The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-19
CITY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS AFFAIRS T


together with Water Supt. Manley,
Chief of Police Grady, DR.. Royster
of the health department, Fire
Chief McClane, City Eng. Pratt,
! Electric Light Supt. Baker and Gas
Foreman Flannery had a very in
terestiug cabinet meeting Monday
evening in which they discussed
their departments "pro and con. !"
told of kicks, and compliments and
suggestions for improvement of de-
partments were offered.
Flannery, the gas foreman said
that the leaks on the south west
line were all stopped but that the
east line still had few. The gas
main is laid under the gravel road
and to mend pipes requires good
many places In the road to be dis
turbed. Country consumers of the
city gas have their meters placed
near their houses. The suggestion
was made that these meters should
be placed near the gas main and in
that way the city would not lose the
leakage. The lines are supposed
to be kept up by consumers and if
the meters were near the city's
main they would be more likely to
do so.
The new meter is reported to be
working all right but the men at the
pumping plant say that little more
fuel is required to carry the load to
keep the pressure up to the standard.
Reading of the meter have been
taken every hour since installation.
Johnson said he thought that in
this way the regular work of the
plant was broken into too often.
The hour readings will be continued
for week in order to get the rela-
tive amount of water used long the
different hours of the day. Manley
suggested that these reading be tax
en- every day, each eight hours and
this is probably what will be done
after the first week.
Mr.. Baker of the Electric Light
plant reported gas leak at the
plant and it will be fixed as soon as
some gas fittings are received which
have been ordered for some time.
Some complaints have been made
about the electric lights not burning
New Tungstens are to be put in
Immediately where they are dead
and the arc lights will be attended
to soon.
The Fire association reported
about some of the fire defects IN
Chanute last week and as they were
in the line of defective electric wiz ,
ing, Supt. Baker is notifying
particles of it. so that they can have
their wiring improved. In some
few cases entire buildings will have
to be rewired before coming up to /
the standards of the fire association.
DR.. Royster said that the health
conditions were about
normal and said also that there had
been very little trouble in getting
the inhabitants to cut weeds, take
care of waste, manure and garbage.
DR.. Royster spoke of the good
use which garbage cans could be
put by placing them along Main
street. There is more or less re-
fuse on Main street that could be
very easily taken care of in this way
and when the street cleaners were
on the street they could
carry off the contents of the cans.
The prices of sheet iron garbage
receptacles will be found out and
heir expense will be compared with
hat of keeping a street cleaner and
lis garbage cart on the street all of :
he time. This is done in quite :
'ew towns and works very salts
actorlly.
The basin at the pumping plant
S badly in need of good cleaning
'ut and Mr.. Pratt is~going to put
wo men on the job this morning. {
At present the water is lust about ,