Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-03-21
MUNICIPAL WATER PLANT
Council Receives Engineers Report of Preliminary Sur
veys For Water Supply Plant and Recommends
tions of Board of Public Affars-First
Steps Taken.

"B" calls for a steam plant at the
reservoir operating electric pumps
instead of steam pumps. IN this
case the in tial cost is estimated at
S145, 1885 and operating cost would
be II and 7-10 cents per thousand
lallons.
&c" involves pumping the water
with electric pumps driven by cur
rent purchased from the Toledo and
Indiana Railway Company. In this
case the initial cost will be $126, ,763-
65 and the operating cost 20 and 2-I0
cents per thousand gallons.
Method D is to use the Turkeyfoot
reservoir as a source of supply and
locate liberation plant on the site
of the present plant; this would call
for an initial out lay of 1852 ,855. 90
and cost of production would be
% and 7-10 cents per thousand gal
Ions.
The third project is to us the
Tiffin river (Bean Creek as the
source of supply and includes three
plant at the ncrth end of Wauseon
at a cost of $281, ,088.50. Second to
bring the water to same point in
Wauseon using electric pumps at
cost of 1921, ,418.5O. Third, same as
second but to purchase current for
operating pumps from T. & l. Co.
Est S277,078.50. This plan is out
of the question on account of initial
construction and operat ng costs.
Plan four is another project that
is beyond the financial reach of the
corporation; this plan would take
the water supply from Bad Creek
near Delta either with a liberation
plant at Wauseon at cost of $685.
1920 or plant near Delta and ca
pable of supplying that town in the
event they should want such sup
ply at a cost of $216,260.00.
The fifth and last plan was the
proposal on the part of the village Of
Napoleon to furnish the supply o.
| filtered water for Wauseon The
cost of installation of mains and
pumps to carry out this plan, at the
present. prices was estimated at
s232,598.90 and the operating cost in
Guiding the payment of the Napoleon
ate would be 31.1-10 cents per thous-
land gallons.
Mr.. Sherman gave in outline the
advantages of each plan; the survey
has been thorough and careful and
Board after careful study Of this
survey under the counsel and guild
ance of expert engineers have select
ed method 'B' of plan two: Turkey
foot reservoir, with settling basins
and filter beds located at the reser-
7oir, a steam plant and electric
pumps.
This plan shows the greatest
economy both in initial construction
and operating expenses and at the
same time shows surest promise Of
permanent adequate water supply to
meet both present and future needs
If Wauseon.
TIE pan met with the approval
Of the council and a resolution was
presented calling for special elec-
Wauseon the question of bond issue
OF this system.
'ortifcates of Indebtedness to the
amount of $4,000 to cover the en-
ergency and the bond issue viii
have to be large enough to retire
Sc certificates at Their majority
The amount fixed is $170.000.00.
The amount may seem large but
there is but one thing to do and thai
S to meet it squarely.
:. Mr.. c. P. Grisier brought up be
fore the council the condition o1
. East Chestnut street and asked *
have a petition filed some tine agc
for the improvement of that stree
considered.
Chief Overmeyer announced tina
the siren fire alarm had arrived.
|; will be installed and tried out unda
|, the direction of Mr.. Hanson of tn
council and Mr.. Overmeyer of tn
Fire Department.