The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-04
WORK HAS
COMMENCED
City Water Plant Being Greatly
Enlarged and Storage
Project Started
(From Thursdays Daily Panhandle.)

needs OF the city but VIII make IL
Of an excellency reached by few
cities in the entire country, There
will be practically two systems each
with complete plans. Work on both
project will be pushed as rapidly
as men and material can accomplish
the undertakings and the Increased
supply will be available this summer.
The first addition that will become
available will be from a big shaft
which will be sunk near the plant
now in operation. At present the
company has one shaft six feet in
diameter dug clear through to the
water stratum, a depth OF $50 feet.
This shaft is enlarged at It's foot TO
kettle shaped gallery about 1920
feet The new shaft will be twelve
feet in diameter from the surface
clear to the water stratum with the
same enlargement at the bottom as
in the smaller shaft. In this big
shaft will be installed duplicate sets
OF electrically driven pumps Of the
most improved type.
The sinking of shaft twelve
feet in diameter to the depth OF
ESQ feet is an enormous undertake
ing and will require a considerable
time for completion. Until the COM
pletion OF this shaft the water sup
ply will be drawn as at present from
the first shaft, from the small wells
and from the well recently drilled
which is supplying $4,000 gallons
daily from the 29O foot level. The
drilling outfit starts to work today
putting down another we'll similar to
this one to go to the same depth.
These wells will meet present de-
mands and will enable the company
TO go ahead with the larger pro-
iects.
The biggest part of the project
is provided for in the organization
of the company known as the Potter
County Water Supply company. This
corncern is practically the same as
the Amarillo Water, Light & Power
Co., with the difference that 1t can
own and operate plant outside the
corporate limits while the older
company is distinctly a city water
company. The plant provided for in
the organization for the new COM
pany is that described in the Daily
Panhandle about two weeks ago
which contemplates the impounding
of between 2OO,OO0,000 and 900,-
100000 gallons Of spring water in
the reservation secured by the pur-
chase of the half section of land six
miles west OF town. This plant
makes necessary the construction OF
a submerged dam for the impound-
ing of the water In the sand stra-
tum over the three square miles. OF
water shed controlled by the reser-
walton, the erection Of a plant driven
by electric power from the city plant
to force the water into the mains,
and the construction of a pipe line
into the city. All of this work has
been definitely determined upon and
work is now getting under way.
The new company which will put
in the auxiliary plant is capitalized
at $4,000 and has for its officers,
]. II. Moore, of Pittsburg, Pa, pres
ident; ], K. Dryden, Pittsburg, treas
urer; r. j. Carsen, Cleburne, Texas,
secretary; Arthur l.. Chase, superin'
tendent. These gentlemen are now
in Amarillo and have completed their
survey of the situation. AS consult
ing engineer for the project Wynkoop
Fiersted, OF Kansas City, Is here and
will have general supervision of the
plans. Mr.. Kiersted is a member OF
the American Society of Civil Engin-
GERS, and is one of the foremost sani-
tary and water supply engineers Of
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