The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-24
FIRE PROTECTION
WILL Be DOUBLED
III. L. & w. Co. Is Enlarg-
ing Plant-Twenty-Four
Hour Service to be In
stalled.

1t has been some time since the
preliminary steps were taken to get
the rebuilding of the Heppner Light
& Water plant under way, as there
we're good many matters to be at
tended to. Chief among these. of
course, was the renewing of a fran
chise with the city. thing necessary
to be done before the Company would
under take the spending of money to
put the old plant in shape. Then
there was the re-adiusting of interests
within the company itself, and these
things now having been attended to,
nothing prevents the prosecution of
the work of rebui lding
From plans now in mind and being
worked out. the entire lighting plant
is to be rebuilt AMI enlarged; a TWEEN
ty-four hour system is to be installed
which means the doubling of the
lighting plant. This will require the
building of another building as large
or larger than the one that now covers
the boilers and machinery. Just vet
1t is not fully settled whether the
auxiliary plant will be run by steam
or propelled by gasollGe engine; the
latter plan may be adopted, and in
case it is the present steam boiler
will be sufficient.
A complete dual system is to be in
stalled and Heppner is to have the
benefit of daylight service and will
be Supplied with electric current for
all the trades The housewife can |
install electric motors for the washing
maehine and sewing machine, and will
have the benefit of the electric iron, a
commodity that will be greatly appre-
ciateG especially on warm days and /
then there will be the eleutrio range
and dozen or more other convenien-
ces, ta1e need and use of which will
develop as time goes on and our peo-
pie become used to the new order OF
things
For che past two weeks or more
the Company have been busy at work
on the big reservoir on the hill
This has been enlarged to more than
double Gts former capacity and is be-
ing put sn shape to be used eatirely
. ...~uo fou Gpa Thfa |
reservoir originally held but 40, 900 1
gallons Of water, aud for number of s
years had not been used at all 1t
will now hold 300 900 gallons, and 6
will be kept supplied with water to g
its full capacity all the time. THE, q
with what the other reservoir along c
side of it holds. will keep in reserve f
for use at any time in case of fire, d
$40 600 gallons. When it is under
stood that no fire has ever occurred in e
since the construction of the I
water system. that has exhausted the 4
water in the smaller reservoir. it will e
be seen that our city will have ample S
Ere protection to care for any con-
aagration that might come.
The matter of fire protection is to
be extended along other lines as we'll.
All worn out and leaky mains and
aterals are to be replaced by bran G,
lew piping of the best quality. A p
lew eight inch main is to be laid Il
rom the power house to the corner of ic
he Palace hotel; also another of r.
mailer dimensions will be laid north h,
m Court street to the corner of the II
[jlcup residence and past the new Or
choolhouse. while a smaller pine is 8,
o be laid to the school building from in
he corner of Mike Healey's livery it
arm. Other extensions will be made do
n Mt. Vernon addition and all "dead 20
nds" removed, making a complete co
irculating system, and giving full sc
ressure in all parts of the town. In m,
act the fire protection to the city
i'll be doubled
The company debated for some
me over the question of removing
le plant to the depot, but finally "a
soided to stay with the present locs- WI
on, and so have purchased addition We
property Just south of the old plant oe'
hey have closed deal for the E. L. io'
reelsud place and the auxiliary plant ge
Ill be built on this lot. The present ,n'
iilding is to be raised and a new 'S'
put under it, as we'll as
her improvements made that will in
ease its convenience and utility.
The entire light plant will be re- tina
wed. New poles, 40, 45 and 80 feet E
length have been ordered and will dui
on be on the ground. These will sist
of sufficient height to raise the ma