Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-08-01
ABERDEEN and HOQUIAM TO JOIN
IN Water SUPPLY.
Plan to Take Water From WynOOChe
Canon. Gravity System for Both
Cities, Costing Approximately
$75O,OOO. The Committees Are
Named.

Preliminary steps looking to the Sc
curing of a permanent and adequate
water supply for the cities of Aber
deem and HOquam were taken on
| Thursday night in this city, when
committee from the Hoquiam city
council met a like committee from the
| Aberdeen council, together with 9th
er city officials and went thoroughly
over the proposition. Propositions to
bring the water either from Lake
Quiniault or the Wynooche river We're
considered, but the latter plan seem
ed to meet with more favor and a
committee consisting of city engineers
Maughmer, of HOquiam and Ewart Of
Aberdeen, was appointed to make a
preliminary estimate and a report on
the practicability of bringing the sup
ply from the Wynooche. 1t is esti
mated that the system, which would
be gravity one, would cost in the
neighborhood of $750,000, although it
is said that these figures are merely
an estimate and are not to be taken
as final.
The site of the proposed intake is
canon of the Wynooche several
| by Eugene France of Aberdeen. City
Attorney Hogan of Aberdeen and City
Attorney Callahan, of Hoquiam, will
investigate the legal aspects of the
matter, as to securing water rights
on the river and the purchase of right
of way for the pipe lines.
! Only Practical Solution.
The plan to secure water from the
Wynooche is one that has been under
consideration for some time and it is
believed to be the only practical So
luton of the question. Heretofore,
however, the city council has been
deferred from seriously taking up the
matter on account of the immense
cost involved. While it is believed
that, with the source of supply in the
| Wynooche canon, the system would
lie sufficient for many years to come,
even taking into consideration a rap
| id growth in the Harbor cities, the
cost of installing it would be too
great for one city to assume. How
ever, with the apparant Willingness Of
Hoquiam to unite, it appears that a
solution of the difficulty has been
i reached.
worse predicament than Aberdeen,
so far as an adequate supply of water
is concerned and also faces the same
conditions in securing a permanent
supply. The land upon which the
proposed intake would be located is
in the Olympic National forest reserve
and it would be good plan to take
the necessary steps to have the water
shed embraced in National park to
preserve the purity of the water sup
ply, according to the belief of prom
inent citizen.
Public Favors 1t.
There appears to be general feel
ing in both Aberdeen and Hoquiam
that some action is imperative look
ing to the installation of perma-
nent system of pure water and, in
the event that the Wynooche site is
selected, it is declared that this trou-
blesome question will be eliminated
for years to come.
Both committees will report to the
city councils of Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam next week at which time fur
ther discussions of the proposition
will undoubtedly take place.
Ill INTERVIEWS DOtll hdyOi -
of Houuiam and Mayor Benn, of Alb
erdeen, see in the movement the first
step toward ultimate consolidation OF
the two cities and the general opln-
ion appears to prevail, both on the
Harbor and elsewhere that the pres
ent negotiations will have that re-
suit. 1t appears, however, that, ow-
ing to the terms of the franchise now
held by II. G. Heermans to furnish
the city of Hoquiam with water, it
has three years longer to run and can
not be abrogated before that time.
What effect this will have on negotia-
tions is not known.