Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-27
HARPER PRAISED
COldwater, Michigan Daily Paper
Lauds w. J. Harper as An Expert
Well Sinker-Secures Ample Supply
of Water for City of COldwater.

18th, speaks for itself. Mr.. Harper
has very evidently struck water and
struck it rich in Coldwater and is
Furthermore duly appreciated by the
people of that town:
The water supply of Coldwater is
now an assured fact whether it be in
wet or dry season. The reason is
four feed wells which have been sunk
to supply the old wells with water
which comes in from a natural flow.
In the new well house there have
been 3 wells sunk. These are 92 feet
in depth and the pipes sunk are ten
inches across. In the old we'll house
there has been one such well sunk to
depth of 104 feet. Through these
wells comes a constant flow of water
which will assure a supply of water
at all times that will be more than the
needs of the city demand, and as to
its quality and purity there is abso-
lutely no question.
In years gone by there has always
been a shortage of water in dry
weather. AS soon as the hot dry
weather of July and August came on
the demand for water from the citi-
zens became greater. AS such times
the supply decreased steadily until at
times rules had to be enforced pre-
venting all sorts of water waste and
requests made of users to conserve the
supply. There were times when the
situation was a dangerous one and it
is only attributable to good luck that
great damage by fire was not resultant
because of scarcity of water. All that
is past now and there is no doubt
about the water supply. Last night
the city supply was taken from just
one of these feed wells and there was
more than enough water to supply the
pumps and to raise the level of the
water in the well house several feet
When both well houses are drawn
from it is estimated that the lower
ing surface of the water will not be
Ipreceptible.
The man who sunk these wells is
w. j. Harper, of Wauseon, Ohio. Mr..
Harper came here after the Board of
Public Works had made careful in
vestigation as to who the proper per-
son might be to sink the feed wells
He had the proper equipment and soon
convinced the members of the board
as to what was needed and that he
knew how to give it to them.
He brought his equipment and first
started to sink a we'll in the new we'll
house. A ten inch pipe was used and
after this was put down over ninety
feet it became evident that it would
be self feeder. Water came through
/ the big pipe in great volumes and it
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more such wells were sunk in the same
well house
1t was then decided by the Board
that a similar we'll should be sunk
in the old well house. This put down
to a distance of 1O4 feet and another
self feeder was the result. The wells
in the new house will average $4,000
gallons per day apiece and the deeper
well will furnish 100000 per day.
The old well house is &c feet in
depth and the new one SO in depth.
! When it is taken into consideration
that the new well house could be
pumped dry in three hours with the
present pumping equipment, without
the feeders, it can be seen what a
great boon these feed wells will be.
The 104 foot we'll will supply the
pumps from its natural flow, and still
not be exhausted.
From all this it sevident that Mr..
Harper is well man who knows every
detail of their construction. In fact
he has made a very favorable impress
sion upon the members of the Board
here The members have found him
very agreeable to transact business
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with his ability in this direction. What
he has done for the city water plant
is a guarantee that he has superior
knowledge in this direction.
The cost of these new wells will be
about $4,000. This is very small
item when it is considered that a dug
we'll at either of the houses of the
same depth would cost ten time this
outlay and probably much more. This
alone proves the value of the feeder
we'll system and guarantees active
working results.
With these new feed wells in oper
alton and the installation of the new
machinery at the plant, there is NJ
question that Coldwater has the fines
waterworks system in this state anC
possibly in the middle west This il
not an idle statement but is borne ou
by actual facts. There could b.
nothing better than the wells that ar,
now practically completed.
The new Alis-Chalmers turbin
makes $500 revolution per minut
and the engine develops $50 hors
power and generates 500 kilowats l
does this with such a lack of vibra
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stood on edge on the oil cups and no
be tipped over. The big pumps ar
so arranged that one can be made t
pump from the other and thus addi
tional pressure secured to an amazin
extent.
The plant deserves public inspec
ton. There is something for ever
body to see and there is little doub
that many surprises will result. TIL
Board of Public Works and its super
intendent would desire it.
Recently the Board presented it
annual report to the Common Counc
| It was made by Superintendent No
Queen. It was remarkably clear an
concise and shows that the board il
| tends that all its transactions sha
| he perfectly clear and above boarC
! Public criticism is welcomed. Ths
| Coldwater has such a fine system
| due to the untiring efforts of til
| Board of Public Works and its supel
| intendent and to the genius of M
| Harper, the expert well sinker.
| WENT LOCO"
| Mr.. w. l.. Brown relates an inte
| esting incident; last Tuesday afte
noon as he was returning to WauseC
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