The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 10, 1906, Image 1
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VO XL NEWEI RY .0lESDY
III NOJ50 JTY1.103
Newberry's
Lights and
One f the Best
Needs to Be E
Increased
Newberry F
Among .the many good things in
Newberry there is none better than
011 s,vst.em of water works and elee
tric lights. The Herald and News
remembers very well how often and
constantly in the years gone by it
talked water and lights for the town.
How most gratifying-it was when the
j)lants were installed. There were
those who did not believe that water
colld be procured on account of the
granite which runs through this sce
tion of the state. The well is three
hundred feet deep and goes through
solid granite after about ten feet
from the silrface. The supply of .wat
er from the first well was abundant
at the tinie, but during the last year,
in order to be on the safe side, the
,commis-sioners decidedi to sink an
other well. This was done near ithe
first one and with the same dep)th.
The supply is ample now for all piur
poses for many years to coie and one
well does not interfere with the other.
The capacity of the two is 350,000
gallons for twenty-fouir hours.
iln addition to the ablundant sul)y)IY
the water is known not cnly in New
berry, but elsewhere is a very purc
aid excellent quality. The analysis
is given herewith, and really so far a.
at pu1re and uocd waler is concern
ed, it is not necessary that any eit
izens" of Newherry Should go- else
where.
Te elvetrie lieut plan 1t is not x
<'!!l-by any a1y1whiere else. and (11 du
iii: the ten yeatrs of its existencee. Ithe
town has in t been wit hon tI lie-hts as~
1l wH4.*s cne hicur. In fact: it seemsi
to be as niea r perfect as it is possi1
b'le for a plant of this kind to be.
The ereat est t)iin~ for thle town,
lwee,was when the ciommnission
ers dIecidled to-'pud on a dqy cuirrent.
This det only gives us lights if we
wa'nt .them, hut permits the~ use of
*fanis and inotors for small enterprises,
*Alreadly the9re are sixty h'or'se powet
taken fram'the p)lant for pruiting of
flees, knit.ting mtills, -planing mills
and such small enlterprises. It jis
not only a source of income but is ii
- 4eat convenience and saving to thiosc
enterpr isen. which need small power
-n . - - -
D. James McIntosh, Ohairma*n.
lectric
Water Work
In the Country
ularged to Meet
Deinads.
ower House.
It is conveniieit and always read;
and is more economical 1han gas
linc engines or steam engines for sinai
enterprises.
The capacity of'the present plau
is 3300 incandescent lights and 7
are lights. There areaow in use 70 c
the street lights,and 3500)incanlescei
liIhts besides the sixty horse powe'i
motors.
As to wvater tihe stand pipe holi
180,000 gallons and the reservoi
100,00 gallons. The conisumption c
water at present is about 160,000 ga
4i1ns per day.
The pressil nced is for anotlh
piump for the new well and for mlol
en(-ine and hoiler power and then th
citizens coild rest in sevuirity as I
(t SulpplyN. of water in almost 111
(11me v rgec (Cy for if' the supply in 01
standpipe beeame low or the leman
on it great in case of a large fire th
hwo plimps colid be put il Service.
The greatest need now, however,
445
Mr. W. r. Ewart, Oomm asiohZer.
for larger boilers and larger enugimi
and they wilt have to be put in, ft
the dlemand( for light and power imm
be sul))ied.
Th'le plant was installedl in 189)6 ani
the first board of commissioners wi
cOjopsed of D)r. James McIntosi
Mr. 0. E. Summer. Gomissioner.
Dr. E. C. Jones and )r. J. K. Gilde
)r. Jones having been elected inayo
Mr. T. C. Pool was pllced oil t
board in his place. Later Dr. Gil<
er declined re-election and Mr. C. I
Summer was elected. Upoln the r
signation of Mr. Pool, Mr. W ]
, wart was aj)pointed by Mr. En
liirdt, and at the expiration -of thi
term was elected. So the preset
board is composed-of Dr. Mclntos
Messrs. C. E. Summer and W. I
Ewart. Dr. McIntosh has beei plhai
man of the board from the install
tion of the plant, and .has given nu(
of his time and attention to placit:
it. in such excellent financial C9
dition. IIe is president of the Ne'
herry Savings Bank and has been lor
idetified with the business and coil
mercial (levellopment of the city <
Newberry, always taking an actiN
interest in everything that was f
the betterment. of tle commimity.
