The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-19

washed from the water sheds into the
lake in the course OF four or five
years would completely ferment and
fill the water with disagreeable
vegetable substance, and they advised
that the water be treated with sui
phate Of copper. That he secured d
large quantity of it and sftef 81 ing
the wa,e" about three treatments ana
using about one pound to the million
gallons he succeeded in clarifying
the water, but that it still remained
impure and was hardly fit for drink
ing. That the State Chemist Mr..
Edwin De Bar furnished the city with
an analysis OF the water and stated:
your water needs to be aerated,
treated with little lime or soda and
sedimented and filtered"
That he presented this analysis to
the board of commissioners Oct. 9,
1909.
That it was finally decided by the
board that they would inspect the
various filtration plants in the state
of Oklahoma and Texas with the view
of building a plant at the city lake,
and that upon returning from this
tour of inspection he submitted to the
! board of commissioners in writing
which included plans for the building
filtration plant that would include
in its process aeration, or the givins
OF air to the water and sedimentaton
or allowing the water to settle in
basin so that all the vegetable matter
and solids that might be in the water
in the bottom of the tanks and the
water drawn off free of such matters
and finally of drawing the water
through the filter proper. He stated
in this report he pointed out the
facts that no water could be properly
filtered without giving the water air,
treating it with a coalgulant and CIV
ing it plenty Of time to settle in large
basins in order to get rid of the vege
table matter. That in this report he
also recommended the raising of the
city dam in order to give an addi-
tional volume of water and pointed
out that by so doing it
would be necessary to move the
pumping plant on the north side of
the lake as raise of the water over
the new dam would overflow the
floor of the pumping plant and sub
merge the machinery. And he fur
ther recommended the removal of the
plant to the north side of the dam
| and construction of a filtration
plant on that side for the reason that
the water could be taken from the
lake by gravity into the settling
basins from which 1t could be taken
| by pumps, passed through the filter
to the stand pipe, thus eliminating an
extra pumping. The plans of the city
engineer which accompanied this re-
port provided that a new pump of
] SldHudIu lldhe VI one HllllOn nNe
hundred thousand gallons capacity be
purchased in place of the old ones
then on hand and which were not be-
ing used. Mr.. Dawson stated that he
pointed out in this report that the
moving of the pumping plant to the
north side of dam would entail the ex-
pense of extending the IA foot main
to connect with the new site, but
that the cost would be justified by
the result, and that the total cost of
constructing plant and moving the
| pumping house to the north side of
the dam would be about $3O,6SO.
The report was considered by the
board of commissioners, was adopted
and bids asked for. The city engi-
neer furnished the city with an esti-
mate for bids in the sum of $30,6S0,
out of which sum was to be reserved
! S10,770 by the city for the purchase
of pump and heavy materials which
Mr.. Dawson stated it was found that
the city could purchase as cheaply as
the contractors. The city at that time
having funds on hand with which to
make the purchase.
He then read the bids that were
submitted for the building of this
rlant. as follows
Hunter 4 Hunter S20.S00
Geo. Erickson ......... 26.592
II. C. Cass .......--..... 1921
Kinney & Vogle ........... 19.2O0
That upon the opening of these
bids. which occurred at a regular
meeting. Feb. %, 1910, Mr.. Dawson
stated that he moved that the bid OF
lKinsey & Vogle of $4,000, being the
lowest bid received, be accepted but
that his motion did not receive a Sec
ond and no action was taken. That
Commissioner Burnitt then moved
that all bids for the construction of /