Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-09-24
COUNCIL Meeting

Report of Clark Engineering COM
pany on Survey of Water Supply
Sources for Wauseon Occupy the
Attention of Councilmen
Aside from attention given to a
few details of sidewalk and cross
walk construction and street repair
most of the session of the Council
last Monday evening was devoted to
a consideration and discussion of
Wauseon's water supply problem. i
Following the routine of reading
and approval of minutes of preceding
meeting the council passed motion |
to purchase Tarvia and stone to re- {
surface unpaved portions OF East and
West Leggett Streets and Nam
Street. Tarvia to cost at the rate
of 20 cents per gallon applied.
Messers Clark and Cunningham
of the Clark Engineering Company
were present at the council meeting
and had previously furnished men,
bers of the council with copies of the
report of survey of three water
supply projects thai have been under
consideration for some time past; a
survey that the Council had pre-
viously employed the Clark En-
gineering Company to make. Mayor
Oakley called upon the councilmeR
present for an expression of their
opinions or conclusions in regard to
the report. Councilmen Schlatter,
Bachman, Griffin and Barkdull ex-
pressed themselves as in favor of
going ahead with the Turkey Foot
project located East of town. Couu-
cilmen Socie stated that he had not
had the report in his possession a
sufficient length of time to permit
him to read it over and was not
| in position to give an opinion until
he had done so. Council Weber
was not prFGent. Following REM rxs
from the councilmen, Mayor Oakley
called upon Mr.. Clark of the CLARK
engineering company to give verb
al explanation of the findings and
conclusions reached as the result of
the survey which his company had
made. Mr.. Clark stated that a sur
, vey ad been made of three proposed
plans for furnishing an adequate
supply of water to the village of
| Wauseon. viz.
!. The Big Ditch, located on the site
of the present plant; the Turkey\ lot
reservoir and filtration plant located
east of town and the Bean Creek or
Tiffin River proposition which con-
templates the bringing of water from
Bean Creek to Wauseon. Mr.. Clark
| stated that their estimates on the
several propositions were in round
numbers as follows:
Big Ditch, $275,O00.
Turkey Foot, S325,000.
Bean Creek, S375,0O0.
The drainage area of the Big
Ditch project is little more than
square miles. The Turkey Foot plar
offers an area of z square miles
capable of extension TO approx
mately "a square miles; while the
Bean Greek project offers supply
of water ample to the needs of :
fair sized city.
Mr.. .Clark's findings against the
Big Ditch project as stated Mon
dav night were that that the waite
from that drainage area would b.
harder than from the Turkey Foo
drainage area on account of the ella,
sub-soil in the Big Ditch area; bu
the principal objection wis thu
the supply from the Big Ditch are
was limited to the needs of a popu
lation of 1000 and that it is no
possible to increase the area O
this water shed. (This point
controverted by the Water Work
point uut thata.,,veo o lhSw
Board and their engineers VIII
J. nniTnt ont tba4 fbo
contiguous territory can be diverte
to the Big Ditch area as easily an
at no greater expense than in tn
case of the Turkey Foot area an
furthermore that an unlimited sur
ply can be secured bv going eigf
miles south to the Maumee Rive
in case there is ever. need of sue
) supply.) Mr.. CSarlcs pltncipa
contention from an engineers noir
: of view, was that the Big Ditc
project if carried out would set tn
s limit to the growth .of Wauseon &
1000 pnpulatiom.
n The Bean Creek project ws
commended, but the apparent co.
II $375,000 plus $140y000 if iron mir
is used to bring the water to Wa:
ls seon would seem to place that pr,
IS iect beyond the financial ability
Wauseon at present.
Turkey Foot with an up grour
/ reservoir, from Mr.. Clark's poll
~ of view was the most desirable
IS the three projects named for IL
= reasons already suggested: a larg,
drainage area and a softer mo
IL desirable water. The running e.
nenses of the Turl<ev Foot propos
tion were stated to be estimated
$4,000 per year more than II
y running EXPENSES of the Big Dit
plan, Following the conclusion
Mr.. Clark's talk which was We,
pleasingly given, he maintaining
} strictly professional dignity; May
Oakley invited citizens present
- ask Mr.. Clark questions if tb
y wished 70 do so: two of those Or
sent took ADVANTAGE of the privile
The Questions indicated that Que
toners had in mind the expedien
of action under present conditio
o. and TO meet the needs of nossil
. double population rather than
triple or uuadruple population
the distant future, Mr.. Clark st:
ed that the matter of finance. as
the amount of Indebtedness the pe
Dle Of Wauseon wished to assur
was of course a matter for the ci
zens themselves to decide
The questions also elected the
formation that whatever n1an nrie
he adopted the water would have
be filtered before it would be fit t
domestic use.
IN Other items that were broue
~ out were that the item of gas us
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