The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-20

The meeting a. The distric, court
room last night called by Commission
or Br.dgman 20 tase some action in re
-ard 70 Ardmo-es water supply was
well attended by -operty owners who
are vitality Interested in The matter
and a committee vas appointed by The
chair 20 .nyestiza-- the supply al ,ae
city lase and repo-- on the other prop
osi-!ons TO supply ne lake from other
sources
Cl-E EEe.nee- 'lEers was asked In
regard 10 me present supply az the
la<e and stated that it vas sufficient
% last the city for a year. but By me
last OF next month IL would be unfit
for drinking purposes as it vas being
drawn ont a The rate OF an inch a day
and would taste and smell Of decayed
vegetation Il il got very much lower.
There were two propositions submit
'ed last night. one for getting the wa
ter 10 the lake from Honey Creek
twenty miles northwest Of the city,
and one from the Washita. These the
committee viii investigate and rerorr
a a mass meeting 70 be called later
The Honey Greek proposition is this
from estimate furnished by Acting
City Engineer Myers. who made a pre-.
liminary survey OF the route: At an
estimated cost of $36O,OOo twelve
inch pipe line can be lald, a reservoir
installed and a pumping plant erected
at the springs below the falls, operated
by water power, that would furnish
the city with l,25O,O00 gallons daily
At the present rate of consumption OF
30 gallons per capita, this would sup
ply a city Of 2J,O00 people or at 20
gallons per capita. it would supply
city OF $4,000 The elevation above
the city would increase the pressure
in the mains about 32 pounds. This
line. it is claimed would require no
pumping to bring it 10 the city as the
elevation is such that water would
flow TO the lake by gravity.
There was some discussion in regard
To this proposition owing to the fact
thA some contended that Honey
Creek was liable TO go dry during 4
long drought, the present outflow from
the springs is, however, 100000 gal.
Ions daily This will be taken into
consideration by the committee VINO
will gather data from old inhabitants
who reside in that vicinity. Another
objection raised was that the water
vas unfit for steam boilers as it con.
tained too much lime, an analysis will
be made TO determine this fact.
The Washita pro osition is this:
About a year ago the city entered in
to a contract with the MaXccy Engi
necring COMPANY 10 furnish plans and /
estimates for harnessing the Washita
river and erecting a large power plant .
This cost the city approximately fir .
teen hundred dollars and the report
made by the engineers was to the ef- .
feet that the dam could be built ana .
"a power plant erected capable of de
ycloping $500 horse power for three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
This, however, had nothing to do with
4 pipe line to the city lake which would
require the construction Of about
Twelve miles of pire line additional to |
he above amount at approximately
200 per mile.
This power plant. however would
nave TO market something like 1000
lorse power valued at 800 per horse
power per annum, and it is certain
hat a ready market could be found
or that. The estimated horse power
used in Ardmore for all purposes at
present is l.5Oo, so taking the above ,
igures it will be seen that the plant
would pay itself out in a few years. ;
'hc engineers estimated in their re-