The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-17
T \ GIN EER FAV0RS
HICKORY CREEK FOR
CITY WATER SUPPLY
CADDO, HENRY HOUSE AND
WASHITA TURNED DOWN
IN REPORT.
J. A. BASS HAS RESI- GNED
City Attorney Presents Resignation
Which Is Accepted-Bids Asked
For Construction of Incinerating
Plant-Gist of Engineers Report.

The most important business be-
fore the regular meeting of the
mayor and city commissioners last
night was the report OF the con
sulting engineers on the several
sites for securing a water supply,
but there were others which Great
ed their share of interest. Jake
Bodovitz asked if the contractors
had complied with their contract
in testing the pavement on A street,
northwest, and if the city had re-
ports on these tests before accept
ing the pavement and brought on
heated controversy in which sew
eral participated. Bids for an in
GENERATING plant were ordered ad-
vertised Minutes of a recess meet
ing disclosed the fact that Norman
Mathers had been employed for
$500 to take care OF the case re-
lating to the opening of Broadway.
The resignation of |. A. Bass, city
attorney, was accepted, as was that
of the city bookkeeper. The ques-
ton of reducing the police force
was again discussed.
McIntosh's Report.
Engineer Mcintosh offered his
preliminary report on the work he
has been doing, seeking the most
availa BILE water supply for the city.
The report was an exhaustive one
and dealt first with the three meth
DDS OF securing water for the city,
by wells, shallow or deeD. by draw
ing on living streams and by I'M
pounding water. The question OF
wells was quickly disposed of, the
report showing that although many
deep wells had been put down in
this vicinity for oil and other pur-
poses there had been no amount of
water discovered and there is a
shallow supply near anyway nearly
sufficient to supply the city. AS to
living stream, there is only the
Washita river. This was taken up
in its order, as was also the question
OF impounding water at Henry
House cheek or Hickory creek.
First taking up the rainfall on
which the amount of impounded
water possible to be secured must
be based, he said he had the gov
ernment report for IS years; that
the average rainfall for one year
during that time was 500 inches,
and that the dryest year of IS for
1917 when the rainfall was only
1924 inches. On this iryest year
he based his figures. He said the
present watershed comprises only )
IA square miles and the reservoir /
covers Us acres and will hold half
a billion gallons. He showed that
through the wet months, December
to May, both inclusive, in 1916, and
1917, the total rainfall was 6l7
inches. This supplies only 225,0OO.- |
600 gallons, not enough to supply |
the city, and it had been forced to
draw upon its reserve in 1917. The
watershed was not large enough. |
He showed that N3,750.000 gal
Ions is now needed annually and to
secure this and keep within the
money available is the problem be-
fore the people He had considered |
WaShita river. Caddo creek and its
tributaries. Caddo creek proper is
contaminated and cannot be used.
Its two tributaries, Henry House
creek and Hickory creek, were then
taken up. He first stated that
Honey creek had also been exam
med but that it is beyond the Ar
buckle mountains and would re-
quire a pumping plant and there
fore is out of The question.
He showed that at a point two
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