The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-14
Full Information With Charts
Maps and Profiles Laid
Before Committee.
|GoEs INTO EVERY FEATURE
s,orage Reservoirs at Grand
River. Pryor and Catoosa
Provided in Plan.

meeting Thursday afternoon
-. N. municipal auditorium 'en''
r,..scy consulting engineer To-
.,,y n Tulsa. explained ~ deIh
.n,her. OF special committed
u,ot from the chamber o.
.nsrce the facts and hgure'
'S,,ed in his investigation into th'
'N, of Tulsas available water
,,,,.s This committee wac com
,,,d Of Dr $. q. Kennedy. j. y
',..b,. /. X. cone, Eprl T. naIMel
,,,tA I. Farmer, chairman. AK q
f'Es,,u and Clarence H. Douglas
we're also present u,.- ,,,, h.,.,ro
Il, pressry laid all h's data b,apr'
".,,,,Ittcp for investigation. Ihle
,.,, consisted of topoBfaphicaI
80 charts and drawings. All maze
.-,Ie and Illustrating the rune
,. m the various sections or me
.,,,o,rd water plant and now 'h'n
-. constructed Th'ss was no'
,.s,ura of the work that VIII DC
oT,cJ that was not covered III
.,,,o manner hy illustratIv" daih,
~ Presscy displayed one chart
togn 10 scale, giving q cross -sc' 'loI, I,
,.sv ofathc conduit line as II wou'u
No laid 10 Tulsa from the SpaNinaw'
Uov wafer win BE brought.
!, il nroposcd TO bring this water
IN Tplsa over a series OF steps. Thc
u,,., Vould flow by gravity from
',s intake at Spavinaw TO the point
,bs,e the conduit is to cross the
C,,pd where II would be collected
I, r.seryoir. Thence IT would be
.pr,ped 10 the next high point and
could he carried hy gravity to a res
,voir near Pryor. II would then
ir,in flow by gravity TO a reservoir
,sar Catoosa. the lowest interne-
l,te polnt between Pryor and Tulsa,
,,d then finally lifted into a reser-
goir near Kendall college. A total
IN OF 800 feet would-hc involved,
sh,ch Is a. feet less than that the
pgskocer sy@tep must overcome,
with this system tho engineer eN-
GAINED thousands Of dollars yearly
would be saved on the operating ex-
pense. Ne also dwelt upon the mer-
NJ Of concrete pipe as n eolution OF
'hs conduit problem Apparently
,yerythlng the committee wished to
know. from tho engineers stand
Point was satisfactorily explained
The committee then went into the
question Of financing the proposition.
VI Pressey tsated that exact infor-
nation as 10 the financial condition
u Tulsa at present is being pre-
rarsd BY city officials and will be
available today Figures and estl-
mates were discussed at length.
VIII Figure the Cost.
A !. Farmer, as chairman or the
committee, collected data which he
VIII use In estimating what Y, will
cost 20 deliver the Spavlnaw water
% Tulsa. taking into considera ton
me interest on the indebtedness,
probable depreciation and figures
obtained from the city on the cost
o' operating rs present plant. A
''port will probably be rendered by
VI Farmer at tho open general
meeting ~ the chamber OF COM
'nercA tonight
" p. Crosblc expressed the opinion
'hht Tulsa should get the best water
ana plenty Of II no matter what the
roAt Other members of the com
mi'lof questioned Mr.. presscy as 10
ht'hods used in other cities in let
ing contracts. II was generally CON
'eded mat there should be separate
contracts for the work OF installlng
ne machinery, dam. reservoirs, and
conduit line.
AN Heggem stated that the Spav-
nav land for the drainage area
"u'd be obtained at an average cost
Of 70 an acre. Doctor Kennedy sug-
seled That when the city started
b'oeeedlngs for the condemnation OF
ns and that enough he condemned
provide for ample protection for
NJ water supply.
IN general the committee was ret
ing doEn 10 the bed rock facts and
.uancal Items and Indications
tD,n'ed TO the fact that the propo.I-
@ 70 he put squarely before the
pe aiter the various civic organ
E., nuon' have been amply assured
"a, MS Is the one and onIv thIps