The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-22
l diameter a trifle over twelve mil

in diameter a trife over twelve mill
/ on gallons per day
If on the 31st day of December, 1907,
the consumption of this city should
equal six million gallons per day, it is
patent that a pipe of but 16 inches in
diameter would be unsuitable The dis
cussion would then lie as to the adj
visibility of adopting a pipe IS inches
in diameter as against one 20 inches
in diameter If a pipe IS inches in di-
ameter would convey nine and one
half million gallons per day and the
population Of this city should con-
tinue to increase in the future as it
has in the past, it is almost certain
that by the 31st day of December, 1912,
you would be consuming close to nine
million gallons per day, during days
of heavy draught. You would at that
time then even if you had the 1S-inch
pipe, begin to be looking about for
means with which to lay another pipe.
You would have scarcely begun to
cancel any of the bonds issued on the
original construction, before you would
be asking to issue new bonds to paral-
lei that construction. For that rea-
son 1 have estimated upon a pipe of
20-inch diameter, believing that in the
long run that would be the cheapest
size to build and would prove the most
satisfactory to the city.
1t is also necessary to consider to
some extent the point of intake. In
years to come the city of Walla Walla
will require practically all Of the run
of the Mill creek water shed. For that
reason as a matter of reasonable abil-
ity to secure a run off to the water
shed the intake should be put as far
down the creek as may be judicious.
On the other hand to avoid the cost
of acquiring properties for the pur-
pose of protecting the purity of the
of intake as far up the creek as may
be judicious. Practically the last set
Springs about one and a half miles in
Oregon, and the next reasonable
point of diversion would be a point
about three fourths of a mile above
these springs, or about two and one
quarter miles above the Oregon line,
but as 1 have before said We nave no
laws in the statute books of Washing
ton which would allow you to enter
Oregon Neither is there any law in
the statute books OF Oregon which
would allow you to enter there and
acquire land or to maintain land for
water supply purposes. For that rea-
son, 1 am clear in my mind that I'M
less we should elect to run the risk
of the acts of legislatures not yet
elected and whose results could not be
known to us for nearly two years to
come we would have to select a point
below the Oregon line and depend
upon the administration Of the laws
requiring persons living on streams
used for water supply purposes to
conduct themselves as to keep the
water of this stream pure and whole
some. In our own state the laws are
adequate for that purpose and but lit
tie trouble need be expected from
transgressors. The laws of the state
of Oregon are perhaps not so clear,
but no doubt upon the presentation of
petition from the state of WASH
ington the legislature of the state of
Oregon would enact more compre-
hensive laws on that subject.
AS have before indicated there
are many places in the Mill creek val
ley after passing about seven miles
east of Walla Walla where economic
diverting weirs have been constructed
but for the purpose of securing
most perfect sanitation with the least
inconvenience to property holders
and at the least annoyance to the
city officials 1 have selected as a To-
cation for the site of the intake weir