Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-11-02
Local Water Service

IT Ills camp is blessed with than liberal supply
for all milling and purposes Under the direction
Manager Burnham Company Tonopah has de
yoped almost nexhausbe bodies of flowing in the
quantity direct from the clad peaks surrounding camp
the north and There could be better supply any
city of the country favorab situated The flow adequate
the of times the size of Tonopa the price
much than what obtains elsewhere the
thes the impression obtains that Tonopah situated in the heart
of dusty desert where water priceless commodity that
only be used parngy ordinary times and dispensed with in
hours Through the malicious inactivity Of the county
commissioners there growing conviction that the shortage Of
due to deficient supply This is There is
shortage With the natural advantages of Tonopah there
excuse for not having fire system based ON fire pressure
equal what the cities of New York and San Francisco boast with
their auxiliary fire service of 200 pounds pressure Tonoph could
have that the commissioners only acted in good faith instead of
apoogng and placing the blame the people by them
Of demanding economic administration and low taxes
Tonopah bounded three sides by lofty mountains towering
height 1000 highest part Of the
exceptional advantages for high pressure
service that would give the femen sufficient to blow
the of the landscape frame building that in time of
danger would prove to surrounding property Gold
field has had confagraon for the that from
the very inception of that camp the has been supplied with
high pressure fire service through the medium of tank stationed
side of the maapa This tank holds 10000 gallons of
water held reserve for fire purposes and the water company is
allowed from to help out in times of drouth The
tank register showing the contents and this reserve
the chief of the fire department includes
inspection among his other duties During the dry season.
when the the point of combustion from the accumulation
Vi
chief visit the tank late midnight
any has been drawn by the water company
from this sacred reserve Godfd much greater
than in Tonopah the trustees prompt to provide
against sweeping the off the If Godhd can do
Ns there is no reason why Tonopah should not act
The cost of fire protection according to the report OF the eng
Public Commission would exceed $4,000
The county commissioners declare they cannot raise the money
Let The county paid $500 for auto fire truck has
contracted rs heating plant at the courthouse has enlarged
the hospital installed plant at cost OF SloOO0
Here $17 275 S250O0 required If this money had beer
diverted fire protection property would have been saVe'
the loss $4,000 the fire of last Thursday 1t true that th
above for county but Ionopah pay
30 the county the appropriations Tor the county
improvements withheld and the funds given to TN
town. cheerfuy paid the small tax involved
bond The county dads took the enre amount oil th
1926 levy year when with bond issue for mr.
purposes the payment would have been extended over period
at least ten years.
Let these drung commissioners affirm they did not have an
money This puer confession them Of ncompeeney
fness of the affairs of county large
three states the Atlantic seaboard
Jake Eggers as of the state has stood between tn
people and the eororants would have ded the treasury