The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-14
WATERWORKS WELL
CAUGHT IN VORTEX
OF BUILDING BOOM
Proposal to Plot Lots on Matter
Farm Poses Problem for
Waterworks Board
Situation May Force Board to
Buy Land or Abandon
Principal Wen

may nave W dSStIS belWeen aDan-
doning its major water-producing
well or buying nine-acre tract of
prospective building sites, fronting
on Harmon road, part of the Mrs.
Caroline Matter farm, as the newest
development in the towns postwar
building lot boom.
Unless the State Board of Health
approves continued use of the well
with building sites adjacent to it,
the water works must either buy the
land involved or abandon the well
put down in the summer of 1943.
Mrs. Matter has announced a de-
cision to sell the land which consists
of a tract south of the Amstutz
hatchery corner extending along
Harmon road opposite Bluffton hos
pital and east toward the Nickel
Plate railroad.
LEASE ON LAND
Land for locating and operating
the we'll was obtained by the Board
OIL fuoiic Affairs unper terms OF a
lease agreement, giving the board
an option to purchase the real estate
a. al uhspeeiieu piise
In event the board declines to ex-
ercise its purchase option, the tract
wiz oe iaiu on. ~ ioes Tor new
residence suDdisisloh'
Inns latest ueselopneh1 puts up 70
'he Doaru u uDiic <aaairs tne PROD
lei'i U maintaining ssS eowifs water
supply ae ei'iie "nen everything
points 70 eApaildeu ouiloing ana a
resultant ihc1sase II demands Ior
sei VICE
oaiice y was ppt n use la1e 10
$50, shs Ms'l M ~ ma11er erac'
- asss'1s sss's'sa Z ! ssaiaoapal souIee
u Inc "iu,,ieipaii'y =, , uiihkihg waeei
supply Inc ewo Original weiis Oh
'a "a'.. "oinS p,opei's w ilo' pio-
iue Suiieiene Voiuiie 70 take care
u al 'he siiaee iieeus'
STATE SURVEY
only nope OF the waterworks
board to escape making the choice
between purchasing the entire site
or abandoning the well, rests IN the
possibility that the State Board OF
Health may waive its standard re-
quirement that wells providing water
ioi puoiie use hiuse pe at ieaSe oo0
ieeI from resioehelai properties
~ " singer, u ioieuo, uis'iio'
engineer iof the 'oea.e ooafo u
nealsh' mas oeeh asked 10 colile q
Dun eoii' inspect 'ie sue, anu iui'
mhe.ier eiie pioNisioii VI ho ieoi'
oehtiai property "ithih ooo lee'
wouio Apply
Doaia u uoiic iaiis iiiei'ipeiS
at "iose request singer VIII come
nave Soiiie nope 'na' ihasii'uoh a.
sewers from any muses. "hicn iilisn
De ouiie III the new sue VIII uraii
away from 'he wen .neie may De
chaice ehe wen eouio DC iliaiii.aiie'
even 'iioush nouSeS are puii' IA 'i''
proJec'eo iesioen'iai auoi.ioh.
Inc wen 10 loe"Veu aoou' ooo ,ee
east from nafiiioh roao' anu io'
zoo leet oeep do pIoposeu' woui'
Sake them "i'hih ioo ieee u 'h'
wafer supply.
BUILDING SITES PROPOSED
IL the State Board OF lieaith RUE
that erecting homes along the stree
will not interfere with continued op
Grafton of the well, Mrs. Matter VII
proceed with laying out the bu'idlni
lots.
Should the 300-foot ban epply, N
Board of Public Affairs must hu
the nine-acre tract or dH''ce o
the alternative OF abandoning 1t
we'll on the ground.
Lease signed by the board whe
it drilled the well in l943 gives
hrst option to purchase the IAN