The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23
PROVE SPAVINAW
LOGICAL SOURCE
Interest in the Water
Problem Centers in
Mass Meeting
ENGINEERS TO REPORT
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All Conjectures and Guess
work After That Will
BE Eliminated

fncurifovcrlibie facts ana figures
on the Spavinaw project, aud not
nero guesewOrk and conf p.iurc, VIII
be presented to tho taxpayers OF
Tulsa at tho mass meeting to De held
nt Tho municipal auditorium at 1880
o'clock Tuesday night At that time
tho report uf j. -. Trnmmcll con
Eultinr engineer, and W. Il. Holway
Of the Holway Engineering com
pany, who had charge of the Sphvi-
nav survey, will be read openly no
Tulsan's may not only hear the
report but also have an opportunity
10 ask questions.
No public question In Tulsa is
moro vital TO the cftys future than
that Of q new water gupply. Know
ing this kocnly ~ anyone else, tho
nonpartlsan water commission dc
cidcd the public should bc privileged
." hear the report read by those who
actually made tho survey to SpaW-
nav and Co have an opportunity to
question them on any or all phases
Of the project
Their written report viii be made
to the water commission Monday
afternoon. II will cover every di-
vision aud subdivision Of the sur
vcy. and will settle any controversy
that may have existed or which may
now exist among taxpayers Rs TO
tho cost OF bringing Spaynnw water
20 this city
Every Foot Examined,
For tho past four months a corps
OF competent engineers under tho
Objection of Trammcll and ttolway
has examined every foot OF ground
and every earth Formations beiwooG
Tulsa and Spavinaw. II has been
determined which chain OF hilts
should be tunnellod for the water
aqueduct and which hills should be
circlcd by the line 10 provide both
economy and efficiency for the prof
oct. Tho engineers know approx
mEtely how many carloads OF sand
and how many bags OF cement will
be required to construct the line and
10 build the dam across Spavinaw.
They know the head" OF water
that will be required to put the con-
tents Of Spavinaw into Tulsa by
gravity.
These figures arc to he given to
tho public Tuesday night--f!gures
on one OF the greatest water proj-
ects ever proposed In the south
west, even though It may not DO the
costliost.
Trammell is the engineer who de-
signed and built Lake worth, near
Fort Forth. Texas. after number
OF ether engineers had declared II
could not be done, To-day Fort
worth has enough water for n city
many times its size; and tho fame
of Lake Worth as n civic beauty
spot has spread all over the south
west Rich and poor alike share
it's advantages. 10 Is necessary only
to ask any Fort Worth citizen to as
certain the high regard In which
Trammell is held in that city.
Run Surplus INTO Lake.
While the spavinaw Is out OF
reach OF most Tulsans, It ls under
stood the city expects 20 build an
enormous artificial lake and beach
at some point within easy reach OF
everyone and thcro utilize the sur
plus mountain water for pleasure
purposes Calculations OF engineers
show there will be sufficient surplus
To supply lake OF almost any size.
The meeting Tuesday night. ao-
cording to Water Commissioner q, S.
Younkman, who Is oN-officio chair
man OF the nonpartiEnn wnter COM
mission, will be open 90 every citi
lion, regardless Of the views he or
she may hold on the water question