The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-26

''liNhAlNt anu lDF tunnel NA lNH
scrlucd, 10 Us ahsolutly certain that
we can convey by gravity alone g5
million gallons ~ water per day
from Spuvinaw dam GO Mohawk.
This IS the best. the most dupcpd.
able, and most economical plan Cor
this project conUtitutiuE as 80 doya
one continuous homogeneous unit
delivering without mechanical or
human aid. TO the gates uf yaur
city and abundant supply of the bost
water oh,ainahlo iu this state.
I'm view " the TACT chat this wa
ter is so beautifully clear iu MS nor.
NAL state. liberation viii not hc rc
quirod or desired during the major
portion OF thc time. whom handigl
In the manner hereinafter de-
scribcd.
our plans provide Tor The cren-
tlon ~ storage basin I'M tho Mo.
hawk vicinity 90 hold mot less than
30 days supply Tor Tulsa and lts
euviruns.
II is proposed 'llt tho conduit
flow It's full capacity %. am uu.s yN-
rcpt as hereinafter ,cntion,d. oven
though surplus escapes In thn Mo.
hawk vicinity This surplus is Go
fIll and constantly Glow throush .hD
storage basin mentioned thu. keep.
ing n FUN ng frDsh clear water.
Whenever the Spavinaw lake be-
comes even slightly turhid from oN .
ccsSive floods which will hc rare, it
Is proposed that tho conduit gatys
AZ the SpavinaW Intake be closed
uutil the lako water becomes
thoroughly clear. During this hrof
interim. the supply is TO bc drawn
from this Mohawk reservoir II
should ho understood that when the
conduit is flowing its fun capacity
of 25 million gallons daily the cost
is no moro than II only enough ~
flowing 10 meet the actual ncods
IL Is only question " allowing
some Of the surplus water OF the
SpaNinaw creek not needed by the
city 20 flow or near Mohawk In.
stead OF wasting down the Spavl-
nav.
Moreover lt Is best for tho CON
duit 10 flow its fun capacity For
many years this surplus would be
large, and IN all events ample 20
warrant the following suggestion,
which does not pertain directly 10
your water supply but which could
result from IT, This surplus would
produce Little Spaviuaw creek
near Mohawk and before this wa
ter gets away. II could be used 20
/ form an attractive aHl adequate
/ lake on which could hc made n
/ bathing beach OF no mean proper
| tions. Briefly a Spavinaw bathing
beach at your city gates ana n
/ beautiful suburban park could he
made in connection herewith. This
! Is merely n thought In passing and
may be considered by your park de-
/ partmcnt.
In regard TO this surplus II NAV
+ be well To explain that tho conduit
/ capacity OF % million gallons daily
/ Is necessarily based upon the max.
mum daily consumption and MOI
/ the average. The days OF maximum
! consumption are relatively few and
/ come through the heated and dryer
periods Of summer. and during large
fires. Until Tulsa reaches n de,
mand FOR rn1Nimum days con
sumption Of 25 million gallons
! there would always be a surplus (,
fluw out in Mohawk vicinity anc
even when the occasional maxi
mum day Is reached the surplus
would flow out on all days when tht
maximum is not used,
This Mohawk reservoir serves an
other purpose as n factor OF safet'
IN safeguarding the needs of the cit
against any possible accident 10 tn,
conduit or pipe line, since thi
quantity of water In storage f
ample to supply all needs whil'
necessary repairs are being made
No serious accident OF any kin'
need be expected.
our estimates Of costs nrc al
ha sod upon CONSTRUCTION % the mos
substantial and permanent charac
ter and ample and adequate In de
sign TO safely perform and with
stand the service imposed. Their
are no perishable materials contcm
plated In any part Of the work.
open and free competition vii
obtain on each and every Kind an'
character OF the work, and reason
able prices may safely be antici
patCd on all.
The dam Is easily accessible e
railroad facilities which will greatly
aid in It's economical and rapid con
lstruCtiOn, and II can easily be com
plcted within twelve months tim
from the date OF contracting for u
The conduit or pipe line consul
tutes the major portion OF the pro
iect and fortunately for its con
struction. it 10 crossed by five dir
ferent lines of railroad nt distance
apart forming approximately equh
sections where materials and laOo
for it's construction may "ConoWl
calIy ae assembled, thus making
possible to divide this work into a
many different units for construc
tlon purposes as may he desired
IN may he constructed both way
from each railroad crossing II /
easily divisihir Into ten or NOR
units. each OF which can be con
structed simultaneously under ar
ferent contracts, II so desired, Wit
no Interference with each other, A"
an could be let under one contrac
and still be constructed In ~
various units simultaneously. IN
tunnel may easily form anothe
unit Tor construction purposes an
the dam another while importan
stream crossings may well form
separate unit. II is therefore ap
parent that all Of lh" WORK Is "p"
10 the widest possible range ii
competitIon either in small or targ
3 Iunits and you may anticipate r'a
sonahIp prices 90 result from IN.
p condition. In addition To- this. u
quite apparent that these condition
make possible a rapid completion '
'the entire project We therefor
/ consider that eighteen months nil'
thc execution OF contracts would %
a reasonable timr FOR the con-
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