The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20
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humanity that at one time or an
( other have attempted to block the
onward march OF man. IL must be
sacrificed, The town was first set
tied by Mormons when driven out OF
Missouri, Later other white pioneers
/ aud Cherokee Indians settled there.
When Spavnaw creek, a tumbling
crystal clear mountain stream, ~
damned with a solid wall OF mason-
~ $500 feet long and so feet high
a lake half mile wide and seven
miles long will be created, according
TO Trammel and w. II. HoNay the
engineers. Eighteen hundred acres
OF land win be inundated. A greater
part Of this land is now covered with
trees. All OF the land "a to be
cleared. Trees will be pulled up by
the roots and all rubbish and under
brush burned on what Is TO be the
lake floor before the gates in the
dam are lowered and the water Inn
pounded.
A 54-mile conduit OF concrete pipe
half OF It five feet IN diameter and
half OF II Ga inches IN diameter will
be built from the dam 20 roser-
voir which Is to ba constructed at
Mohawk. Here - huge pump station
10 10 be built which will pump the
water TO the high pressure reservoir
The water will flow by gravity
from the dam TO Mohawk The dis
Covory that gravity could be used TO
get the water as far as Mohawk. was
made by Trammel and Holway in
making the preliminary survey for
the project. This important discov-
cry eliminated three pump stations,
| which had been provided Tor in an
estimate made previously and saved
thousands OF dollars In the cost and
upkeep OF the project
To make the water flow, n tunnel
two miles long ncar Tiawah IN
/ Rogers county will be constructed.
This tunnel is TO be five feet IN
diameter and will be lined with con-
crete.
Railroad Along line.
A Standard guage railroad Is 20 he
contributed alongside the conduit by
the contractors. This railroad ls to be
used In ti~ Transporting OF materials
and will be made permanent. Thus
the new town OF Spavlnaw will be
railway terminus. instead OF an in
land village.
Trammel and Holway. the spavi-
nav engineers. say that Tuisans will
be drinking the mountain water out
Of city mains In is months All
contracts which have been let call
FOR completion within that time.
Contracts for the construction Of
the dam, cleaning OF the lake bed,
/ building OF tho concrete conduit.
construction OF the tunnel. the Mo-
| hawk reservoir and the high pres
sure reservoir have already been lot.
The only contracts that have yet 10
he let are for the pump station at
Mohawk and construction ofsb four
mile pipeline between Mohawk and
the high-pressure reservoir.
-Four years ago, In the spring OF
1913. n small group OF business men
organized into an outing club. After
scouting through all Oklahoma they
finally picked n site on the south
bank OF Spavinaw creek, eight miles
east of the town Of Spavinaw. A
clubhouse was built and more bust
ness men Joined the club.
Water had always been "A serious
proposition with Tulsa, The Arkan-
sas river was an unsatisfactory sup
ply and entirely inadequate for tho
city that Tulsa promised 10 be As
these business men. members OF the
Chamber OF Commerce, fis1ed and
swan in the beautiful Spavinaw,
! they had visions.
They told their dream bcforeC he
| Chamber OF Commerce aud a COM
mittee from this body visited this
fairy stream east OF Tulsa. And its re-
port resulted In the Chamber OF Com
Smerce going before the Hubbard ad-
ADMINISTRATION and asking for "A better
water supply. The city boosters
kspread their propaganda before all
Nle city clubs. And finally. despite
dire predictions from the opposition,
an engineer was engaged.
Engineer Is Engaged.
The aity commission, sitting with
! Col. Clarence B. Douglas, and Il. VI.
McFarlin, managing director and
president of the Chamber or Com
\ merce. engaged H. A. Pressey 20
make preliminary md estimate
| for a water supply for Tulsa which
would be suitable for a city ot 200
GOO McFarlin and Colonel Douglas