The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
COUNTRY CLUB LAKE
BEGINS TO FILL UP
Water Turned Into Lake and Swim
merS' Paradise will Soon be Ready,

NHtef Iurneu into Lake ana SWIM
mcrs' Paradise will Soon be Ready.
Contrary to earlier expectations,
work on the dam at the Bois Terre
country club progressed so rapidly
last week that it was possible to turn
water into the lake Friday. The lower
part Of the lake has already begun to
fill up at a rapid rate. An estimate On
the time which will be required to fill
the lake would be generally accepted
as flight almost into the realms of
fancy, but it is thought that not less
than two weeks will be required for
the water to reach level high enough
to go over the sDill-way. Bathers, it
is understood, will not he allowed to
go into the water before it reaches a
considerable depth.
The success OF the filtration system
used in clarifying the water before it
enters the lake, local observers re-
mark, may lead to a valuable applica-
ton Of the same system % water sup
ply plants of cities and towns. AS has
already been stated in these columns,
the club management applied the tile
drainage idea or it's more economical
substitute, the so-called "hlind ditch"
scheme, So well known to farmers, in
clarifying the water before it enters
the lake. Ordinary terra Gotta pipe
was laid above a dam at the head-wa-
ters Of the lake and earth thrown over
ho min 4. - 10
over the earth and trickle down into
the piping through the joints, the wa
ter being filtered by the natural pro-
cess. Adoption of the idea was in the
nature Of an experiment, according to
reports, but the success has already
been beyond expectations, the water
emptying into the lake being clear and
sparkling. The real test, of course, Is
expected to come after a heavy down
pour Of rain. w. r. McCuen, chair
man of the local waterwork and cleo
trio light commission, said the other
day that the same ysstem may be ap-
piled to clarifying water for local con-
sumption, doing away with the con-
oluCi tUDlo ChpCHoS VI
settling BASIN He said that the COM
mission already had the idea under
consideration and would watch the
permanent results Of the country club
plan with much interest.
Many visitors to the upper dam Of
the lake, where the filtration Is done,
have been curious to know where the
little Wipe of cool, clear and sparkling
water comes from which is found just
at the base Of the dam on It's lower
side. Col. Bluff ("u" pronounced
long) Blakely, superintendent OF the
club grounds, took a few minutes off
! from his arduous labors a day or two
ago to explain that the Yipe came from
people OF the surrounding country
which happened to be located right
under the dam itself. Before the dam
was built, he said, concrete wall was
built over the spring and a pipe, the
same pipe seen by the visitors, was
laid from the spring to point below
the dam itself. Before the summer
bathers begin to splash and swim IN
the lake below, he said, he hoped to
have the pipe continued down as far as
the popular gathering place Of the
bathers, where those who do not drink
out of the lake itself in their efforts to
swim may quench their thirst from
sweeter source. Taps Of the water
pipe may also be made in the dressing
rooms along the lake front.