. The
source of the domestic supply is two
deep wells, about 1.400 and 1900 feet in
depth. They cost about $500. The
supply for fire, manufacturing and rail-
road is drawn from a large
filtered we'll adjacent to the Cedar
river. The we'll is twenty feet In d.
ameter. In case of a large fire, water
can be pumped directly from the river.
The system was installed in 1883 and is
owned by the city.
The system at Fort Dodge is owned
by the city and has been In use about
twenty-five years. The Des Moines
river is the source of supply and the
water is filtered thru deposits of sand
and gravel on a small island opposite
the pumping station. There is also a
system of filter galleries upon the is
land that furnishes an ample supply OF
good water. This spring some vegetable
substance got into the water before the
ice went out and impaired the quality
of the water for a time. but with the
disappearance of the ice the water re-
sumed it's normal condition.
a City has a single system Of
water supply, ample for domestic. gen
eral and fire The water
comes from deep wells and is first-class
in quality. The wells have a depth of
about 800 feet. The last two put down
are ten inches in diameter and cost So
a foot, including the casing. An air.
|ift is used for raising the water into a
reservoir. Webster City has a double
system-one for domestic and the other
for business and Gre purposes-supplied