La Junta tribune., 1907-06-08
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following facts. obtained from a fel-
low citizen. who visited the site of
the proposed pure soft spring
water supply. now being developed
on Horse Greek. north of Sugar.
City. for the beneht Of Arkansas
Valley towns. These facts invite a
careful and official investigation If
La Junta is not to lose what may be
a golden opportunity.
Three months ago Col. Jack Faw.
the genial Southerner. who COM
mands several fortunes for any nat
ural development for human good,
began a serious search for what has
long been known as a subterranean
stream about nine miles north of
Sugar City. Government and other
experts were employed at fancy fig
ures, some hundred bores were made
and the center Of great spring
water basin was located in an i'm
mense bed of pure white sand COW
cred with strata Of nearly three
feet of impervious adobe. To make
this water available the colonel
planned campaign which has since
been pushed under his own personal
supervision. and at the cost of many
thousand dollars. Our fellow towns
man on Wednesday found fourteen
teams at work with plows and scra-
pers excavating the trench for the
pipe line. the same reaching already
we'll on toward Sugar City. At the |
head of this.trench turbine pump
was throwing a rapid stream twelve
inches wide and two inches deep.
which means a flow Of . million gal |
Ions every twenty-four hours. This
waite. was taken from a trench |
about twelve feet wide and twenty
five feet long and not more than fif-
teen feet from the surface. the wa
ter percolating into the trench from
the crystal sand and rising to the
level of the adobe strata Cement |
blocks are already made. on the
premises. to curb the initial well.
after which those who are versed in
such matters claim there will be no
10 provide a million gal
Ions per day year in and out. Aside |
from this one well series of wells |
can be located at points adjacent to
make possible a flow amounting to
at least 1000. COO gallons per day.
The fifteen large double tents,
cook house, and sheds give the
White City" of Fawvile distin- |
guished appearance from the dis
tance. The entire force of men. all
good. clean American laborers. nre
we'll organized and the work is push |
ing at rapid pace to its destina-
ton. whatever that may be. A con-
versation with Mr.. Faw discovered
these facts, that this water was for
sale to towns in the Valley up and
down from La Junta, if wanted for
that purpose. Otherwise it would be
used to reclaim 5000 acres of beet
land. either proposition justifying1
the outlay of equipment. The time
has come for action. La Junta
ought al least to appoint an official
committee. either.from the board of
aldermen. or of citizens. to irvesti-
gate this opportunity.
The city should then talk business. |
Mr.. Faw says he will turn his spring |
water into our city mains by grav-
ity pressure and provide all the wa
ter we will need for city of $1,000 |
people. and in quantity at cost Of
ten cents which now costs eight |
cents. If pure. soft. spring water
is worth a postage stamp more than |
the abomination now running
through our city mains an official
visit to Fawville would have in it the |
Of health and happiness
for this section of the Arkansas VAL