The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05

LII report OF Treasurer kibbee for
November was accepted and placed
on file, and his report for December
was referred to the finance commit
tee. Weighmaster Mcdonald report
ed that his receipts for the month Of
December amounted to S36. 80. JUS
tice Mckinley reported on the bust
ness of the police court, and for the
first time in a number OF months the
cash paid on fines failed to pay the
court fees. The amount OF fines as
sessed vas 500; the fines paid was
500, so, not paid $685. so and the court
fees amounted to 337. go.
Action was taken with reference
to the occupancy OF the ground on
Railroad street by Bailey & Christen-
sen and j. E. Turner & Son by their
buildings, both firms using the city
property. Sometime ago the firms
were given notice to remove their
buildings, the action, however, being
for the purpose Of establishing the
fact of a demand being made for the
ground so that in the future years
there would be no question to the
title OF the ground. The council
gave the firms a lease of the ground
occupied, Bailey & Christensen pay-
ing All annual rental of $5, and J. Il.
Turner & Son, %.
For the past year or two the neces.
sity OF a new pump at the water
works has been apparent. The pump
that gives the city pressure has been
i'm use for a period Of twenty years or
more, and should 1T get out of repair
at a time when it was needed for fire
purposes the city would be in a very
serious plight. The members Of the
water committee have been lnvesti-
eating the pump question for the
past six months and the recommended
tions the committee made to the
council a month ago were to the
effect that it was necessary to install
another pump at the water works.
At that time bids we're ordered fer
the purchase of the pump. The bids
were opened and there we're five or
six bids. There was a pretty gener-
al discussion Of the proposition Of the
bidders and what appeared to be the
best pump and the best contract
was that of the PRESCOTT Steam
Pump Co. The representative Of the
company, r. Bowen. was present and
was able to give the members of the
council considerable information con-
corning the pump and in the matter
of terms. The proposition made by
the Prescott company for their pump
was accepted.
This pump has a capacity Of
pumping 1000, 600 gallons of water
in "a hours, and the price to be paid
for it is S6,745. There will be con-
siderable work in installing the pump
and when ready for business, will have
cost the city about So, 500. The pump
will be placed in a house to itself
outside Of the water works, and it will !
be necessary to place it below the
ground about l6 feet i'm order that
it can be nea the fountainhead Of
water. The excavation for the pump
will be l6x30 feet, the machine being
u feet long. Aside from the great
capacity of the pump its leading rea-
ture is that it is sort Of a combined
standpipe, in that it gives a continu-
GUS pressure of any amount desired.
The pump will be connected direct
with the water mains and the steam
will be kept up at all hours of the
day and night with its power turned
on the pump. Mr.. Bowen claimed,
and lie seemed to satisfy the council,
that the pump can he operated all
the time at one-tifth tie expense OF
fuel that it takes to operate the
present pump during the hours
which it is used for pressure pur-
poses. The continuous pressure will
re Of great convenience to the users
OF water, and not only that, but it
SlNOo Il lluCll UcCLGI lI6
in that The pump is ready for bust
ness on the instant. 1t will take
about four months to manufacture
and INSTALL the Prescott pump, and
it is thought that it will be ready
for service about the 1st of June. The
Knowles pump will he retained at
the water works and will he held in
reserve in case of any possible acct
dent that might arise to the new
pump, so that the city will not be
dependent entirely upon the service
of n pump.
The absence of continuous pressure
on the water system of this city has
always been a source Of annoyance TIC
water consumers and the new pump
will be a welcome relief in this d.
rectiOD.
The matter of providing ground