The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-02


3-31-13 water meter read ..210,O51,S00
S,6l1,5OO
The above shows that during the
thirty days indicated by the dates
above that there were pumped S,611,-
500 gallons of water from the city lake
into the standpipe by the Ardmore Ice,
Light & Power company, during which
time the city pumped seven full days
into the standpipe direct from the
Caddo pumping station and the pump
of the Ardmore Ice, Light 4 Power
company was idle these seven full
days, showing that the above guam
tity of water, viz: S,61l 800 gallons
was pumped in twenty-three days with
the pump of the Ardmore Ice, Light
& Power company in operation, (the
seven days during which the city
pumped its own water commenced on
the morning Of April 17th.)
The S,61l, 800 gallons Of water
pumped by the Ardmore Ice, Light &
Power company during the twenty
three days was measured through a
meter and shows by division of the
quantity of water pumped by twenty
three days of operation, an average
daily pumping of 374,4l3 gallons, and
it is only Reasonable to assume that
the same average during the seven
days the city pumped was continued,
viz: 374,4l3 gallons multiplied by
seven days equals 2,620.S9l gallons.
This meter is located at the city
lake pumping station and is the prop
erty of the city of Ardmore and is
presumed to be correct from the fact
that all bills paid to the Ardmore Ice,
Light & Power company by the city
of Ardmore fer pumping water, are
paid for the number of gallons pump
ed as recorded by this meter, and It
is hardly accurate to figure the dis
placement of pump machinery by the
strokes, because, as anyone familiar
with pump machinery knows that the
condition of the pump, packing, air
leaks, etc, may retard the displace-
ment of the volume of the pump cyl
inder to just such proportions as the
packing may leak or the volume OF
air accumulated in the cylinder-the
meter is the best test and the only
correct test.
The amount of coal used during the
seven days test as reported in The
Ardmoreite of April 3Oth, was 44,S35
pounds, or 22.42 tons.
This coal was shipped from Bokoshe
at a cost Of $175 per ton at the mines
and the freight on several cars of this
coal was $1.93 per ton, making a total
cost of $3.6S per ton +. o. b. Ardmore
and in the report of this time test
which appears in The Ardmoreite Of
April Goth, the coal cost is estimated
at $420, leaving 80 cents per ton for
hauling to the Caddo pumping sta
ton, however, the freight rate was
reduced in the meantime from $1.95
to S1.60, making the cost per ton of
this coal f. o. b. Ardmore $685., AMI
on an estimate of $4.20 for the coal f.
o. b. Caddo station, leaving 50 cents
per ton for the delivery of this Goa
from Ardmore to the Caddo pumping
station.
The known and actual cost of the
coal f. o. b. Ardmore is $3.35 per ton, |
(mine weights to govern and it is
well known by coal users that when
car of coal leaves the mine in d |
damp condition and is shipped any dis
tance and unloaded and allowed to
dry out and re-weighed, that the aver
age shrinkage will be, at fair esti-
mate, not less than 7 per cent.
We have estimated that the hauling
of this coal from Ardmore to the Cad
do station will actually cost not less
than $1.50 per ton (although Commits
sioner Slaughter has submitted us fig
ures and is our authority for the state
ment, that it is costing $157 per ton
to freight this coal from Ardmore to
the Caddo pumping station) and we
do not believe that anyone who has
the least idea of freighting would
believe that coal or any other commod-
ty could be delivered from Ardmore
10 the Caddo pumping station for Ell
ther 80 cents per ton or 50 cents per
on, when a first class team and driy-
er command a wage of $3.50 per day.
Tabulating the above you have the
ollowing result:
PAP tons OF coal at 1895 per
6 n,