Arizona republican., 1913-09-17
HOTEL ADAMS
 WATER WORK
New Electric Pumping Sys- tenn With Automatic Starting and Stopping Device, With Deep Well in Basement of Hotel

There will be another water works
 system in Phoenix but it will not lower the general water rate and will not be in competition with the city waterworks except for the busf- ness of the Hotel Adams which is pledged to it in advance. In fact. it will be the Hotel Adams system.
 Manager SchuIer yesterday made a contract with F'reeIoEc and company of Glendale to sink an eight incl well in the basement of the hotel to depth of 260 feet, about the depth of the city's deepest wells. \ part of the machinery has been moved in and the work will be begun at once. The water will be raised by q ccntri- fugal pump of sufficient power sto supply fire plugs at each corner of the building and give force enough to each to throw strong and quenchins stream across the street. This pump is now on the way.
 The water will be pumped into the concrete tank on the top of the building whence il will be distrbut- ed The system will need no at tention for it will be equipped with an electric starting and stopping de- vice. When the water in the tank reaches a certain low stage the pump will 'start and when the tank is filled to a certain gauge the machinery will be brought to a stop
 The monthly water bills of the hotel amounting to more than $200 suggested tsH MT. Adams that he could pump the water cheaper him self and the independent system was decided upon The hotel is not now directly connected with the city mains The water is pumped directly into the concrete tank which sup plies a regular pressure throuehout the hotel. This prccaution was taken against irregularity of pressure which is very damaging to plumbing fix tjIres. This bank will be used as a part of the private hotel system
 It is hoped that AIr Adams will have more of a success with his wa ter works system than he had Wfh his independent fire department some years ago. on the completion of the first Hotel Adams fire app paratus with beautiful brass work was installed on every floor and the 'hcIp' was given careful instruc- ton regarding it's use For four or fire wears there was no occasion for unlimbering it. 51r. Adams bccaue impatient He felt that he had made profitable investment. He found himself longing for d fire to break out in the hotel that that indepcnd- ent fire department might be made to pay dividends.
 One blessed day fire broke out in the Gooding building across the street The Hotel Adams was not in the slightest danger but here was the first opportunity to try out the independent fire department and it was going to be embraced The de- partment was ordered out to squeIch the flames in the Gooding building and at the same time to wet down the hotel porches on that side The valves were thrown wide open. But MT. Adams never did find out Wheth- CT his department was efficient. When it got into operation the city fire engine was at work on the main from which the hotel was supplied. In those days of private ownership and rotten pipe the pressure was not great; there was hardly ny pressure There was not water enough in the main to meet the needs of the en- zine. It not only pumped it all out as fast as it flowed and while it was waiting for more it sucked the ex- elusive atmosphere out of the finest hotel in the southwest Never drop )f water got into the hose of the lotel fire department
 The next day MT Adams went about the street agitating for mum cipal water works. He was mad all through. He did not want to buy put General Sherman's works he vas oft for revenge; he wanted an new and competing system. That was the beginning of the mum cipal ownership movement in Phoe- liX.