The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-29
WATER PROPOSITION
IS MURKY QUESTION
COMMITTEE APPOINTED HAS NOT
MADE REUORT - CITY ENGl-
NEER is AT WORK.

and condition of water at the city
lake. has not yet finished its labors
and their report is sill forthcoming.
City Engineer l.. J. Myers is now at
work plating the lake and making
soundings in order to ascertain def
initely the amount of water con-
tanned therein, and IN conversation
this morning informed the Ardmore-
ite that his first figures siycn out
i'm the premises woulI i'm all liheli-
hood no d good that there was APP
proXimate'y l25,oOO,OUO gallons of
aqua pua in the lake at the rrcson;
time. He says that the high winds
that have prevailed for the past few
days have materially hindcred the
progress Of his labors and on account
of this fact and the extreme yaria-
tions in the formation of the bed OF
the lake he will not be ready to
make his report before Monday or
tuesday OF next week. However, he
saws he has made soundinss and
from this source has ascertained the
depth in certain portions of the lake
to Justify the calculations given here
in.
w. p. Poland, chairman Of the cit
zens' committee appointed to investi-
gate the matter, speaking his indi'
vidual views in the premises this
morning said;
In Yesterdays Ardmore3te you
again ask about condition Of Ard
nores water supply. The peoples
committee. OF which l am chairman,
thought they found six or eight
months supply i'm the lake and
thought there was no immediate
cause for alarm However. we asked
that the city engineer make some
measurements and report back TO us.
This report has not been received.
Il was my opinion then. and is yet,
that our water supply is getting Sc
riously low That it would be poo
policy, and a dangerous one to wait
until exhaustion confronted us. 1t
would be too late then. We can not
expect TO make available al Of our
supply am told that it will be i'm
possible TO pump the water from the
lake after half of the present sup
plv has been used. No doubt, too,
the condition OF the water remain
ing would be bad for drinking pur-
poses. The Honey creek proposition
is abandoned on account Of supply,
and being unfit for boiler purposes,
The Washita proposition is equally
q. bad for drinking and boiler pur-
POSES. and its great expense, How
ever there is great merit in tA7
Waslita proposition, as it Won q
mean much to Ar1more If halmessed,
ana It's horse power used for various
purposes in building a greater Ard
more. II is my belief that it is our
ereatc-t asset today. There is one
other source of water supply 1rte-
sian. Speaking for myself only | am
strictly in favor OF the city sinking
wells for artesian water and the
sooner the better The cost Of one To-
inch test well would be from $4,000
10 $4,000. Many think we have the
artesian sands below u. The cost
is small for making an attempt Ii
We are successful, our water problem
is solved. If unsuccessful, then get
busy with the Washita. I do not
think it a wise policy 10 wait for
rains 10 fin our lake. Il has not
rained much in the pas, two years
and We have no assurance that the
weather will not repeat itself | do
not submit this as a report OF the
committee, only my individual opin-
ion. No doubt the committee will sub
nit a report when we get the data
asked for from the city engineer
Sentiment over town pretty gener-
arv favors the artesian well prop
osition, while many people believe
that the proncr thing TO do is to go
10 The Washlta for our water supply.
the Honey Creek proposition appar-
emily having lost ont altogether be-
cause Of the fact that a interya's
that stream has been known to 5e
dry.
However nothing tangible will he
undertaken until the city engineer
has made his report and the matter
threshe out by the people at a
fut, we meeting which will be held
for that purpose. In the meantime
the fact remains undisputed that
the city's water supply is nearly eX-
hausted and quick action will be nee
assary in order to prevent water
famine.