The log cabin Democrat., 1921-12-14
COUNCIL APPOINTS WAFER ASSESSORS ASK R. R. YARDS MOVED WaterwOrks Board Reports Estimated Cost of Reconstructing System
 at About $200,0OO.

Election of a board of assessors for Waterworks Improvement District l No. of Conway, following the filing
 of plans and estimates of the new district by the commissioners, and the adoption of resolution seeking to secure the removal of the Missouri
 Pacific freight yards from the public square were the principal features of
 an important session of the Conway city council last night.
 G. w. Addison, D. o. Harton, Jr.,
 and George A. Freeman were unani-
 mously chosen as assessors for the new waterworks district. The names of several others were informally dis cussed for the position, but the coun- cil quickly agreed upon the appoint ment of the men named, each of the entire membership of the council vot- ing for them on roll call.
 The estimated cost of the water works improvements, as planned by E. V. Leverett, engineer for the dis trict, was reported by the board at t-Of'i ff.Oo, lIIt lJSDIS III l1lt eSl SllnldIp being as follows: Relaying and re- placing pipe line from pumping sta ton to reservoir with iron pipe, $15,- 577; filters and settling basin, S36,- 7SS; making necessary repairs on and additions to pumping station and machinery, $20 0,439; relaying and re-
 placing all defective and worn-out wood pipe within the city with iron pipe, S57,915; making necessary ex- tensions to the distribution system within the city, S54,877; engineering and incidental expenses (estimated at 10 per cent), $1S,55S.60.
 On behalf of the board of improve ment, Frank E. Robins, the chairman, explained to the council that the pro- jected Improvements contemplated a 20-year program, to take care of the growth of the system and the neces- sary replacements during that time, and that it was not intended that bonds should be sold and the entire program undertaken at once. Such wood pipe in the distribution system as was now giving good service, he said, would not be disturbed until it began to fail, but the estimate and plans contemplated the eventual sub- stitution of all wood pipe in the dis tribution system with iron. The plans also call for the installation of about II miles of entirely new water mains, more than was constructed in the original plan; for 80 new fire hy drants, placing one at practically every street intersection in the city; for a storage and settling basin of about 2,000,000 gallons capacity; for new pumping machinery of more than double the present capacity; for a new transmission power line to Glea- son, and for the substitution of modern gravity filtration system for the present pressure filter, the whole giving Conway doubtless the most modern and efficient water plant in the state.
 Following the election of the water Mayor Cole called attention to vacancy on the board of asses sors of Sewer Improvement District No. 1, the place held by the late John Hartley. County Treasurer J. E. Wofford was unanimously elected to the position. It is understood that a reassessment of the sewer district will be ordered, none having been made since the organization of the district.