Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-04-01
Have You Seen Them?

| HOW many OF the taxpayers of Wa
Keeney have been out to see the city
pumping plant9 Probably not one in
| five of them but those who will take
the trouble to go out there can see
| where st, 1000 of their money is invest
ed, and it is the most fortunate in
yestment the taxpayers of this city
| ever made. How many know that
there are two pumps out there, ready
for instant use, and each of them cap
able of forcing 25O gallons per minute
to the top of the tank here in town,
two miles distant and 237 feet above
the level of the water in the wells.
Do you realize that the city within
the last year has built an electric
power line out to the pumping sta
tion at a cost of 81 900, and that one
OF those pumps can be started or
stopped in an instant by the operator
here in town, simply by the touch of
a lever? How many of our citizens
know that the Union Pacific railroad
engineers examined our city water
supply and pronounced it adequate;
that they had it tested by chemical
analysis and pronounced it very good
Also that the supply and layout was
examined by the engineer of the
state board and approved; that he
had the water twice tested by chemi-
cal analysis and pronounced it one of
the very best waters in the state,
and that the city has a state permit
to supply that water to its inhabi-
tants for any use they see fit to make
of it. Did you know all these things
Are any of our citizens so blind
that they cannot see the city tower
and tank, by day or by night? These
who do see it may not know that it
cost S4, 500, and that the tank has a
capacity of $4,000 gallons. They may
not know that since the day it was
first filled it has never been empty.
They may not know that the top of
the tank proper is l3O feet above the
level of main street, giving a pres
sure of more than fifty pounds per
square inch anywhere in town and
ready for the protection of their prop
erty any and every minute of the
day or night.
Do you know how many fire hy-
drants there are in the city2 There
are 33 of them and every one cost s26.
Every time a citizen sees one of these
hydrantS it should remind him that
it is connected with five and one-half
miles of first class cast iron mains.
1t should interest him to be told
rhat these mains, valves and hydrants
cost almost $4,000, and that almost
of haf
freight alone. Think of it, Five !
thousand dollars for freight on cast |
iron and then ask where your money
went. The Union Pacific got most |
0f this S., 900 but we are getting it |
back again at the average rate of $40
per month. Do you know that the |
,lty has two hose carts and 1,OOO feet |
IF hose which cost 1925, and that /
)ther towns not thousand miles
away paid 81, 100 for the same outfit? |
Find out the facts and then talk
lbout economy.
Has anyone ever directed your at
1ention to the city power house? 1t
;ost $3.50 as it stands today, exclu-
i've of the two city lots, and one of
hose lots was bought within the
asst four years; also cement walk
which cost 800; also cistern which
'ost another 800. Also note the big
ed oil tank. 1t cost $500 complete
With foundations, and the use of that
ank saves the city two cents on
very gallon of fuel oil used
Talking of economy, there is saving
# almost forty per cent. Take
ook around that power house and see
4 800 of useful and necessary sup
lies on hand. Take a look inside
nd see 81, 500 worth of first class ma
hinery in operation and remember