Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-28
Expert Engineer After Cur
sorry Survey Makes OPP
timistic Report.
FACILITIES READ Y
c. Arthur Brown Will Re
main in City Until Com
plete Investigation.

After tentative survey OF the mu-
n!ctpa waterwOrks station yesterday I
afternoon q. Arthur Brown. chief
engineer Of the engineering bureau,
water publication department ~ TIE .
American Steel & Wire Co., give out
q report in which he stated that from
all Indications the possibility Of Civ
ing TO the people Of Tulsa an abso- .
lUtcly pure water vas not the diff .
-cult task which has been pictured by .
several Of the engineers who have
come 20 this city
For the past several weeks Com /
l missioner G.. :. T0unkman has been .
r.aking an effort 20 secure the serv- .
/ ices Of Mr.. Brown IN maSiuS a sur .
| vey Of the Tulsa water system. and
II Was 07lv after the engineer had
/ postponed trips 20 several Of the larger
cities 4 the east that II was possible
/ for him 70 answer the cau and come
20 this city.
Visits system.
In company with Mr. Tounkman
and other officials Of the waterworks
system. W. Brown Yesterday visited
the pumping plant, the several wells
. which arc being pumped. and the site
II the new sand elimination plant
| which is being rushed 10 COM mplstion.
/ The pumping plant according %
NJ. Brown. affords an opportunity Tor
any reasonable program Of increasing
the pumping facilities and the plant
is being operated To its utmost cf-
ficiency
In statement after returning to
Nr. Younkuan's office Mr. Brown
said that while ne mad only arrived
. :ew hours previous, he was eager
20 make 4 survey and secure the nee
, essay TIA for detailed report
1T Is too early to make any posi-
tive statement as IL will be necessary
10 spend a day or two in collecting
data before an intelligent opinion
could be passed. However. in gen
eral WIv me SITUATION mere Is not ap
any Wots nan d IIl uI'iSei .,[.t .,
os.sI poAHss "hGre II ilas ose" -"uiiu ilt
Igluy led9'uIe 70 PIusIGe H.y
.uPpiy WI" SoH' Piete sa-4s4ae 0'OH !"
Is 'l'-Nei i''-
Can Overcome Obstacles.
. Il do not anticipate meeting with
any conditions here which cannot be
overcome by using proper engineer
ing. chemical and filtration methods
Engineer Brown will remain in
Tulsa until a complete survey Of the
watcrworks plant has been made. and
during his STAY here he will tnvesti-
Pate the water supply svstern. TIC
% pumping facilities. methods OF dis
- trIDutlon and all other Items which
onter into the complicated work Of
{ giving the 1000 residents Of Tulsa a
< better water supply.
e Secretary Clarence Douglas an
- nounced Yesterday afternoon that Mr.
= Brown. with several Of the CITY com
! miseionerS. would be guests OF the di-
e rcctors Of the T-lsa Chamber Of Com
e merce and Fed GRAFTON Of Allied Inter-
e<ts at the MONDAY luncheon r~-i-1y
lat Htel Tulsa At that time il is ex-
- rected Mr. Brown will be in posse -
= sion of enough data to make repor,
I on the survey which ne is making
,.,,o. po,,.,-D.,
q
Z IN cohhechon WIN the prosram m oI
s V-lf,~t-,,.'1 - - - 49,.
- Ing letter was received rccentrv IRON
< NJ l. NJ Stevens committing en-
D .7neer Of Kansas CITY. who was re-
z tafned 10 make an araIysis or -
q v-stor OF tho Arkansar river and 70
draw rn tentative plans rOr r,rtra.
tor plant.
G The letter saws In uart.
% Prom an arlIvsis ~ the saru.a o.,
q water Won I4fr AZ this Ia aborator, June
4 90 1916 -lker from the Arkansas
e. river AZ Tttlsa Okla and from q
n s-ufv OF tho avaiIabIe rovcrnrn4nt re.
o. ports on ~ river and its trtbutries
- have como "a tho sotIovvtro con.
- .luefons as 70 the feasibility ~ a I'll.
h tr4-i01 n'srt A. Tulsa us.rg ne A..
j. Tho eucuut 81 susuendsd solid,
carried nv his strear1 v,-ies v-f4aI,
3 al different times OF the vear N.