Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-26
THEIR WORK COMPLETE.
Water Committee Finishes Its
LaborS Last Night.

Last night, after the Gazette
press hour, the water committee
was 10 hold what will probably be
its last meeting, and committe ee
of four was to be appointed to
look after the business hereafter.
None OF these men were anxious
to receive promotion from the
regular to this special committee,
since all are busy business men
who have for months met regular
ly once a week, frequently ne
glecting their private business to
further that of the water company
which means the city and citizens
generally.
The big task is now completed
and tapping began Saturday.
Applications for water are coming
in quite well and yesterday an
active committee was placed in
the field to make a thorough can
-vass of the town and solicit fur
ther applications. Gangs of work
men are to be started out in all
parts of town, so that the tapping
may be done as rapidly as posi-
BILE, although the demand for
connections is something not cas-
lily handled.
The system just completed is
what is known as the gridiron,
or circulation system; in other
words, the pipes have no "dead
ends" but are so arranged that
the water flows continually and
there is no chance for sediment
or impurity as would be the case
with ''dead end" pipes where
stagnation would be possible.
A fact worthy of note is that
people visiting the intake since
the completion of the system say
that no diminution of the water
supply is observable, either above
or below that point, in spite of
the fear that was voiced in GER
tain circles that Rock Creek
would go dry or be unable to
furnish water in sufficient guam
titles. This objection is said to
be tar fetched when it is taken
into consideration that the intake
now taps but one, and probably
the smaller of two branches of
Rock Greek, and that at any time
the supply can be increased to
twice the present quantity by
tapping the second branch of the
creek, which is easily accessible,
the intake being located near the
forks of the stream so that each
can be called into service. -
Already 6ee bills have been
paid by the Water Committee,
which shows the volume of busi-i
ness that has been transacted.
Mr.. Miller, IN his estimate of
the cost OF construction of the
main line by contract, was so &C.
culate that his estimate on the
distribution system was accepted,
and on his advice the work was
let by days labor. a fact which
saved goodly sum in the ex-
pense OF construction, as the ac-
tual expenditure by days labor
fell considerably below even Mr..
Miller's conservative estimate.
The list OF expenditures for con-
struction of the system has been
submitted by Floyd Bogue, who
has been the assistant engineer,
and is as follows:
Amount Of warrants issued to
June IA, 1906. LOGS As
Amount due Washington Pipe
and Foundry Company s,l92 o6
Amount due Crane Company 424 II
Amount due w. III. Mitchell. 2..OS Sc
Payroll of June 81, 1896 . $40 20
Payroll due June %, 19O6.... l25 90
Bills ordered paid, but war
rants not drawn by clerk. 20 Is
Bills PAYABLE. e................ 274 AZ
One man patroling pipe line
for so days 75 90
Floyd Bogue's salary for June 65 90
Engineers fees due. ..... 7s5 so