Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-08
Menace to Health and Life ofnrulsn
Itrc Hazard Looms tp Ia
Great Proportion
ARE TRYING TO DAM RIVER
Project May Bc Complctcd b, To-
night; rrncticabillty of THIS
Method Ncry Much In Doubt
TWO PLANS ARE SUGGESTED
Temporary Relief Can Iic Effected In
Two Different Ways, says
Engineering Expert

That thr present plan Of the city
administration tp cope with tho
water situation viii bc futile ls tho
opinion volunteered Yesterday by II
I r. lI"Iih. one of the most prominent
engineers in the United Stutca
Finding that the big trench dug
/ lo th" river channel does not hoip
matters tho city is now throwing IN
"a temporary dam across the river 10
| divert the water into the trench
Construction ~ this dam probably
VIII hc completed tonight ut which
tim" 20 viii be possible to tell
whether tho experiment viii give
Tulsa any more water. No night
shifts are being worked
Thcr is little change I'm tho situn
fi0n 1s regards ms effect ou th. city
Ice famine. fire hazard. lack ~ san.
itntion. and perm ~ electric power
siill ur" present About 0"rU 600
gallons of water passed into The
mains Yesterday mn amount similar
to The output Of the last several days
Thtre hls hcon no Improvement
whl'ever ana thftt/ShItle promise
Of fty
T-riv4c lnicrius aro being stirred ~
action. That The water shortage iR
not q temporal matter. but real
rnrll 20 th" health and prosperity or
the city, is dawnIng uuou business
men ua well ns tho hundreds OF
honsewlyes who daily have 20 deal
with the Inconvenience rcaultinr
from tho condition.
Chamber of Commerce Investigates
President r. NJ McFarlin ana Sow
oral directors of the Chamber Of
Commerce Yesterday made per
sonal inspection NJ tho river with
view 10 throwing the organizations
resources into some emergency re-
clnmation project The situation
probably viii he reviewed az tho
meeting OF the board of directors to-
morrow
Mr Heath. who Is chief engineer
FOR the Iucoy manufacturing corpo-
ration. has been IN Tulsa FOR three
DAYS on personal business IIe was
persuaded 10 visit the wntorworks
plant ana make some recommenda-
tions that might meet the emergency.
His rcviewSof the situation wns ab-
solutelv imrorsonal being made only
az tho instance ofTulsans who knew
~ his standing IN the engineering
profession.
Mr. Heath particularly secuted tho
idea of sending more water into tho
intake hv means OF a dam. which was
Yesterdays scheme ~ Commissioner
Curran
"Of course am not acquainted
with the nature NJ tho sand and sub
soil" he said after invcgtigptinr the
river "hut lt seems 20 me impossible
thai the dam viii raise the water
more than an inch or so at the In
take You need ak inches raise"
Dam Impractical
"Thc only way this method could
he made definitely effective would
ho 20 build "a concrete darn which is
impossible at this time In order |
20 send moro wntcr down their |
trench Tho dam which. thov are /
building would have 20 create n
lake"
with only a curgory examination |
methods Proclamation which could /
lo put IN force by any engineer. Both |
of the plans were temporary |
measures based on the Iden OF get /
tlnF relief Immediately
"Thc shortage could ho eliminated /
temporarily within IS hours" said |
mo eminent engineer ~ those In /
charge want 10 get relief quick they |
can lav an eIght-lnch pipe from the |
river channel 10 the intake. This |
pipe. operated by a centrifugal pump |
would supplement the present source |
'o such an oytcnt as 20 nm your In
.ulo"
"f am not thoroughly ocouoln'ed !
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