The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-10-14
REPORT OF WATER
COMMISSION
Mr.. 9. A Bell, Chairman
Civic Improvement League,

CIVIC improvement League,
Hood River, Ore.
Dear Sir-We the water commission
app linte hy your honorable body to
invest gate the various water supplies
suggested for uss by the city of Hood
River and to examine the different
phases OF the water question with a
view OF determining final solution
Of this Vitsl and most important ques- E
tion, beg to report as follows:
Our first meeting was held august
II, and we effected permanent or
ganizatiou bv electing W. l. Clark
chairman aud liaman Butler, secIe
tsry. At this meeting il was discov
cred that we had no detinite intormH
tion reqaI ding the water in use, ex.
cept bt ,.r't, q IN e. mhtu Iti o. [
ana IN uruer to pursue our work in
telligently, definite aud expert opin-
ions we're necessary We therefore
instructed our secretary to take the
matter up with the State Board of
Health and ascertain the exact con
dition of our present water supply.
It was also decided at this meeting
that in order to save time we would
tegin ,tigatiug the various avail
able sonrces of water while waiting
for a reply to onr COMMUNICATION to
the State Board OF Heslth 80 we al
ranged to visit the Newly spring and
the Parker town spring, on August
ID.
On August l6 we received reply
from the State Board of Health, assur-
ing US OF their hearty corporation
and exposing willingn -ss to come
up and go over The matter with us,
near the middle of the following
week.
On August -, we visited the lava
bed spring aud made careful exam
inatlon of this source and the sur
rounding premises
On August "a, we we're advised that
Drs Pierce and Yenney, CT the State
Board of Health, would be in Hood
River on the morning train. We ac-
cordingly arranged for the Commits
sion to accompany them to the city
spring for the purpose OF inves, igat-
ing the present water supply and the
surrounding premises. In the after
noon q conference was held with Dire.
Pierce and Yenney and In discussing
the matter informally, they advised
that while the good health of the city
was such that NJ actual emergency
existed, yet the water supply was such
that a better permanent supply was
desirable. AS result of this con-
ference, the commission felt that they
would be justified in taking sufficient
time to consider the entire Queltlon
and be able to recommend a reason
ably permanent supply OF good water
On August 81, We visited the Tucker
spring and Investigated this source
OF water and the surrounding prem
ises.
On September 2, we met for the
purpose of considering the water
question In the IiSbt OF the informa'
ii ~ obtained up to date aud after
due deliberation it was decided mad
visable to luther consider the NeWby
or the Parker Syringe. 1t was then
decided that the president OF the
light and water company be invited
to attend this meeting tor the pur'
pose Of furnishing such information
as the CoGmision might require.
On this invitation the president OF
the water company came to the meet
ing and answer ed our questions as tC
size Of pipes, amount OF wateT, etr'
On being asked to name price fol
the water plant, he stated that the
company would be willing to forfeit
about Sll, 900 which had been expend
ed for Improvements in the past two
years, and take the price fixed bJ
the engineer employed by the city
two years ago, this price beini
$4,000
On Septemb ber l5, we met to turthel
discuss the matter aud 1t was touDc
that to bring in the lava bed sprint
ut this time, uould double the pre-
sent waite. rate, which prohibits con
siderstion of this source for years u
come.
The Tucker spring is the most avail
Hble SUPPL ly in points of distance nu
owing to its low elevation, the dia
meter of the eipes required to brint
in this water, would make the COS
OF pipe nearly equal the cost 1T th'
smaller pipe necessary to carry th'
same amount OF water rom the laV'
bed spring.
On melton the secretary was theI
instructed to ascertain from the pre-
sent water company II they woul'
be willing to entertain proposition
to furnish the CITY with a ditfereu