The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-18
PUSHING THE
BIG PLANS
Water Company Making Pro
vision for Present Needs.
Planning for Future

Just as fast as tho brains and
money can do The work the company
rs settling the water supply propo.
sition In Amarillo" said Manager
White Of the Amarillo Water Light
, and Power company yesterday The
manager was just going over several
new sets Of maps which had been
prepared by the engineers Of the CON
pany for the use or the extensions
In the city at the plant and took a
few minutes OF to discuss the work
New maps have been made by En-
glneer Worsley OF the pole lines for
electric power and lighting and OF
the pipe lines for the water supply
These new maps include not only the
old corporate limits but takes In the
present bounds Of the city with some
additions.
You see, continued Mr. White,
Il am new here and the first thing
must do Is to find out for myself
just what We have. I'm doing that
now. From all I can find, and I
have gone over the matter pretty
thoroughly, we undoubtedly have
enough power here to pull the in
creased lighting planned for the city
and also power equipment enough to
take care of the water supply machln-
cry. or course some additions in
the way Of auxiliary machinery
will be necessary.
The lighting plan which Mr..
Chase mapped out before the city
council some time ago and which is
in every way most admirable, will
be taken up again before the council
next Tuesday. The proposition made
by Mr.. Chase Is an especially favor
able one for the council and the city.
"Of course the biggest part OF our
work now is on the water supply
proposition, and, while | cannot as
sure that all our plans are definitely
made, | can assure you that with the
present plant and the additions that
are being made the needs Of the city
will be supplied
THE company has all along done
all that human effort could do in
the matter, II the company could
have foreseen the phenomenal growth
of Amarillo It could have been in
shape to have supplied all the needs
all the time and there would have
been no shortage such as YOU had
last winter. But you can't foresee
such things and the past record Of
Amarillo did not indicate that such
a growth would come here. As |
see 1t now the company would be fool
lsh in making provisions for the
future that did not take into con-
sideration the probability OF popu-
lation soon of at least twice the
present population. To make such
a provision is a large proposition and
cannot be done on a hasty estimate
or guess work basis,
"Bub in the meantime the city will
be supplied by the same system that
is now used with additions TO in
crease the supply. We have pur-
chased a half block of ground in the
west part of town and have engaged
a drilling outfit to put down the
wells We have to pipe through
a six inch main to this property and
We will put in a pumping station
there, The new station will supply
the present pumping station so that
the two would practically double the
present available supply
at is our intention to keep the
public posted on our work and
want to make note from time to time
of the progress made Our work
on the larger proposition looks slow
and it would perhaps be uninterest-
ing to the general public but 1t is
going on under rapid speed that
will not wait for the mails to do
the business. We are in constant
communication with Mr.. Kiersted
the consulting engineer in his
Kansas City office and with other
places and most of that communicate
ing is by telegraph"