The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-10-23
Will TURN over
SYSTEM TO CITY
WATERWORKS BOARD
FORMALLY DELIVER PLANT TO
COUNCIL AT SPECIAL MEET
ING TONIGHT.

The wacerworks system, which has
been in process Of construction by the
board of improvement of Waterworks
District of Conway for the past three
years will be formally turned over tc
the city of Conway for operation at
special meeting Of the city council
to be held in the office of Mayor w
H. Duncan tonight. The board OF
improvement, which is composed of &c
Frauenthal, chairman, G. w. A. Will
son, secretary, and B. L. Harton, yes,
terday accepted the final approval OF
the system as made by Engineer q
H. Burr, settled with Contractor Jo-
seph McCoppin and notified the city
council that the plant is now com
nlete and ready to be delivered to the
city.
The construction of a water system
for Conway has been accompanied by
MANY difficulties, but it is now bellev-
ed that this city has one of the finest
plants in the state. Handicapped by
the fact that there is no underground
source of water in Conway, the COM
missioners found it necessary to OBJ
tain water from the Cadron creek at
distance of six miles from the city
The long distance from which the
water had to be carried, together
with the large territory within the
city over which it was desired to eX-
tend water mains and give fire pro-
lection, precluded the use of iron
mains and forced the adoption OF
wooden distribution pipes.
While the latter was by no means
an untried experiment, Contractor
McCOppin was unfortunate in his Sc
lection of a manufacturer and much
of the pipe supplied by factory at
alexandria, La, was found to be de-
fective. Thousands of feet of this
pipe after being laid and tested had
to be taken up and pipe from another
factory substituted This was the
chief of many difficulties which have
been successfully overcome in the con-
struction of the plant.
The plant complete will cost APP
proximately 100000, for which I'M
provement district bonds extending
DOVER a period of II years were. Is
sued. A large portion of these bonds
have already been paid off and the
ent;re issue will have been discharg-
ed by 1920.
1t is greatly to the credit of the
commissioners, that despite the many
difficulties which they have encoun-
tered the system has been construct
ed at comparatively small cost and
without the slightest suspicion of dis
honesty. The district has been care
fully protected from loss at all
points, and Conway is able to boast
of a splendid water system construct
ed at low cost.
The plant is operated in connection
with the municipal electric light and
power system. The pumps, situated
at the source of supply, are driven by
electric motors, the power being sup
piled over high tension wires from
the city plant. By this means a great
economy in operation is effected, as
the same superintendent can manage
both systems and very little labor is
needed in the operation of the water
system.
By the use of the best possible fill
tration, the water supplied is SO per
cent pure. Coming from Cadron
creek, which is mainly fed by noun
tain streams, the supply is not only
inexhaustible, but the water is much
softer and more palatable than if OBJ
tanned from the Arkansas river.