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About Oregon City courier=herald. (Oregon City, Or.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1901)
lerM. COURIER ESTABLISHED MAY, 1B83 HERALD ESTABLISHED JULY, 1893 INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHED W9B OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1901 19th YEAR, NO. 8 ity era ' X X X EDWARD HUGHES 182 Madison St., West end of Bridge, Portland, Oregon GENERAL AGENT FOR Aultman & Taylor's Celebrated Threshing Machinery Steam and Gas Engines, Saw Mills, Etc cuise I bv filth and mud that is con stantly stirred up in the basin whenever the boats come in. After considerable trouble the old ce ment mill. 50x150 feet, has been pur chased and will prove a very desirable place for the filters, after the removal of the present structure. Tne total cost of the filter plant, land, buildings, foundations, mains, intake oire. etc.. is exoected to be within $25 - 000, and will be installed within the next four months. At this price, deducting thd amount on hand, the total - debt on the water works will be almost $25,000, and as the extra coBt of operation will not be more than $60 or $70 per month, there will remain from $3000 to, $5000 per year to apply on the debt, which with an increase of revenue to be expected from pure water, promises to practically wipe out the debt in a very tew years. RECEIPTS. January collections ..... ...f 637 60 februery " ovi oo March " , o ou April " 624 70 May " 653-90 June " ." 857 35 Total for six months $4067 60 Cash in Treaa.'s hands Jan 1, '01 $7002 72 CONSOLIDATED IMPLEMENT COMFY SUCCESSOR TO (Rrebe, Harder & Co. 182, 184, 186 Madison Street, West End of Bridge, DEALERS IN . AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND VEHICLES W. C." HOLMAN . Agricultural Implements and Vehicles 210-214 FRONT STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON. Total. . .$11670 32 DISBURSEMENTS . Six months int. on bonds to July lBt. 1901 $ 300 00 Ernest Rands. map of south fork of Clackamas iu uu T S Lawrence.lumber and labor repairing station floor bi 75 California-Jeweil Filter Co. filter exhibit 17o 00 Graton & Knight M'fg Oo. leather belt 153 38 Bruce O Currv. maD of Oregon Oitv 5 00 F L Washburn, extra expense u ' on water analysis 6 50 Wilson & Cooke, tools $11, waste $11 50, sundries, $1.25 23 75 Willamette Iron & Steel Works bolts 5 60 FT Barlow, coal oil 1 70 Labor atco'int. at pumps and on Mains 146 80 Orreon . Citv Courier-Herald. Printing receipts and notices 49 20 Oregon City Enterprise, print ing notices 15 70 A J Owen bey, blacksuii thing. . 9 60 Wolf& Zwicker Iron Works, pump repair . .f21 56 Charmun & Co. oil 15 60. sun- f dry supplies $5 J..J 20 60 OO Foundry, castings ,". .. 14 40 W E Howell, supt salary $270. turn on fees 110. care of filter $20 300 0C P G E Co. light. .,. ... . A . . 12 25 Pope & Oo, lahor $82,seveu tap pings $32 41, tools $11.45, ma- . terial $110.16. Tenth. street main $6 00 242 92 OA Harding, electric lamps.. 160 Reservoir repairs ,. 4 80 T L Charn.au, Secietary salary I50.comniiiou on col. $204 53. expense $8 88 263 21 O N Greentuan. freight and drayage 2 65 New water supply expense.,., 120 Total paid out Balance .in treasurer's July 1st, 1901 $1854 00 bands $9816 26 Remember we have the finest stock of the best makes to be found in Portland, including Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Carriages and Carts, Mowers, Rakers, Tedders and Hay Tools, Hay Presses, Grain Drills, Plows, Cultivators, Disc and Spring Tooth Harrows, Pumbs Harness, Bicycles, Etc. PORTLAND, OREGON A FILTER SYSTEM. Water Commissioners Submit Semi-Annual Report. We herewith respectfully submit our semi-annual report of receipts and dis bursements, of the finances of the city water works. Tht earnings show a steady increase, and should reach the $8000 mark by the eDd of the year. Seven nw tappings have been made. The past six months mark an eventful period in the history of the city water works, in the fact that at last the Board has decided upon plans for the improve ment ofjthe water supply, by the means of mechanichl filtration. Inour last re port we gave the council the result of