The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1923-09-21
Water System
Accepted By
City Officials
On Thursday
WaterwOrks Completed Last Week
Found First Class by Engineer.
kadOka Now Has Fire PrOtec-
tiOn And Good Drinking Water.

Ellerman and McLain, the wat
clWQrks contractors from Yank
ton, South Dakota, completed thei
work last week and passed wor,
to the Dakota Engineering Co., o
Mitchell, who are supervising TIT
installation of the local waite
plant, that they were ready an,
eager for an inspection of thei
work. Lyle kinport of that firm
arrived on Wednesday of last weel
and he at once set to work check
ing up with the YanktOn men. On
Thursday Mr.. f.. X. Mather alst
came over from Mitchell and to
wards afternoon he had satisfie,
himself in the interests of on!
community. that the installation
had been done according to speci
fcations plus. Mr.. Mather founo
the work without flaw as far a
his engineering skill could detect
The system was holding up with
out wavering even trifie, fan
above the required pressure.
i've checked work of these con.
tractors in many places of thi,
state" said Mr.. Mather, ''and
have yet to find one instance
where their work was not as good
if not better than required. You
have here one of the best systems
that can he built and installed by
the best contractors that | know,
he continued.
KadOkans will be pleased to hem
this from the lips Of one expert in
such matters.
Our village dads wore smiles
broader than any we have seen
them carry since the blistering hot
July sun grinned down when tn,
digger first started moving slow
" away from town towards its i'm
mediate goal, the we'll, a mile and
a half away Since then the tren
cher, skillfully managed by thoro-
ughly trained hands. has chugge,
and ground away until it covered
our village with nctw ork OF three
miles of trench and pipe, all con
nected and united with both I'll
we'll and the big tank.
Kadokans have enjoyed seeing
the contractors at work. A glimps,
even to the uninitiate could tell
that Ellerman and McIai kne>
their business and were most earn
cstly at work to fill their program
according to specifications and inn
prove upon it if it could be done,
There were several discrepancies
that can not always he fOreseen in
the plans. The contractors filled
them in without saying thing
about it. They were obliged to cut
through ement walks of course
but they were not under Obliga-
ton to replace them. They did
however and for running ovei
measure reinforced them with
steel. These little things and
many Of them went to make the
contractors we'll liked by every
one. They did their work with a.
little fuss" as possible, consulted
gladly with our council and cheer
fully carried out any suggestions
they had. T hen too their crew was
cumulative of the bosses. During
all the months they were here
they have been welcome guests.
They have paid their bills prompt
ly and patronized our merchants
literally. The careless, boisterous
atmosphere around gangs Of this
nature was entirely wanting. Not
one complaint has been heard.
I'VE could not have been better
served" said Mr.. Sharon. land
their work is AL in every respect"
Il have followed their kind of
work for thirteen years and know
whereof | speak when | say that
this job was done both conscient-
iously and WE'LL" said A. S. White,
clerk of the village board of trus-
tees.
I'VE have had very good service
from these folks Is far as I know"
said @. A. Craven, who heads the