The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-22

I dam and whore rock foundation IL available
| over the entire ri1erbed.
Tho plans would involve q dam At this
I point and . conduit extending 10 the city
! Of Tulsa a distance Of little less than 90
miles The water, raised 10 . reservoir At
Grand river, would flow by gravity from
! this reservoir for . distance of about IS
miles and At this point u would be lifted
by pumping and flow 10 q point near the
NerdiEris river where II would he lifted
again into reservoir At the city Of Tulss
| This pumping ulll be done by electric
power crested BY the fall OF the water
I Of spAyinAw creek At the intake dam. Tho
dam, therefore, will serve two purposes
| one A. storage basin Tor the water for
/ generating the electric povsr tho second,
TO create the fall necessary for ths develop.
/ ment Of power Fifteen million gallons Of
water day for Tulsa 10 equivalent 10 ~ .
been . tins during the last four or five
months when there has no; been ~ least 10
or 20 times this amount Of water
The fow Of the stream however duHnE
dry periods, and especially during the long
dry period Of 1918 10 much lower than
during the at few comparatively wet
months but at no time AceordinE 10 the best
information available was the tlow In
sufficient 10 provide for the wants Of the
city Of Tulsa, even with population Of =
quarter Of million people
For part Of the summer. however. the
water OF the SpAvinaw was too low for
creating sufficient power for pumping all
Of the water for the city oi Tulsa and a.
pree,niion against any future insufiieient
supply for the creation ot adequate electric
power for pumping. II Ia planned " install
an auxiliary steam plant which shall be
maintained ready for use in ease thcro Is
shortage OF water power nv this ar
rAnrrmeut the rity can feel assured that al
all times II will have sufficient power To
deliver water to Tulsa The electric enr.
rent generated AZ the dam will be conducted
by transmisslon line following the con
dnit 10 the pumping stations on this conduit
and the pumps operated hy electric cur.
rent The line viii be built In duplicate
~ viii the power and pumping units, thus
insurinF constant service. but N 40 De
sired, M still further preoAution the
lines will bc connected 10 the present
opcratinE ,leotricR plants In the city of
TulA, 50 that when there Ia an eIccss Of
water this excess can he utilized In the
city and II at any tins v should be neees
ssfy, electric current would he carried
from soms Of tho elsetrio plants 10 Tulsa
to the pumping plants on the conduit This
IL an emergency that In al likelihood would
never occur but " Ia a further assurance
Of the constant operation Of tho plant
A. a still further assurance that the city
Of Tulsa shall AZ No time be short 81 water
duo 10 unprecedented low water IN Spsvi
nav creek. provision viii he made Tor ar
intake from Grand river At tho point of
rrosting oi the conduit from SAnivAw ~
mat 80 this last emergency, water could
be taken drsotly from Grand river and
Tulsa need then have no fear ~ a shortage
oi water even though the conditions oi
drouih became far greater than have main
tanned M 10 this time
The general plsns and esilmAtrs o' .os,
have been made on = basis Of D.. 600 600
~ gallons ot water per day but 'or the
present and possibly FOR lev years 10
come The necessary supply will be- less
than one hsH thls amount and tho pumping
roquircmcui' will be eorrsspondinEy re
durrd.
The dam on Spavinaw viii he built ~
solid masonry or Of reinforced concrrte.
on rock foundation And rock abutmcrfs.
and tho water wheels will he Installed At /
the dam in accordance with plans that have
been followed iu MANY other hydro electric
plants and tho first cost Of me machinery
~ith The Stand hy Of steam is not a large
item in compaftson N tho total cost oi
tho system
The conduit from the reservoir 20 Tuln. F.
q distance Of approximately 50 miles may
he constructed 81 several different ma.
itrials wood stavs pipe being probably .
tho cheapest and cast iron tho most ~. I
nerFivr hu' an estimates 81 roN have been
based upon = conduit Of rsaiorrrd con.