The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-03
Sun Shines Brightly, But Balmy
Appearing Morning Proves
TO Be Coolest Recorded
Here This Season
NEAR ZERO MARK
SET EARLY TO-DAY
Four Above Recorded; Water
Power Plant Freezes First
Time in History; Plumb
ers Busy With Pipes.
It all goes to show that things just

amt what they seem.
AS an Illustration, Chickasha
awoke this morning and was
greeted by fine, clear sunrise and
nothing much stirring around in the
way of wind Wherefore Chickasha
up and thought that the day would
be nice and balmy, with nice brac-
be nice and balny, with nice brac-
ing touch Of crispness in the early
hours.
So Chickasha left off the ear
muffs, hung to the old muffler on
the hall tree and started blithely to
town~-and came darned near freez-
ing to death before the nice warm
fire at the office was reached.
Is coIsest Morning.
The fact is that this morning
proved q te the oala9at eype1'a-ood
in Chickasha this winter, despite
the early promises of a moderate
temperature. A fairly strong wind
was arriving from the north, it's
origin being presumably in the
neighborhood, or rather right at
Medicine Hat. Under it's influence,
the thermometers crawled down, the
lowest figure reported being four
degrees above zero. Previous regis
trations had been around ten above
as a low mark
Power Plant Freezes.
Reports from the water power
plant at the Washita are to the eff
feet that for the first time in the
history of the dam, the freezing
weather has put the plant out OF
commission There has been cold
er weather recorded, but it was not
with conditions just right to freeze
the water plant.
The trouble, as reported from the
plant, is that the trash gates above
the wheel house have become solid
sheets of ice. The cracks between
the Stats are about two inches wide
and the water as it splashes up
freezes rapidly forming veritable
dam just above the wheel. The
rievr is up and is running about a
foot over the dam, the reports state.
Steam Pulls Glad.
F. D. Shaffer, manager of the
Chickasha Gas and Electric company
states that the only way he can
account for the freezing at this
time is that in previous years, there
were times when the water plant
was not in constant use, allowing
the water to rise to such an extent
as to bring the level above por-
ton of the trash gates. With the
water at this point, the ice on the
surface afforded protection, allow
ing the water underneath to pass
through the gates unobstructed. Re-
Gently che plant has been pulling
its share of the load using great
volume of water as a consequence.
With the water plant frozen and out
of commission, the entire load is
thrown upon the steam plant of the
company.
Water Pipes "Busted"
Chief Frank Schrimager Of the
city water department predicts a
busy month for Chickasha plumbers.
TIE prediction is based on the
fact that daily the number of
busted" water pipes are increas-
ing as the mercury in the there
mometer lowers. 81 don't know the
exact number Of victims but lhere
are now as many as were reported
to us at this time last year" Super
intendent Schrimager said when
asked for the number who had regis
tered complaints ON cracked water
pipes, cause by the cold weather