The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-30
SAYS SOME NICE THINGS
ABOUT OUR LITTLE TOWN
Elko Independent Points Moral
and Adorns u Tale by References
To Fallon.

worthy and estlmable local eiti-
zen who was afraid, he said, to let
The Independent use his name, nev-
ertheless asked the reporter to state
that on recent visit to the town of
Fallon he ttimid one) was pleased
to find that Fallon has an ideal wat
er supply and fire-alarm system that
ought to be speedily duplicated by
Elko.
THE town owns the system" he
said, ''henee the ideal service. 1t
sells minimum of 5000 gallons
for 1925; for all over that amount,
as much as you want, five cents per
thousand gallons. For $3.50 you get
$1,000 gallons, II you want it. They
pump directly into the mains for
general use, and for fire protection
pumps to the mains and tanks, both.
They have a superb volunteer
fire department. The alarm boxes
are located all over town, and
there's bell alarm in every fire.
man . bCdi OOi. EttCttiCdi tOnntC-
} tion is established at the telephone
central, and the hello girls are hon
orary members of the fire depart
! ment.
1.-The big reservoir upon a hill a
mile away, is kept full of water,
) electrically tested from downtown
every so often, and the pressure, ex-
erted at any moment, is 125 pounds.
when a fire starts the electrical
siren is sounded by the telephone
central and within five minutes ev-
cry man is on the Job and the big
stream is flowing. 1t is impossible
) for fire to get beyond control.
Besides ample protection and
cheap water, plenty of it, the Fallon-
) ties have the advantage of low in
surance rates.,
The above is from the Elko Inde-
pendent of August oath. The citi-
) zen who furnished the information
J, was little over enthusiastic in some
Vi ito 5ldlClbCAlb dDOul Hdttl ldAtS
) which should have read a minimum
of four hundred cubic feet or three
thousand gallons for $1.20 and for
) Ill over that amount as much as you
, want for five cents per one hundred
cubic feet or seven hundred and
fifty gallons. For $3.50 you get
1000 cubic feet or 22,500 gallons.
The fire alarm system is not a box
system but every telephone in the
town, and there are three hundred of
them owned and operated by the
County, is a fire alarm station di-
J rectly connected with the central Of
flee from which the fire pressure for
the water system and the new cleo
trio siren fire alarm are controlled
and can be instantly put in opera
tion by the telephone girls, one of
whom is constantly in attendance at
the switch board twenty four hours
of the day.
And this isn't half the story: The
city owns the electric system which
furnishes day and night service for
all purposes at rates that are less
than the average for all the rest of
the United States. The minimum
charge being s1.00 for ten kilowatt
hours, each additional kilowatt hour
costing ten cents up to fifteen kilo-
ke, nA m "a
seven cents for residences. For bus
mess houses the rate is the same ex-
cept that the seven cent rate is not
J reached until forty kilowatt hours
have been used. A new rate OF five
cents for electric cooking and power
} purposes is now being considered
as soon as the business will warrant
} it, which from present indications
should be in a very short time.
Both the water and light system
are self supporting paying the inter-
est on their bonds beside creating a
sinking fund.
In the face of the retirement of
} $4,000 of the City's bonds taxes
were reduced this year with excel
lent prospects of further reduc-
tion when the new rate is fixed for
the coming year.
There has been so little complaint
with reference to the sewer system,
that most people have forgotten that
the City has one.
The truth is good enough.