our investigations regarding a gravity supply j but as the expense seemed be yond the income from the water supply was dropped for at least a few years-to come. Steps hate already been taken to have the forest reserve onhe south fork of the Clackamas river set aside for tire future need of our city's water sup ply. Lastly it remains for mechanical filtra tion to proyide an efficient and eco nomical mens of furnithing pure and wholesome water from our preseut sup ply. The Board was first informed of this system in 1S96, but owing to the fi nancial stringency ai.d the expense at tending the new reservoir, the matter was not considered seriously. In our July report for 1899, the Board stated that a representative of the California- Jewell Filter Co. had looktd .over our proposition, and stated that at a cost of Eot to exceed $25,000 a filter plant of one-million gallon capacity in 24 hours could be installed. As the sentiment of a largo prcport on of the citizens were opposed to tuth large expenditure for a gravity Eyttem with the prospect that the income might not take care of the fame for tome lime to come, it was then decided by the Board to investigate the filter system in a thorough manner, and to that end had the California Jewell Filter Co. of San Francisco, bring an ex Deriment.l pressure filter to the city and make a practical demonstration of Total $11670 32 Charles H. Cacfield, Pres. " T. L. Cuarman, 8ec. Board of Water Commissioners, This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Brorao-Uuinine Tabid. the remedy that cure cold la ne day the merits of their system. The same was placed on Seventh and Main street, during the latter part of March, and a 30-day test required. On the 12th of April samples were taken and sent to Professor F. L. Washburn, the State Bi ologist at the University of Eugene. The results of the examinations being highly satisfactory, from the fact that the water in the river was quite muddy at the time, and it proved that the filter while making the water clear and color ets, it removed all the foreign matter except a very small percentage of bac teria. Before considering a proposition the Board addressed a circular letter to 20 different cities in the United States, wbicb are using filters of the capacity we require. Kepoitafrom all of these cities state th t the results are highly satisfactory, The cheaper cost is mainly a saving 01 freights. ihe experimental filter is still kept running lor the benefit 01 the public, and gives a very satisfactory drinking water. iSetter retults can without doubt be obtained from (lie gravity svs- tem of filters using filtered water to wash the filter bed with, contrararv to the belief of many people, the river water at the time it was analyzed was quite muddy, but it was not considered unfit lor drinking, consequently to free it from all tuepended matter, would be a great benefit, filtration does. The cost of nraking this filter test was $175, and the Board is certain that the knowl edge gained, both for themselves and the citizens, justifying the expense. The simplicity of cleaning these filters is one of their chief recommendations. The Board has closed a contract with the California Jewell rilterCo. of San Francisco, Cal., to erect a Jewell grav ity niter plant capable 01 hltenng one million gallons ol water in each 24 hours under a guarantee to make same clear, colorless, odorless, and 97 per cent free from organiHtns and bacteria for the sum of $12790. Paildings, foundations, con necting mains, etc, are not included. The Board has employed an engineer to make plans for a suitable intake pipe to extend up tte basin and into running water, and do away with the. bad water Parkplace) Letter List. Following is a list of letters remaining in the Parkplace postoffice unclaimed for the month ending June 30th, 1901 : Miss May Luce, Parkplace; J. W. Stevens, Gladstone J Thomas Butts, Place. W. A. Holmes, P. M. Weather, Following is the voluntary observers' meteorological record for month of June, 1901, at Miramonte Farm near Aurora, Oregon : Mean temp, Max. temp., 88. Date, 17th. Min. temp, 41. Daf? 4th. . 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