The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-15
Excellent Showing for the Year is Made
BY Superintendent Scrimage Ol
The Water Works De-
partment
TAKES CARE OF WATER
BONDS AND INTEREST
After Providing $1,000 for Interest and
Sinking Fund Surplus Remains
for Expenses

10 Deal NcHutt tluH tHs NdtGff
works department thal has ever been
submitted" was the comment Of City.
Treasurer Clark as he studied the an.
nuai report which was turned In by
Superintendent Scrimager to the city
council on Thursday night.
while the collections fell about
500 short Of those Of the previous
year, the administrative and other
economics permitted the net revenues
Of nearly $4,000 not only 10 take care
OF the interest and sinking fund on
the sl25,00o waterWorhs bonda-
amounting 20 $4,000, but lett sur
plus Of nearly $500 towards the ex-
pense "a maintaining the department
No tax levy has been necessary to
take care Of the bonds The annual
report Of the superintendent shows
from domestic meters during the year
to be $2l,2ss4s3. meter rent gles, lawn
water taps s142Bo. miscellaneous
1876 and deposits sS42s5.
The debit side showed total slight
" In excess OF $4,000 Including sfs.75
In checks returned and deposits oe
s1b575 refunded.
Following - D statement To The
council which accompanied the an.
nual report:
Since July /, 1915, we have made
thirty-four water taps which brings
our total number to twelve hundred
and flfty-nine, about nine hundred and
fifty Of which are in service. leaving
about three hundred and nine dead
taps In the past year we have bought
an installed forty new meters making
total OF meters in service nine hum
dred and twenty-five and we have.
twenty-five flat rates,
There has been very little extern
tion work done this year, only 900 feet
Of four inch pipe having been laid TO
the Rock Island treating plant.
IN tho way Of improvements, We
have installed Liquid chloride appa-
ratus In the filter plant for tho pur-
pose Of removing animal matter from
the water aftes it has been treated
with bydrate Of lime and sSlphate OF
iron. The liquid chloride treatmest.
costs about II cents per million gal
Ions and ~ The same time makes it
possible 10 reduce tho amount Of lime
and iron so per cent The bacterial
analysis Of the water has been very
during the year and Is
better now than It has ever been il
the history Of the wuter department
During the pact twelve months We
have pumped approximately 100000.
600 gallons Of water 100,0Vo,0oo gal
lona of which was accounted for
fneters for which We received
s2l l2aass, Or II ia cents per thous
and gsllons. aud i2l4 cents per thoas
and for all water pumped About 70
100000 gallons are furnished free 70
the following places Each church
10 town is furnished one thousand ga
IONS per month, each school buildlns
twenty-five thousand gallons per
the Oklahoma College for Wo
men. city hall. fire ssations. Carnegie
library, flush tgnks on the sanitary
sewer, $40 fire hgdrantss and the
street department. ara az furnished
with al the water they use About 50
per cent Of the water We pump Is CIV
sn away. while il this water system
vas a private concern it would bring
n a revenue Of about $4,000 year
'or the water and about sl5.eo0 for
.ent on our fire hydrantg
Our total expense for the year ras
'12.S5091 and since we pumped 17o
100000 gallonS ef water Il has cost
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