The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-24
Chickasha Business Men will Show Mill
lary Authorities why Chickasha
Can Accommodate Camp

That the local public utilities can
" til some extensions, cope with the
situation brought about by the possible
location OF the big army cantonment
here. Is the opinion Of the heads of the
various companies and organizations
that would be effected
These conclusions were reached af
ter careful investigation by Supt. Srim-
ager Of the water works department, F
d Shaffer, manager Of the. Chickasha
Gas and Electric company, and Supt
Wadsworth Of the Chickasha Street
Railway company.
Water and abundance Of it being the
first requisite Of a big army camp, at
tention was turned first to the local
water department with very gratifying
results to the boosters for the big
camp At the present time, the capac-
ity at the pumping station is about
100000 gallons OF water per day, but
while an additional 100000 gallons
per day would be required, Supt Scrim-
ager states that it would simply be a
question Of added quipmcnt.
at the outset we wot'f have to
buy a pump that would give us ca
pacitg Of .sleast oossJos gallons per
day." said Mr.. Scrimager However,
the problem would be practically solv-
cd with the addition Of the pumping
equipment 1t is true that we would
have to lay new distributing main as
we have at this time only 12-inch
main 1t would require another main
practically twice as big as the one we
now are operating. 1t could be arrang
ed so as to use both mains so that the
one now in use would not be put out Of
business in any way. AS far as our
basins for holding water, both raw and
clear, are concerned, our present ba-
sins are adequate. Our basins for raw
water have a capacity Of 2,OS0,000 gal
Ions while we can hold 334,5OO gallons
of clear water. It would be necessary
to increase our filtering plant in order
to filter the water as fast as it is
pumped
No Worry over Water.
There is small need for anyone to
worry over the water supply In fact
that part may be set aside as settled
Chickasha has the water supply New!
or since have been here have | seen
a time that the Washita would>not fur
nish all the water required for Chicka-
sha, the proposed cantonment and the
increase OF civilian population that
would result, without lowering the riv-
er to any extent When the river has
been at its lowest there has never
been time that millions Of gallons
were there that we couldn't use"
To Extend Street Railway.
Supt. Wadsworth of the street rail
way has been making Investigations in
to various phases Of the proposition for
more than week and states frankly
that his company would without hesti.
tation make arrangements to meet the
demands exacted by teh location Of
the camp ehre. He received a telegram
Saturday from Chas. F. Woodward Of
Boston stating that the company would
go ahead with the work of construc-
ton as soon as the cantonment is defi-
nitely located in this city.
ITO cope with the situation that
would be brought about by the location
Of the big plant here. it would of course
be first necessary for. us to rush the
construction Of a track from Chickasha
to the cantonment" said Mr. Wads-
worth. "This, I believe, we could ac'
complish in six weeks to two months,
if we could get the labor It would be
necessary for US to use second hand
equipment, especially rails, as it would
be practically impossible for us to get
new rails as quickly as they would be
needed. / know, however, where 1 can
purchase as much as 5000 tons of good
second hand rails. 1t is probable, also
that we would have to use second hand
cars in order to get immediate delivery
II would be my idea to handle car