The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-26
FINALLY SECURE WATER
Pipe Line to Sand Bank and Casters
Lake Completed and Abundance
of Good Water Secured.

After struggling along for many
months and operating under adverse
circumstances on account of the
great scarcity of water, the Leon
Electric Co. are feeling pretty good
water system installed by the Leon
Water Co. and they are now as
sured of an ample supply at all times
for their plant, and also for use at
the court house and Hotel Leon,
with both of whom they have con-
tract to furnish water. The new
system was put in by the Leon Wat
er Co., of which j. M. Caster is pres
ident, Sam C. Johnson secretary, A.
NJ. Caster treasurer and j. F. Smith
superintendent. At considerable ex-
pense they have constructed pipe
line running from the electric light
plant to new well at the sand bank
southeast of the city a mile, and
and from there to a we'll west of
Casters lake, where there is an un-
failing supply of good water. A we'll
north of the lake is also connected,
with access to both the creek and
the lake. The water will be pumped
from the lake to the sand bank,
where it is filtered through fifty feet
of sand into the we'll and from there
will be pumped into the city. They
have already installed an electric
duplex pump with capacity of for
ty gallons per minute, and are con-
structing a cave at the sand bank
and as soon as it is completed will
install second pump of greater ca
pacity, which will force the water
from the we'll to the power house,
power being furnished from the
electric light plant, AN up-to-date
$500 volt alternating current power
line having been built from the pow
The water is absolutely pure and
soft, and they are now prepared to
furnish water to all who want it, a
great many tanks being hauled each
day from the pipe line at the power
house to consumers in the city whose
wells are exhausted. Since connect
ing up the line they have been using
water at the rate of many thousand
gallons of water day, without di-
minishing the supply of the wells.
The new water company did not
rush into the water business with
the intention of interfering with the
city's waterworks system, but as the
city system is not much nearer to
realization than when the PROPOSE
ton was voted fourteen months ago,
the electric light plant was up again
the proposition of securing a supply
of water or being compelled to shut
down the plant, and they could not
afford to do that, neither would our
citizens stand for it. And if a pri-
vate company can secure good sup
ply Of water why cannot the city go
ahead and do so. If they cannot
locate water why not contract with
the private company to furnish the
water for a standpipe, and it is claim
ed that they have ample water to
supply the entire city for many years
to come This proposition is worthy
of serious consideration by our city
council. Many of our citizens have
very little faith in deep we'll ever
furnishing supply of water either
in quantity or quality. Many towns
around us, Centerville, Bedford
and other places having been COM
PEELED to abandon their deep we'll
systems The contractor who is
drilling the deep we'll has done no
work for nearly two months al
though his contract called for the
completion of the well by November
1st. He should either be compelled
to push the we'll to completion so
that it can be determined whether we
can secure deep we'll water or
abandon his contract. At the rate
the matter is dragging along our
city waterworks system will not be
installed for years to come.