The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-10
TEST SHOWS
WATER To
Be PERFECT
Marvellous Well Found Al
1900 Feet May Bring New
Era To Town.
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81 I4ANElNAIf AiAfr %NN-5
- so,ind a. Of untold volumer q
-,,et,,n~ water Tar down in the depths
u +be earth but plainly audible "itH
!, fcy feet of the spot where t'1s
.tn- ~ I,ansing's new well prolee67
$3.50 tbe surface Of the ground .
,ss,ie,-ea +o proclaim new era Tor tne
i village. ...s s,.,,-
/ lansing now has an unlimited sup
n1v Of chemically pure water the ohls
+ nlace 90 favored. by the way IN 'ts
e,tire Calumet region. Not only WI
4anainR's water be sought because "a
f+a nurftv for household uses but ne ieR
- ,,dnstrfes have already begun y
show interest because IL has eeeh
shown to be ideal for steam boilsfs'
frae from scale producing Impurities
which make factory owners gray ~
fore their time.
No DICKERING WITH HAMMoNb.
THE village wanted a municipal " a-
fer system to take the place Of ne
shallow home wells now in use. Meet
,nps were held with the town board
and ii was decided 70 try drilling
vel instead Of dickering with Ham
mond or some other lakeside city TOT
a supply line. The town board
which A. c. vierk was president and
w. a. EOII6s -. H. III ~ 80
Miller. Albert Daehn. Ferdinand Heh-
and and Fred Miller were members
undertook the Job.
The village was taking a chance q
spending a lot OF money IN driirng
and finding only sulphur water such
as Chicago Heights has been getting
at every attempt The spot selected
Is on the unimproved street just
block south or the little brick Catholic
church.
co DOWN 1000 FEET.
Drillers worked for weeks. Th~y
started with a twelve-inch casing de-
creasing the size as the depth I'M
creased until eight-inch pipe was used
for the last section which reached -
the depth II 635 feet. Water with .
sulphur smell and taste was encouns-
cred at about 45o feet. The prospec-
tors were elum but the work con
tinuod Down through solid rock -"e
huge drill continued until At 1.6ee
feet comparatively easy going was
encountered Thcn that roaring
sound which has since attracted
crowds 81 curious people, was noticed
Sounaine= also showed that the
water had suddenly risen in the cas-
Ing to Within lo0 fret ot tho surface
AT 1868 feet tEe work was stopned.
The we'll was cleaned and the last
section u easing was driven
TEST PUMP INSTALLED.
A big tast pump was Installed Dar
and night il sucked continuous
stream 81 clear sparkling water from
that rushing food below. The pump
averaged 500 gallons a minute during
this severe test No lowering Of the
pump was speeded up to its capacity.
500 gallons per minute. In spite OF
this tremendous draught for a well or
its size the water level continued az
100 feet from the casing head.
Experts We're consulted and they
expressed the opinion that Lansing
has been fortunate enough to tap one
81 the huge underground rivers which
underlie the continent The L. S.
Geological Survey has located ana
charted scores 80 these mysterious
rivers whose source and destination
are as yet unknown to man. It is said
that the one passing under Lansing
may have its beginning in melting
SHOWS Of mountainous regions hun
dros of miles away
FREE FROM ORGANIC NATTER.
Samples ~ the water were at once
sent to chemists for analysis. The re-
suits show the water 10 be soft which
70 many seems unbelievable when II
is considered that it is found beneath
strata Of limestone nearly a third Of
mile in depth. This feature alono
indicates distant source direct from
rain and snow, 1t is also free from
any organic matter which lends cred
ence to the theory Of ice and snow
high above tho vegetation lines on
mountain sides
The tests show the water to be per
feet for boilers as no scale forming
chemicals or Impurities could he
found. The report stated that its soft
ness might cause II 10 form some in
steam boilers but this is easily over
come by Inexpensive treatment. on
this feature alone Lansing expects to
offer inducements TO factories which
cannot be equalled anywhere else IN
the Chicago or Calumet districts.
400 FAMILIES IN VILLAGE.
It cost S15.40O to sink the well.
Plans had already been worked out
for a distribution system IN the wiz
age which would raise the total 10
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