The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-12-14
y The News of Somersets Busy Towns *

vice at the Methodist church Sunday,
Dee. Il, will be That which the
World is Seeking
The evening service will be omitted
that all may attend the service il the
Congregational church addressed By
Rev. Mr. Mann Tuesday evening the
regular service of the Epworth League
will be held. These services are for
and by the young people. Everyone
Will find cordial welcome.
have a clean and up to date stock
of jewelry. My MAS stock is ready
for sale. Give me call. Prompt at
tention given to mail orders A. 3.
Frost, jeweier and engraver, Bingham,
Me. 2w50
The cabinet of the Epworth league
Of the Methodist church met in the
pastors study Monday evening for
conference and social evening. Plans
for Christmas were discussed and the
social department reported plans for
the league social to be held at the
home of Miss Mona Beane Wednesday
evening, Dec. 20. All league members
are invited to attend this social. After
the discussion of other business mat
stories and Jokes with a corn popping
and music helped to bring the officers
into closer acquaintanceship and
very pleasant evening was the result.
Invitations were issued Tuesday,
Dec. 5, by Miss George Taylor to
surprise party at the home of Miss
Gladys Stewart, it being her eigh-
teenth birthday. At eight o'clock 10
of her young friends walked in which
was a glad surprise. They presented
beautiful pin and nice box OF
chocolates. Refreshments were served
and a pleasant evening enjoyed by all.
WATER SYSTEM COMPLETED.
Every citizen of Bingham has rea
son to be very proud of the splendid
new water system just installed in
Bingham village. The source of the
system is at Jackson pond in Concord
which has an elevation of two hun
bred and five feet above the village.
This pond has an area of about
seventy five acres and is fed by springs
rendering the water very pure and
suitable for all domestic purposes On
the other end of the system is an
immense reservoir with a capacity of
four hundred and fifty thousand gal
Ions of water which gives constant
circulation TO the system.
The inhabitants of the Bingham
! Water District on the 18th day of July
accepted the charter creating the
same and on August twenty first work
was commenced.
! The entire contract for the work
was let to C. n. Taylor Of Wellesley
Mass, and Henry A. Elliott of Gull
/ ford had charge of the construction.
Every street has a six inch main
while on Main street eight and ten
! inch mains are laid.
| Including service mains over seven
miles of pipe have been used. All
construction work was completed on
December 3. Twenty five hydranrs
have been placed in various parts of
the village and probably one or two
more will be added next spring.
Under a recent test for the in
spection of the insurance underwriters
representative it was found that a
normal pressure of eighty five pounds
to the square inch existed. Next two
lines of hose were connected and with
these open the pressure held steady
at eighty two pounds. Then with four
streams of water running the guage
showed sixty five pounds to the square
inch, which is more than ninety per
cent of the protected" towns have
as a normal pressure.
This force is sufficient to throw a
solid stream of water at least twenty
feet over the highest building dis
lance of eighty feet.
This system is the only one in the
state which owns the entire shore
} surrounding its water supply. 1t is
learned from good authority that the
entire cost including all land damage,
water rights and extra mains which