The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-20
Council Proceedings.


and City Clerk Smith.
Mayor DeArmond presented the fol-
lowing report of the examination OF
the water and light plants by Mr.
Duffy. engineer for the! Public Utilities
10 the Members Of the Council:
On Saturday. June 16, Mr. Ralph
Duffy, engineer for the Public Utilities
Commission arrived in Butler and ac-
Water. and Light Committee, Superin-
tendent Fisher and myself spent the
day inspecting the city water and light
mendations and suggestions as a re-
T First: ' The first need Of the city is
Tor an increase In its primary water
higher dam at the river and by inn
pounding sufficient water to last over
any condition of drouth.
i. for change i1 ths
pacity. is but 200 gallons per minute
with the uptown plant having g capac-
age capacity in town measures how
long water could be kept flowing dur
ing big fire. This storage capacity
pendence during = break down Or in
tion. This supply is clear well 10000
s0n: Sssnd basn pps 1900 sasns and
ported history Of the Miami river there
Is danger Of the pumping plant being
sys Syns eeS% ssS tG Ra Sa pt ct ct
the river station. be lined with q new
cement floor and concrete wall up to
motor and pumps be installed to at
least double the present 20D gallon ca
Pacity. The present pit may 1e re-
ehinery at the river would probably
take more time to put in condition in
an emergency than would be required
to make repairs. Recommended that
UNNECESSARY part Of old building be
dition to protect machinery. Estimat-
would about meet cost Of duplicate
Third: The storage Of water in
town is too small. Al earthen reser.
water station lot In town which would
be done in time but repairs at river
Fourth: The oil engines now in use
are subject to a greater depreciation
than steam engines; The city must
face the fact that tn their lite ifs is from from
and that within ten years they must be
replaced with expensive repairs or
with other oil engines or by steam en-
may be expected to last over war con-
ditions, but on account of the location
of Butler with reference to coal mines
less less on Original I" cost st ste steam nsaa engines in
many ways recommend themselves
more for use here than oil. The oil
e: in sSSSa SS
crease in price of oil and repatrs' are
costin~ much more to operate than
Fifth: The street and commercial
lights are not separately, metered, but
there appears to be a heavy loss IN
converting. AC current manufactured
distributed at the central light plant.
1t is not recommended that sudden
change from DC to AC be made under
but , gradually abyoH syebs
supplied from the AC service. The
change can then be made gradually |
and the city may aid in helping Gus;
meters with the least possible loss.
SIXTH The Enberg engine and gen.
orator at the central light plant should |
be sS obn and tsa the bss Is FSs aes
set should be retained for the present
plant and supplied with AC generator
tenn il finally made and the downtown |
station abolished.
Seventh: 1t is not probable that any
Wasr Inc csn BE-
now or until war conditions are past.
Government license to buy pipe would
only be given In case Of urgent neea:
the substance Of Mr.. Duffy's sugges-
tions. Superintendent Fisher reports
that since the freeze of last winter.
from the dana.
would make these recommends
tions to the council:
That the two old pumps and boilers
vantage. having the boilers inspected
That the Enbers engine and sener-
That the river pumping station be
and made safe from flood
Is recommended by the Public Utilities
That part Of that building not need
ID be torn down and that the remaind-
sr be made to protect our machinery,
That d1plstcsts sy motor snd pump oos be
- building is ready to receive them.. II
That money for the sale Of the old
machinery be devoted to this purpose
ind do this that the council borrow
against its revenues coming In after
November ~ It has power.
.ss from dam. that while there IL stiil
lmple water In the river that proper
,conomy be observed from now until
,ains shan fai Until t the asop5s pf5sssns mt asy
lsed for sw1mming pool eptinkling
awns or watering gardens that .might
9 urgently rsquirsd after . month Of
That superintendent. Fisher take up
nth consansrs ana 9rs,du:ilx 9,S seneraes II
med 10 him 81 the PS6iic Utilitiss
1hginoor a81inttng ouot0uaeU IN re-