The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-06-15

convince any reasonable man that such fipurer co,n
realized When this engineer found that mi; ~, @k
proposition would fail he immediately swtcb.S - En-
ma river and has since advocated the use q .l: ~
Bearing on this subject this engineers ac,
halls is of interest He condemned using water g.. ~
stroan they using and proposed TAKING .i ~
eighteen miles distant from up in the footbu e Ma
were made and the CITY went to considerable exnsr ram
to him for the work, and after all said and dons ,I
found it impossible to sell the bonds Again ths Ivy?
neer who has been reported to offer one of his sS
arpuments in support Of the several schemes ALREADY
and which to be based on the elimination Of tbe m
ent company the OF the gravity water ., r~
in Corvallis the City by constructing gravity s ,s
quickly and easily eliminated the old company wh.R XIV
owned by an individual. This condition has been .,.
sized as an example of just exactly what can be done =
lcnsburg.
1t appears fair to mention this because som.ka
is evidently being mised nasmuch the conditions AZ
soutev different and the two cities sense make ~
allc case. In the first place. Corvallis at compantMr
small expense approximately s75 co. was enabled o.
a splendid gravity system Of water. There was plenty 4
and it pure and assessabe On the other hand
the old company pumped the water of near the river
In Ellensburg the conditions naturally the reverse Thu
engineer proposes have the city spend SI5oooooo u
mated with the chances of increasing this amount for
pumping system out OF wells near the river to compete
against gravity system taking water out Of the mountains
We believe there have been pc ope who have been
misled BY considering the engineering problems involved and
ignoring the commercial business end Of the proposed
municipal plant. The city asked to spend
competing plant the assumption that the ret
will amount to fixed sum when as matter Of TACT
there is little evidence presented to support this
statement. The Water Company has large investment
will have much larger and according all the compe
advice have been able their sup
ply can be made a splendid for the City, They
supply nexpensively any other plant and what
the feeling at present against the Company we DO not
believe there citizen fllensburg who would expect
fight for this investment and its rights This would
least much lower than IS presented the
citizens basis for this pumping plant AS matter
tact 1t would almost absurd to assume that TINS com
panV plant be COnfsCated without opposition ana
peclaly where there has entered basis any persona
or possible financial gam to one man. we believe Pw
to emphasize the situation because we believe ga
people have been misguided in the matter ana as
of great deal Of importance the City, everybody snoun
know all the facts in connection Herewith we eahze '
there be great deal of sentiment in matter Of ns
kind, yet this will likely only be temporary and a'tel :"
said and done these things generally get down to
basis and consumers, almost without exception want NV
best service that they get for the least money
Different Sources of Supply
Comparing the proposed sources OF supply tne'e oe
not to be any question anybody who would tnoous"y
vesgate the conditions An analysis was maze u p
taken from the proposed City supply the YaKml NV
and reported good vet OF fact as anyone An
IN two months time this same supply might Sho" AZ .o
utey dangerous analysis Any river that has sewage pa
ing into is liable to be contaminated at any "ns
whether taken of the or hall mne E.
from it, though filtered through the rocks' r
who competent Judge would state that such rr
is absolutely undesirable Admitting that 1t dosn co
thing to pump this any man knows ina y
cost somebody something to pump water- ~ .f +,
would prove entirely unsatisfactory and dangerous 70 NV
were 1t accepted.
Nahum Canyon Supply
Relative to Nahum Canyon The only objection tnsi h ~
ever been offered against this water is that there % .m
and cattle allowed feed in the water shed up IN M cam
ment Reserve and other land 1t is hoped mat NV q
cal
contamination by inexpensive pstrong Even ~ w. moI
that it able do this the lterng tanks WIN ~ cav
to avoid any contamination The proposed plan w~ tn
the loss of any that might take place Nv intake
point where the water is divided and the water wo th
1t will prevent any possible poutng of water will
Canyon and the City, and good quality OF wae' l,nt an
assured 1t will increase the capacity OF the who p.ssur
deliver the the city good and sulh0 .vao
for FIRE services The distributing reservoir at an opl
Will hOlo 9~rI