The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-04-17

AS there are wild rumOrS as to the
amount Of the deficit in the general
and waterworks funds, The Index has
taken pains to make an investigation,
with the following result:
Deficit in general fund 933
Deficit in waterworks fund d...-.... $500
Total .s7533
The expenditures on street work,
from the general fund, include the fol-
lowing, which represent permanent
improvements:
Piping irrigation ditch under
Main and Wardwell streets $1523
Road grader ..........-.,,.......... 283
Farmers Coop. canal bridge. 280S
Pipe for culverts, etc.....-...--..-... 65
Street crossings -.-.:.-.--.---...-....-.-- 1l62
Total .$5841
The deficit in the waterworks fund,
amounting to $4,000, represents ex-
tensions of water system in Sewer
Districts Nos. and A, which includes
Riverside addition and D '& addi-
ton, and have either been completed,
are in course of construction or have
the material on hand for the work.
This materials represents consider
able quantity of pipe, fittings, hy-1
drants, ETC., and is all paid for. These
figures also include the new pumping
plant. The improvements are perma
nent, as more fully explained in the
statement issued by the mayor AID
zouncilme and given below
The Waterworks Deficit. sl
When the present mayor and city
council took charge of the city gov
ernment the Boise Payette mill had
just located here and the Riverside
Addition was taken in soon after.
This threw an additional burden on
the already inadequate waterworks
system of the city. The old pump
was not sufficient to supply water for
the users and to furnish fire protec-
tion for the city. The marshal was
obliged to go to the pumping station
at least once every hour and in the
warm weather oftener, and in the fall
it was found necessary to hire man
to stay at the pump house and start
the pump as soon as there was a foot
of water in the sump This man
came on early in the morning and
stayed until late at night, and the
night marshal spent most of his time
pumping. There was seldom more (
than 16 feet of water in the tank ;
and several mornings there was only
three. Had fire broken out at such
a timA there would have been almost
no protection and 80 minutes would /
have exhausted the water To rem +
edy this it was necessary to install
a new pump that would furnish more :
water. This was accomplished by in
serting pipe down 20 feet inside the e
well casing and installing pump with r
a capacity of raising $50 gallons of a
water per minute, with an automatic
control which starts the pump when c
ever the water in the tank is lowered a
Y feet from the top, thus insuring a
| full tank at all times. This sys- "
EN- has been in operation for nearly
! year and is giving perfect satisfac-
ion. 1t furnishes plenty of water at IL
III times and gives constant fire pro- A
ection.
This new pumping plant cost the
ity approximately $4,000. The coun-
il did not think it necessary to issue
'onds to do this as the revenue from
he water sales would soon wipe out V
he debt, while bonds would run for p,
o years, so they chose rather TO have in
temporary deficit, rather than u per-
1anent debt. The balance of the def q
1T was for extending the water sys- Sc
EN- to those who are in Sewer Dis la
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