French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-13
.PISGAH MOUNTAIN WATER Is
PROPOSED FOR THIS CITY
S15O.00O BOND ISSUE
CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EXPERT I'D MAKE
NOKIH FORA OF MILLS RIVER. 1T SAID,
ADEQUATE SUPPLY FOR COME. MASS MEETING

That the city of Hendersonville must
have more adequate water suppIv is
the concerted opinion OF a majority OF
its citizens. The present water sun-
ply has been out=grown by the rapid
increase of population. The city an.
tcOritles have been facing a serious
crisis every season which woulo have
ended disastrous had not every care
been taken in conserving the water
even to the extent Of shutting OFF the
supply during many nights of the
summer.
A Bond Issue.
A new system for the city will cost
il the neignbOrhood OF S15O, 600 ac-
cOrding to the estimates of EXPORTS.
a bond issue will necessarily have to
be made 1t is hardly any doubt tina.
when the matter is thoroughly under
stood and when an election is held for
tG4s purpose it will be carried over
whelmingly- A mass meeting will be
called shortly, at which time Gilbert
c. White, an expert engineer, will be
gwen the opportunity to express their
opinions and hear his report.
With the view of securing enough
water of the purest variety, to supp.
thu needs of the city for many years
to come, the city commissioners EN-
ployel an engineer of reputation to
cone here several weeks ago and look
over the situation. The services Of
In
CharoIttb Mere secured. He spent
s@Vesal=desa aero going over the va
riOUs proposed water supplies and
made careful surveys and estimates Of
the routes within radius of fifteen
miles OF the city.
Pisgah Water Supply.
10 get the necessary volume of pure
mountain water by gravity pipe line
1t IS proposed, by Mr.. White, that til
City extend a line to the junction of
tie North Fork of Mills river and Big
creek, a distance of about II miles.
Tic states, in his preliminary report
to the board, that, in his opinion, TIL
City could not do better than to get its
water supply from this source. An
important feature of the water shed
OF these streams is that it is located
most entirely within the government
reserve and would therefore be more
or less uninhabited Mr.. White terms
MS report as that of the Pisgah Wa
ter Supply for the city Of Henderson
Vile He writes, that after careful
Inspections OF several locations both
Where gravity could be had and where
a pumping system would be necessary.
that the North Fork of Mills river IS
the logical location for a simple intake
at point about 2500 feet above The
sea or $50 feet above Hendersonyilae
The water shed is well forested with a
floor Of leaves and vegetable mattEr
Which would, insure a uniform flow,
with minimum flow of about one and
nall million gallons of water per day
5.9OO,OGO Gallons Per Day.
Mr.. White explains that the Supple
can be developed with storage to pro
dIce five million gallons per day. He
says the water shed delivers clean wa
ter after a rain" and that there would
b. no nee6 of a f1lter1ng plant at any
time SO long as the shed is not inhab- /!
iteG any more than at the present /
Suitable locations are near the pre- |
posed intake to construct storage
system.
IA Vile Pipe Lire.
A pipe line Gf suitable SIZE to meet I
the demands fcT many years to come !
VIII have to be constructed along the ;
following route VI: follow Mills river .
valley across the French Broad river. :,
South of Kings ridge, thence up the
valley to Henaersonville. A reser-
Foir to hold frozl two to six million
gallons of water WILL have to be con-
stTucted somewhere on the crest Of
Long John mountain, one half O. milo
from the city, to provide storage
supply against any accident to the pipe
line to give ample supply until the
break be fixed. This reservoir should
be placed at an elevation of 1850 feet
to give a domestic pressure of 85
pounds. This leaves $50. feet of ele-
Vation to be used in overcoming fr1c- +
ton in the gravity pipe line as IN
forcing the water through.
The distance from the junction of
the two rivers to the city along the
route of the pipe line is II miles. Mr.
White gives some estimated figures of
the volume of water secured through
certain sized pipes and some figures
o. the cost of installing certain sized
pipe lines.
Mass Meeting Soon.
It VAS ordered by the board that Mr.,
White be requested to come to Hen
dersonvilIe as soon as possible and go
over the matter for a final report to
be srbm tied TO the citizens in mass
meeting to be he'd later,
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