The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-30
AsomoRe CITY wATERwoRxs

ton of all public utilities Is becoming
more and more popular in every state
and territory in the Union. The citl
aens OF Ardmore. the metropolis of
the Indian Territory, have settled the
or,stion as to who shall own ana
oporate It's water system by establish
ing a plant which is modern in every
particular. and which will, with slight
additions, afford an ample supply OF
u,Irc water for domestic. fire protect
ion and manufacturing purposes for
many years TO come.
according to the census returns for
1900 there were twcnty-One incorpor-
atyl places of 1000 inhabitants and
over Of which Ardmorc was the larg
est. having population Of 563l. Ard
more is located on the highest point
between Galveston and Kansas city.
and is surrounded by splendid agri-
cultural and which IS also rich In coal
oil and asphalt. It's natural advantages
IRE urh as will secure its rapid de-
vclopment as the nmost popular cen
ter in the territory.
LIKE tho city Of Boston, Ardmore
has looked ahead and made ample pro
vision for the future growth and pop
rnlation. It's pushing officials and pub
lie spirited citizens do not believe In
| doing things by halves, and for that
reason. in designing the system OF wa
terworks. three points were given care
/ ful consideration. namely. first, provis
ion for future extensions of the city
| limits; second, minimum cost OF opar
alton; the construction and insialla
ton OF the most modern plant in ev
ery way These provisions have beer
carried out with the utmost fidelity
and. as will bc obsarbed by the bric
description Of the plant, as given by
Mayor r. W. Dick. as follows:
"Th, pumping station ia located
about Gv. miles from the city and thu
water H. taken from beautiful lak'
formed by a small dam at the end o
natural basin. The city owns th'
land forming the water shed for thi
lake. and the water is pure and FREE
from any obi actionable features at al
seasons of the year
The pumping machinery was install
"a complete by the DOlior Engineer
ing Company. engineers and contraC
tors. Of Philadelphia and New YORK
The installation consists of two waite
. tube boilers of a nominal capacity c
, - horsepower each, built to operat
: under 100 pounds of steam pressure
. TWO 10 horsepower De Laval stcar
turbine centrifugal pumps, each hay
q ing capacity OF $500 gallons c
, water per minute against total hoa
of 25O feet, arranged to operate COZ
dcrsing in connection with a surfac
> condenser The pumps are so arran'
,l,l that for fire service thy can b
operated under head OF $40 ZEE
The two pumps are exactly simila
i and form a duplicate installation, citl
, ar unit being more than sufficient
, supply the timated requirements {
the CITY for a number OF years.
After the installation had been
i'm service for some time the apparatu
was rigidly tested and found TO con
, form in every respect to the guaral
II tees. The duty Of the pumps, wh1
running under he specified condition
was 100000 foot pounds per 1,oj
pounds Of steam
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a Says the New York Sun: "Anoth,
- automobilo ran down and injured a p
dcstrian last night. This is a daily o
. currcnce now" What's a daily occu
renee now? Running down pede
trians at night?
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NJ, There is one bright prospect IN u
, contest for authority between the so
D.. crnors of tla Choctaw and Chickasa
. Nations. AMI the secretary of the intc
ior re yaarling the issuance Of pa
onts. II may pave the way for anoth
b, s75c GOO attorney fee Tor some prom
10 ing young attorney.
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Since Secretary Taft announces tn
., Only the bare transportation Of q
senators and congressman invited
go with him to the Philippines wou
., b.. pall out Of the Philippine troasu
=. amt The bare transportation do
~. NOT include Pullman cars nor me
49, tickets anywhere on the journey, n
-. hotel ana other expenses In the
lands-since this bleak AMI uneXpc
cd announcement was made, some
M ohonorcd thirty have bClhoug
=. themselves to estimate that part OF I