The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-30
ONLY $25O,OO0
FOR ALL THREE

Which Means City VIII Build
New Light, Water, Sew
erage Plants
An electric light. power and water
system TO cost S6Sl l.64I.31 add a
sanitary sewerage system to coS'
$3.50. $50 16. making tota' NJ 81
O422 30. Il is what the J. b. McCrary
Engineering Co., of Atlanta. Ga.
would have Elizabeth CITY undertake
if the city can not come 70 terms
with Howard f. Crooke and his as
SociateS for the purchase of the eX-
iSting privately owned electric light.
water and sewerage systems. AMI to
make sure that the city AMI Mr.
Crooke will Rot bargain. tkc Mct"a-
nv Engineering Co. values the prop
critics of Mr.. Crooke'S companies at
S253. .TO5.l1. which is nearly SII.OOo
less than Mr.. Crooke refused for
thc properties several months AZ.
The report of the McCrary en-
girperS was made tO the Board OF
Aldermen recently and made public
this week. With the report in hand
the Aldermen this week offered Mr..
Crook S2:N.CO0 for his properties.
free If all incumbel anceS and gave
him unit! July Il. 1922 TO accept
or reject the offer. The Aldermen
then put themselves on record 10
call for plans and specifications for
new plants in event that the offer Is
rejected by Mr.. Crooke. y special
committee has also been appointed
10 secure options on sites for the
proposed municipal light. power.
water and sewerage systems.
Ii the city buys the existing light.
water and sewerage plants for S230.-
ono. an expenditure of S.I39. .6S6.:n
i is recommended to make the present
plants adequate and efficient to serve
the city'S greatest possible require
mentS for several years to come
The acceptance IF either of the rec
concentrations of the J. Il. Net Crary
Engineering Co. will Involve bond
issue of three quarters of 4 million
To million dollars. tho II is be-
lieved that some of the specltica-
tionS of the engineers may be- mOdi-
fled or eliminated. For instance. the
engineers recommend running Il six
teen-inch pipe line seven miles mp
PaSouotank River for water tn get
away from the saline condition that
frequently occurs at the present in
take. Everybody on PaSquotank
Rive knows what tn engineers
don't know: that when the water III
Pasuuotauk River is salt at Eliza
beth City. it is salt all the way up
, the river. Going up the river would
cost 100000 or more and the wat
or brought back would be just as
full of stain and just aS brackiSh a.
the water nearer town.
The water plant recommended by
the engineers would consist of IL 10
OOO.OHO gallon reservoir for the Stor-
age of raw water: one 2.OOO,OO0 gal
Ion filter: one 5O0.9N gallon reSer-
voir for filtered water; two l,OOo
gallon per minute fire pumps; two
40 gallon per minute service pumps
TO pump water from clear water
reservoir to the distribution system
two 80 gallon per minute pumps to
pump water from raw water storage
to filter: Il 100000 gallon tank on
100 foot tower. and pipe line SyS'
TEN covering every section of the
city and immediate suburbs.
The recommendations of the en-
gineerS for the Improvement OF the
electric light and power service III
clude additional boiler and generator
equipment. the elimination of pole:
and overhead wires in the fire dis
trict and extension of the present
distribution system.
Recommendation for the exten
sion of the sewerage system EN-
brace practically the whole town
the total cost of sewerage eXten
Sions and new pumping stations be
ing S19O.410.99. plus the value o.
the existing plant, estimated S3l,
GSJ.0S. \ new sanitary sewerage
system built outright according t.
the recommendation of the engineer
would cost S36O.SS IL.
, The advisory board of the Boar'
of Aldermen, vested with the powe
to acquire the existing plants o
build new plants outright is com
posed of W. Is. Goodwin, l.. IL
, Foreman. J. c. Sawyer, c. .. Rob
inson. L. III. Williams. VI. L. Gal
lop. ]. Il. McCabe. w. G. Gaithe
and 6. L. Hood. They represent tn
best business and financial brains o
the community and whatever step
they take will undoubtedly have tn
sanction of the city public.
f.. For your eyes sake see DR.. J. I