Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-09-05
J. ]. NEssIT APPOINTED.


city water department, has been APP
pointed superintendent of construc-
ton at the Larned State Hospital by
the state board of control, and took
F. up his new duties Saturday.
Mr.. Nesbit will have charge of the
construction of the dam which will BE-
built across Pawnee creek at the foot
, Of Jenkins Hill on the hospital site,
to furnish water for irrgating the
farm lands. He will also have charge
Of preparing the ground for irrigation
building the bitches, etc.
The irrigation dam will be built just
below the old ford at the foot of the
hill. 1t will be built of cement and
viii be Is feet high and 16 feet wide
at the top, allowing for roadway
-. over the dam.
The water will not be pumped d.
rectly from the creek onto the fields,
as It is at the Fort Larned Ranch,
but will run from the dam to large
open well or reservoir, from which it
will be pumped to the surface and
conveyed in bitches over the land to
be irrigated. The first pump to be
BUT in will be a Y inch centrifugal
pump. The lift will be about 20 feet.
The water from the Pawnee will
be used only for irrigation purposes
A reservoi will be built on top OF the
hill and water pumped into it to be
used in irrigating the lawns and east
ern slope of the hill, and in the
greenhouse. The water for drinking
and. domestic purposes win be an en-
tirely different system, the water to
be pumped from the deep we'll which
was sunk by the Larned business me
as a test well for the state board OF
- control and later presented to the
state. This domestic supply system
win consist of a standpipe ON the hill
from which all the buildings will be
supplied.
The work on the first cottage at
the hospital grounds is going ahead
nicely and it is expected to be fin
ished and occupied by the middle OF
November. The masons are now
putting up the walls Of the cottage.
One of the first things which will
be done at the grounds will be the
laying out of a sewer system large
enough to take care of all the sewer
Of the institution for years to come.
The sewage will be disposed of by
the septic tank method, and will not
= be emptied into the Pawnee.
It is intended to build a high &C.
ment retaining wall around the point
Of the hill at the base of which wall
will run a cement gutter for taking
care of the flood water. A roadway
wfle also be laid out at the foot Of
the wall running around the hill.
As at present planned, the power
house will be located below the hill
on the west side at place where th'
smoke will not reach the buildings
ON the hill. or the industrial group Of
buildings to the south and east Of th'
hiR.
In appointing a superintendent fol
the work at the state hospital ground
the board of control could not have
secured a man better qualified fol
the position than ]. ]. NeSbit. Fol
twenty years he was manager of the
water-works plant when owned by
private company. Last spring ht
was appointed superintendent of tht
city water department, which position
he Of course resigned to take up thu
q new work. This leaves the city wa
ter department without a head. M
one has as yet been appointed to th'
place. The matter will no doubt bt
brought up at the regular meeting
Of the council on next Monday night