Wednesday, September 27, 1899
THE SUMPTER MINER.
LIGHT andWATER
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L. VINSON TO FURNISH SUMP
TER PLENTY OF BOTH.
He Takes Charge of the Electric Light
Plant October I Will Pot in New Ma
chinery, 750 Incandescent and SO Arc
Lights Large Force of Men on Water
Works Be Completed December I One
Million Gallons a Day.
V. I.. Vinson will take charge of the
electric light plant October i. As soon
;in he Krts control It will lie operated ;ill
night, Hv the middle of tlic iniinth he
will have Installed new machinery of far
greater capacltythan that in use at pres
ent. There will be a Mo-horse power
boiler, us-horse power Corlis engine, a
dynamo lor supplying 750 id-candlc
power incandescent lights and 502,000
candle power arc lights.
I here are at present only 250 incandes
cent lights In town, that being the full
capacity of the plant. 'I here are several
au lamps In position on the streets
around tow 11 but no light radiates Irom
them. .Mr. Vinson says lie already has
orders lor several hundred additional in
candesient lights and about fort vnrcs, sup
posing that the city takes ten. I he city
Council has not vet decided detinitelv how
many street lamps will be necessary, but
it has decided that tile streets shall be
lighted.
Not satlsiied with turning night into
day; the work not being sullicieut In keep
him Interested, .Mr. Vinson Is rushing Ills
water works plant to an early completion.
Last week he put twenty men to work
digging the ditches from the reservoir to
the citv for the conduit pipe, mid has been
increasing the number every dav until
there ale now employed fully liftv men.
And Mr. Vinson savs lie will be ready to
supply customers with water by Decem
ber 1.
When completed, no town in the state
will have so ample a supply ol pure water
as that furnished Stnupter. It comes from
I'ole and Wind creeks, 75 Indies ol It, or
How ol something over a million gal
lons a day, 770 gallons eery minute.
Resides this lonstant supply, the reser
voir holds oxer i.poo.cco gallons. It is
constructed at an elevation ol jco feet
above the business 1 enter of the town,
about 1. sco lot Irom the city limits. With
this naltiial pressure, gravitation and
other 11 itvir.il impediments considered, a
stream of water can be throw 11 over about
seven of the t 1II1M buildings In town,
piled on top of e.-uh other.
l:oi rand a half miles of main will be
I ild at once, a ten huh pipe being used to
con Juct the water (mm the reservoir down
tow 11.
'I hits it will be see.i that .Mi. Vinson Is
a lenel.utor to the town; tout while he Is
t jrolng an ho'iest dollar lor himself, he Is
I'cnelittlug every cltlen ol Sumpler, not
onlv bv supplvlug them with con
veniences and cOiiilorts demanded by
modern civilizatien: but more materially
bv UiiOvMng the bottom out ot the almost
prohibitory prevailing live and eight and
even ten per cent Insurance rates. Wuh
tills lne.h iiistlble water sapply, excellent
lire protection is furnished, and insuraiue
tales bv all law. Mil opiilv should be cut
in t a.i .it least. riiNwill save thedti
ze is ol Sumpler IhnusanJs ol dollars an
u.allv and Keep the money at home.
,N 1. Vinson Is a good, valrahle citizen;
Lis deat, active b a In is busy with other
gig uitic projects tor the good ol the com
munity at large, as well as himself-he Is
worth a carload of ordinary men toanv
tow II.
Mf:llnj to Consider Smelter Proposition.
A meeting ol many til the represent.!
live citizens ol Sumpler was held at Ihe
opera house .Mond iv evening t determine
,i near as possible what disposition
be made of the matter of establishing the
smelter plant mentioned in last week's
Issue of Till: MlNUK. After a canvass
of the situation during the past week, it
was found that the original subscribers to
the proposition in the district were more
in favor of giving a bonus to the com
pany offering the plant for sale, and ,al
lowing the manufacturers to operate It,
thnti to take the responsibility upon them
selves (which no doubt Is a wise move, as
if the plant can be operated successfully
by experienced people there Is no doubt it
would be a benefit to the town for more
reasons than one. The parties offering
the plant for sale, which it will be re
membered was of 50 tons capacity, claim
it would cost approximately $15,000,1101
Including the money necessary to pur
chase ores when In operation; that the
pay roll in connection therewith would be 1
55,000 to J6,ooo per month and that if the
citizens of Sumpler would subsidize them
to the extent of $5,000, thev would sup-,
ply and operate the plant themselves.
Some differences as to how the matter of
payments of the subsidy should be made
took up the principal time of the meeting.
I Ills question will probably be decided at
a later date, if ever.
Col. Hudson Quit at the Right Time.
.1. Nat Hudson, at present editor of the
Cove Ledger, founder of the Sumpter
News, was in town last week. While
here he paid a friendly visit to 'Mil:
.MlNI.lt (Hike and inspected admiringly
this thoroughly up-to-date printing plant.
When asked if he hadn't iuil Sumpter
too soon, he replied: "No, I think I got
out just at the right time I'm not overly
fond ol hard work." And that remark
seemed to imply that he appreciated Un
true situation In the newspaper business
here at this transition period.
Nuisance Should Be Abated.
What Is already a public nuisance, and
bids fair to create much sickness in town,
Is the dumping of refuse in the creek
crossing, at the loot of Granite street,
thereby stopping the small tlnw of water,
and causing a stagnant pool to torm. It
is to be hoped this matter will receive at
tention trom the proper authorities, and
steps taken at once to clear the oh
stnu lions, which the small volume ot
water hi ttie stream can not wash away.
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