Mr. C. E. Summer has been in Nov
' erry for quite a number of years an
is a member of the firm of Summ<
Brotiers, one of the largest me:
eanlitile establishments inl this part r
the country, and t-he man11agement C
this c(oncnt'h 111 S bee:l largely inl hi
hianlds for a numb1her of years and I
his good business juldgmletl muhel c
(lie sucess of. the liusiniess is due.
Mr. W. 14. Pwart is a native c
Newherry and leeply intiested inl il
development andP groIwth.
The first. superintendent of t1i
plant was Mr. P. J. Voss, wh,]to can
' to Newberry with the contracter wh
t built the water works and electri
light plant, and was superintender
for five years when he resigned I
It take "a poeitionl as traveling salesmaj
Upon his resignation the board si
'ured the services of Mr. F. M. Boy
t who took charge of the plant in Fel
t ruary, 1901, coming here from Chei
ter, S. C. Mr. Boyd is a son of M
S M.J. Boyd aindl a. grand son of " Ui
e Cle '' Mark Boyd, who was known anl
' loved by everybody inl these part
and was born in the New Chapel se,
tion of Newberry county. He is aI
tive and energetic and by his clo,
'e attention to tlie business and hI
V kIowledgC of 01l its details, has )dor
munch to put this plant in the excellet
condition in which it is today, ai
m 111uch eredit is due him for the w:
0 evilent service which we now have.
C His assistant in this work is M
Floyd Bradley, a son of Mr. E. I
Bradley, of Newberry. He has bec
in the service for four years and bI
his efficiency and attention to dut
and courteous treatment to everN
one has had his salary increase
-from time to time, and though lie I.
received flattering offers elsewher
has remained in Newberry.
As stated above, Newberry can we
boast of her excellent water and ti
excellent service which she receiv<
from her electric light and wat
plants. There is io better electr
light. system anywhere that we ktnI
of and ol10)0 btt'r andl purer wa tr 'i
be found. Really thle first stepi
Newherry 's progress was when sI
inst alled her sj?stem of water worl
and electrie lights, and1( it shioinhl 1
statedl alsc. that in conntection wit
this, we have a system of' sewer(n;u
whuic'h has givenl geiieral siat isfatlii
thiough it. ineeds very much to he e'
fended.
s* We~ sometimes fear that our1 peopl~
ri (10 not realize as they should how rai
4 idly Newberry is.growing andl exp)an<
ing. As a newspaper' gentleman sai,
d who was here some time ago, w
s need to take 'some lessens from son
of our neighboirs iii th-ec matter<
"claiming. '' Our peole, howere'
have alwvays b)eenl conservative aniti
grto(wthI has been steady andl subs tm
ial.
D)uring the last, twelve imonth
f,our'teen new. brick stores have het
er'ectedI andI all of them are rented at
none of lie old ones are vacant. 1
the matter of population, we are sit
isiled1 that a contser'vativeo est.inmte wi
Sgive us twice the population that. ni
Spear's in the census of 1000. -For thu
treason, we have -eontstaiitly intsist(
that the city council have a poli<
eenrsus taken, so that wheni we a
asked the pl)Pfation of Newberr
we . could give it accuratejy withloi
sayViing ablOutt so many p)eop)le. Ti
known that wve have one of the be:
rural countiries backing the town<
r; any county sent in the state. The
r, lndlls are fertile, farmers intelligent
Sand inldistrioti, and there is nothing'r
to keep New"herry from being one of
ite largest cities inl the state except
3- that lie blusinless ien should realize
0. what we have and then ill get to-eth
-er and pull together for the continl
it 11a.1 growth anld development of our
In this connection it will be inter
esting to the citizens and tax pay
'ers of, tle city to- have a financial
statement giving a brief history of
ithe water and electric light plant and
g also what it has cost and what it is
v worI'th anlid what (lie income will lie
11141 Ile lecessitv of additidnlal boiler
9m'114 enm-ine power.
