The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-15

in fact, prepared to supply guam
tity and is maintaining pressure
considerably in excess of that stipu-
lated contract.
4. That the Water Company has
complied with the conditions of the
contract with respect to the installa-
| ton of hydrants and the delivery of
an adequate volume and pressure Of
water at all such hydrants, as es-
tablished and proven by the tests and
Investigations herein referred to.
Taat there has been no authentic
proof that any of the hydrants here
totore Installed have failed, or that
they are absolutely insufficient for
any kind of fire whatsoever" as stat
ed in the said resolution.
g. That the board of fire underwrit
ers, in its report No. 235 and the sup.
plement thereto, make allegations of
inadequacy with respect to the deliv-
cry of water from certain nydrants,
which information is misleading with
respect to the volume and pressure
of water available at such points
6. The board of fire underwriters
further recommend that the Water
Company install additional water
mains and reservoir capacity, which
recommendations, if carried out
would involve an expenditure in ex
cess of $4,000. Many of the recon-
I mendations were seemingly based on
| misleading hydrant measurements
and unauthentic statements made to
| the boards engineers, thus resulting
in the Water Company being unjustly
censured by the city of Hot Springs
and the residents thereof for many
alleged conditions which do not, and
never have existed and for which the
Water Company has been in no way
at fault,
Z. The city has, by reason of rec
concentrations made by the board of
| fire underwriters, or by its own Volt
ton, purchased fire engines having
capacity greatly in excess of any ny
drant now in use in the city. The in
adequacy of any one hydrant, if such
exists, to supply these large engines,
| is condition over which the Water
Company has no control. The ny
drants now in use conform to the
stipulations in its contract and were
| adequate for the purpose at the time
! they were installed and until the de
yelopment in the art of fire engine
| building exceeded the previously ex-
| listing requirements. 1t is therefore
suggested that provisions be made
Tor the installation of a limited num-
Der of special hydrants having out
let's corresponding to the engine con
| nections.
8. In view of the foregoing the Wa
ter Company therefore claims that
it is, and always has complied with
| the conditions of its franchise and
contract: that it is prepared to, and
will continue to carry out the pro-
visions thereof That it is willing to
extend its water mains reasonable
distances where additional hydrants
and domestic service is required with
in the city.
8. That as a result of the tests,
your city attorney, Mr.. Mclaughlin,
/ concurs in the views outlined in sec.
lions to 7, inclusive, hereof, and,
we have jointly formulated recon-
mendations as to desirable improve
ments as follows:
Recommendation applying to tle
extension of fire protection services;
2. That the Water Company will,
as soon as the necessary arrange
ments are made, and within six
months, commence extending ITS wa
ter mains to serve additional by
drants located on the streets, as
shown on may Exhibit 3D." attached
hereto, and as described in the fol
lowing schedule:
Twelve-inch on Grand avenue from
Elm street to Malvern avenue.
Eightincn on Benton street, from
Pleasant street to Laurel street.
Eightinch on Elm street, from
Bridge street to Olive street.
Eight-inch on Reserve avenue, Cot
tage street to Pleasant street, thence
along Pleasant to Gulpha street.
Six-inch on Chapel street, from
Quapaw avenue to Crown street.
Six-inch on Crown street, from
Prospect avenue to Chapel street.
Six-inch on Prospect avenue, from
Rose street to Violet street.
Sixnch on Gulpha street, from
Pleasant street to Laurel street
2. That the Water Company will
proceed to install AZ special hydrants
having 4 ~ inch engine connection
and two ID inch hose connections
at locations to be designated by the
city, approximately as shown on map
Exhibit 3D." attached here, in ac-
cordance with the following schedule:
Corner of Laurel and Benton
streets; corner of Grand avenue and
Hill street; corner of Elm street and
Grand avenue; corner of South Bor-
der and Valley streets; corner Of Of
i've and Elm streets; corner of Spring
street and Central avenue: corner