The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-25
CITY WILL SINK
DEEP WATER WELL
HICKORY CREEK AND WASH
TIA PROJECTS HELD IN
ABEYANCE.

The mayor and city commission
) ers will proceed at once to Sink ;
deep well with a view to securin:
a supply of water sufficient to It'd,
over the present shortage. MeI
are busy today trying to secure ;
star rig and the necessary casing
No decision was reached as between
the Hickory creek and the WASN'T;
river propositions.
There was large number of citi.
zens present last night at the meet
ing of the mayor and city commits
sioners and after disposing of few
matters, the water supply question
was taken up and all present were
invited to take part in the discus
sion which followed.
Engineer Mcintosh was called
upon to read his report on his
search for sourcc of supply, the
report made more than a week ago,
and did read it for the benefit of
those who had not heard it. A
full synopsis of the report was pub
lished in The Ardmoreite more
than week ago and the people
were already familiar with in.
J. A. Cotner was among those
present and asked Mr.. Mcintosh
how long it would take to complete
the Hickory creek plan, and was
informed it would probably be
next winter before it could be COM
pleted.
At this point the mayor asked 10
have read proposition submitted
by Mr.. Cotner several days ago,
offering for less than 100000 to
secure supply of water from
Washita river 99.5 pure.
Washita River Project.
Mr.. Cotner said he had nothing
to do with the Washita river. That
there had been some confusion Of
this proposition with former Ell
forts to establish a power plant
there. He did not think it neces-
sary to have dam in the Washita
river and much Of the cost of main
tenahce can be overcome. He said
all the refineries are out of water
and must depend upon their own
resources and are going to supply
it if the city cannot. He said if
they did this the city would be for
ever shut off from an income .f
500 per day. The refineries, ne
said, can use the raw water. He SAID |
l2-inch pipe would bring in 2,000,-
)OO gallons daily and the water
could be treated here, that it can
DC submitted to treatment before
t goes into the reservoir. Or, he
said, it can be run into the reser-
'oir and mixed with the rain water
which would soften it. 1t was folly,
lie said, to look to a proposition
which could not be completed be-
ore January. He said they .uld
.et sufficient water from the Wash
Ia river for all industrial purposes
nd that 1t was simply a business
roposition. He said if large fire
hould break out the people know
that that would mean. He also
aid the Hickory creek proposition
'ould involve riparian rights and
hey might expect long series of
amage suits.
Water For All Needed.
J. X. Pennington said Ardmore
eeds water for $4,000 people, wa ,
r that the people can use. He
lid he knew the Washita river
ater and that it was not fit for
omestic use or for boilers. He said
her towns have used it and aban-
oned it. There is water enough
be had through the Hickory
eek plan, he said, for all purposes. ,
e said to the mayor and COM
issioners, you have hired this
lgineer to tell you what to do. All =
~ can do is to so by what he /,
vs." He continued: Mix Wash
l water with the lake water and
III spoil it all A few industries
ed more water than they are get .
lg now. Our duty is to get wa
r for all the people. | was in r
iuls Valley and Chickasha when :
ey used Washita river water and !
ey have abandoned it. They treat !,
too" IL
Mr.. Pennington had written
ter to Pauls Valley and received !,
reply from J. A. Stokes, which :,
read. In the letter it was stated :
at four years ago Pauls Valley =
ed to use Washita river water -. |.
d 1t was SO unsatisfactory that !.
ey had TO abandon it; that they =
ed other propositions and finally =,
ted another bond issue, secured >
ep wells and now have a good
pply.