Newberry installed her vater and
(eeirie light planlt inl 18961, with two
vnIinllies olle of 100 horse power, one
oi 50 horse power. and two boilers of
80 horse pomwer each, as tihe motor
power to do the pumlpilng 4' tho water
loi tle 'artesialn well uip ili tle.
stand pipe lAt nli estimate of capa
eitv of 100.00 -1allons per dlly anld
fii*nnish one thOlusaid - incandescent
Ili hs and Iifty siree ariev lamps.
s hese T oilers and eligilie' plcl'('iMJ
0 Ilit hest ti11 the markel. have beon iik
contiiluouls dailyN service with<mit an
a'evident for ten yeals. Buht t4 supply
the demand I' m114re witer an1 i I -lits
l' 41W OVel'a11dled witi thirty live
hd11141r-ed iniciaideseit lights aid 70
sireet are liglits and tihe pumping of
e 150,000 gallons of water, besides
supplying dIring the day motor pow
er for Several small electrical moto's
lt fans, etc. And the Commissioners
have been for montlis considering
different. propositions to ilcrease tle
power of the plant, so that no break
down might occur, and tile city rest
in full security upontl an abuiidaiit
sipply of water and light. The deep
well Worthington pump originally
used, wore oilt I vo years ago
and wias reprliced by al air col)pres
Sor plumlp. This, though giving us an
incereased supply of watte, now needs
i companion pump for Ohe new well
bored this year, which would >lace
our water supply beyoiid question, as
dt l new I pimises I'ully as lirge
a f1ow as tlie old well.
Two years ago tlt vimmnissiuiners
finding tie lighting plant ilnadv4<iite
to Suipply file town, biulgh I a new
plant f'r $t.500.00, which will carry
3,300 incandescent li ight an 41d 75
street ir( lights. And as the town
could not furnish tle money f'or a
cash purchase, the board a.reed it
the IoNwn autt1horit ies woul make
these notes for the ami14oun1t tihey would
pay thle notes u1ponl ma1ur1ity, ou(.
of the reveuille 14) be deriv'led from
larger sales of light and' water. with
the great saviig of expellse al'ttI end
eing.. thet rmmning' of, the nu*w plan11t.
Tey have ailready' N paid two of Ilese
notes and will he able 14) im-t the
Sthird noteI( matiurine Ilhis f'all. allmlunt
E ing withI inltere'st to) $2,ti.0.. The
'4 hoard also (his y'ear laid a niew~ well
"hored't at t he ('lst 4of $1 ,500t.00. Itl
'0 the pre'(ssini'- 1need' at this tIm isi( an 41
incr'ease of pow'er 1plan41. A 1501
htional boilr are' an4 ab11 shiite necessil51(v.
iiew "'tell and an ath41-iial forc'(e
standi( pipe, w~ithI ani l(icrease' in size
o'(f thle pow~er' house ('all s for)4 $7, 000.00,
and114 the city Ito be pr'opercly pr)4otectled
I- against ai break-dow'n and10 thle stop
,page oIf wvater and lights, should have
Mr1.KRv.anaitnat
this addition to the plant at 01
With this amount of mlioney, the v
er and light plaiit can pay all ruin
OxpeIses, pay this debt of $7,00(
in three years, a1(1nd confiiue to
tenid tie( water ald light lines to n
pressin, nevessitis. And (he bo
with this statement, trusts that
city anild tie citizens will see the
vantages as well as the necessities
this work to be done at once.
the city has the best water in
state, as fine a light plant as caln
fouind anywhere. The citizenls
paying only tan averac cost for lig
and water while in the past year fi
the revenle from light and wa
live thousand dollars hals been aippl
to tie payment of notes for eleel
light phlant, and extension.s in the w
er, liliht and sewer syst em.
