St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-09-09

f!a meeting of the Covington
Commercial Club, at the courthouse,
31lensay, was well attended and much
| Ienth Gsiasa was shown in the object
| ef the meeting, which was the dis
I6tlssscn Of the question OF water
HNa. us aai school building. 1t was
IeaIIelt to order by President Davis,
who Introduced Mr. j. B. Mansfield, |,
! "a anage1 CT the Columbian Iron
! 4Ys1lsB Of Tennessee and New Or
leans
AIr. fIailsfield went over a map of
1.-THE ta4n Of Coyington and outlined
1.-THE manner in which the piping
We.lIa be laid and explained the -ad-
| Yaa ss Il an efficient service in
! sfo4i if.:4as water for household pur-
poses and for fighting fire. The sys-
item included ten, eight and six-inch
mains, With meters and all the neces-
sarg 4acslilery, pumps and appll-
anfss good service and efficiency
/ M. eld explained that in maxi
| 5n9 IN estimate of this kind it was
/ Unnecessary to make a certainty oil
covering all expenses, and that he
would guarantee that there would be
Ino additional cost above the SCI ,000
/ Wtsiell he estimated would be the
fc0ss & l.il plant as CoyingtoI
needs; III fact, 1t might be less. He
Isaid that such a plant would reduce
Etlia Insurance rates to the extent
thai the reduction would pay the
/ Eve MIL tax to be voted for forty
ISeafS. lie would be willing to build
ttas Bateiworks If We would give
hial the saving in insurance between
l9I4 aIf5f new rates. To illustrate
he took the Wehr1i- building occupied
b. z. ]. Laeroix. merchant. That
vas considered to represent the least
rafzucti0n that would BE made, name
" IS cents per 500, or 1-2 mills
on the dollar. The tax would be
ave mills, which means saving oil
IL 1-2 mills. 1t must also be re-
reGageFed that property is not as
sesaed' at its full value. Therefore
/ the building of the waterworks
wc0ld mean a profit to property
1hoIaafs.
hirg Sol Bloodworth, secretary Of
/ the Louisiana Fire Prevention Blu
1eEa, acGuisced in Mr.. Mansfield 4
stata1Hant, but said that people must
net expect that insurance rates
w0ald be heavily cut in all cases
There would undoubtedly be saving
but he did not wish any one to be
3isapp pointed by expecting too much
tf reduction. That if we woulG
VAT a couple OF. weeks until his sec
Iceszry returned from his vacation ht
ReIIId eoIae over and list all the
prtpersy aad tell exactly what the
Ereductian viii be in each case.
/ EEi. Isnsfeld's plant included
/ 2SeG Sect of bose, a concrete reser
| Y0iF hoifing 200 900 gallons O
| water which could be pumped int
the mains, q 125-foot tower will
| f5,g00 gallon tank, chemical engine
I hose reoIs, etc
B@r. 4}aEis tlen announced tina
a9or Calvin Wurzlow, of Houma
La vas in the audience. and callet
yRn airl to address the meeting
f5 zIo5E stated that he had beel
Il (3GYsGgtpn O short time, but tha
lo had thoroughly enjoyed ever
}o3F of his stay, That we had
tbsGBtifnl town, whose healthfulnes
and lure water was unexcelled
oa7aa he said, had put in water
Woz IS Under difficulties. That the
!. 5tt1#5I'ea immense quantltles
+5s5ets tfoIh the SAT- abayous, pu
hat tbeii' water was also salty. Whe
Spe2 atSt But IT sthelr water system
fas ucat Of $50 ,060, they raised th
9gcnay BT q 5-Inill assessment fo
5hirtg gears. That they made tn
tt'Aseafe % Iattlhg IN small pumps
H#lses ana snaH boilers, an
sst szas s5sScnf mao proved made