Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-30

money you are wiling to spend to get
am adequate and pure supply 1t is
feasible to go to Grand river, where,
NO doubt, q satisfactory supply can
be obtained hut ON account Of the
permanent pumping cost and the cost
of the pipo line, at a price which
might be prohibitiye for city OF
this size.
"Echcc and shell creeks and Del
aware creek seem to offer a prOmis-
ing water supply" he continued, land
apparently of good Quality. 1t Is i'm
possible TO estimate the capacity of
the proposed reservoir site as yet.
large amount Of data has been col
lcctcd, however, and 1t seems to indi-
cate a supply Of sufficient quantity.
Preliminary Examination.
"Thn Investigation that mas been
made should be considered only a
preliminary one. and before any great
amount Of money is spent a more
thorough and detailed Investigation
should certainly be made The water
flow and supply should be checked
over quite a period. and through Sow
Dral periods Of rainfall The Qucs-
tisu of whnthcr the land, much of
which is owned by Indians. can be
purchased or placed under city con
troll for reservoir and watershed pur-
poses. should be gone into All Of
this detail work win cost money,
probably on" or two per cent Of the
ultimate cost Of the project
I'm response to questions Mr.. Grover
stated that water Kept i'm storage
practically removes all grounds for
fear as to ITS quality, ON account Of
the scdimeHtltion permitted. II
would NOT hC necessary % strip the
soil i'm the watershed, ne said, but the
iNcgctation would have to be removed.
He estimated that il would cost two
or three times as much to put through
the Grand river proposition as the
reservoir plan
Stcbbin- Suggests Spavnaw.
q g. Stehhns suggested that SpaN-
nav, spring and one other creek on
tho other side of Grand river would
! probably offer ever more satistac-
tory water supply than Grand river
Each Of these streams mas a strong
flow and run through flint hills that
/ eliminate all danger Of contamination
/ The water - softer than that 10
/ Grand river The streams are All FED
. ry springs and there would be Nc
/ ICuestion about the quantity
Estimates have been secured or
/ the cost Of the pipeline proposition.
said Mr.. Stchhns, and we find that
/ the amount IS great dSl less thar
was at first estimated. II 1t is fount
/ that this is the best and most per,
mancut supply | don't think the peo
| pie OF Tulsa will hold back on the
price History rather bears me on
IN that belief However we shoulC
thoroughly investigate both this mat
ter and the reservoir project"
Mr.. StChbus estimated the distanc,
/ from.sTulsa TO the three streams h,
named at 40, 46 and 56 miles, respcc
lively
StrNkGr Likes Reservoir
! William Strykcr expressed the opln
ion that the reservoir idea would b,
found the cheapest and best after full
investigating. ami was heartily II
favor Of Mr.. LOTIONS idea to have {
large crowd Of representative citizens
visit all OF the sites in person in tn,
near future.
Mr. Grover was thanked by Presi
dent @ ~ Wright Of the Commercial
club for his cooperation and talk
He probably viii render further as
sistance t. The city by going owe
whatever data and plans may be pre-
pared in the future. lie returns e
Washington today.