This system( of light ald itaI
costiig the City lin expend(lituire
$42,000.00 coli not le repilaeed
$w00,tti.0, anid will this year shov
net, income of over $5,000.00, and
three years with lit expenldiire
(ily of $7.000.00 that will all be p
back in dint timie, will froIim an 11
lI of $42,0t)0.00 live a net incoic
prolbaly $7,000.00 and a iiope
wil-h $70,000.00-8O imih for- v
Thel(.fhllowinl.. -iving" hwoany
oft tie. Xw teI. is a clippinl' I'roim
()hsv'rver iin thice tall (or 1900, six v;
1141. I is tpro able that (the aly
if iiade nomw would be slightly cha
ed. It will be observed that Ile p
Ceetage of linleral inl this water
about as large as inl some 'of the fa
ons mineral springs to which tile p
ple resort every summer in search
health:
Superintendent Voss of the e
wiater works has jjust had a new an
ysis of' our artesian water made
the sate chemist at Clemson c!oille
This analysis shows anll improvel
inl the water 1ts compared to the ti
analy13sis (Af ik, anld there are traces
Iineral cualities shown by tihe' 1
ana11lvsis which1 wer noct fOrmew
Piesenlited. Sulphur is onie of ilh
new properties, 1id its preselce ill
wa(ter t.c(.mIlllts fo lite 4)Imdor whiel1
detetd tccisioniliy in the water.
()ilr arit1-0-siit water lilts Ali tie gn
'Inliies (,1 a1 pirv, wlilesile dri
i.1g water. as tilt state clemist s;
il a ctlcie Io Supe'illiei del t Vt
aid lit) doubt there is Io sulpei
d*illkll-" w ate r alywlYere ill
Thel liurhi-l ebar .etel of the wa
noted inl the thit mnlyNsis, hals
dislippe'lreell til-ely.
Tie 111iher 41i ' lisninwrS ()I
wat'er is drilditIl1 iller i lt. a d
111: iMlity N3'lft the so-v whll, ust. it
drinkiug pirlposes smio lose 1
tastn" liiiy f.well water.
C(.py ,v (11f thev fill'eitwui an.iyI.ses
as fiulows:
Cillmi Collwe'e. S. C., Ninay 5. ,!)(O
Atnalysis No. 2025.
Saimph.c of' wateI r tInarkte.d "ari
Anialys's,
l'ciillsi j ar ila . . (j l-i i .i
!8ittuiiiii ('arituuill 'c. .. .. .. . ..
siim (';a ili le 1......
Miallese' Ca'holluite . ......
(Coninued on141(h Pag 'iL' ~i h.)
#X
Mr.FlydBrdly,Asisan Sur
Mr. Foyd B ad,Astan
"i TILLMAN STATES PLAN
0 TO REFORM DISPENSARY
ex
eet REPEATS SUGGESTIONS MADE
IIrd LAST SUMMER.
t he
ald- The Senator Condemned Last General
for Aesembly and Denounced the.
Leor Proposition to Establish
the County Dispensaries.
be
are Jas. A. Hoyt in State.
m Greenville. July 7.-Four thousand
1, eople or 111ore were gatlelleI at San
jed dy Flat today to hear Senator Till
ricman a1d, otlher stitesmeni and politi
:1 ei-mns on the issues of the (ay.
From a newspaper standpoint, per
el Imps, tile best ' '.tory' of' the day
of' was the people. it was a fine crowd.
fol Stronl,ti. roblist ilien of this mouitain
a country; handsoie, lieaiilty, well
in ilressedI woieni aml plenity of Ameri
Ito- eani chii1en. Conitrastedl with the
iaI vrow(ls wivl cheeed ''Brave Benl
it- Tiln'lim 15 years ago, teir was ia
4o C great differieiee. Then tliere wats hun
rty - .vI I11 1e am s ( wrI-i IttenI onl Itheir i'laces,
[1o - imrd Itim1e s cert1a inItliv Im a its. iml
press 1111(l theyN. were remly to swill
.vs low at hing that woul mean lighter
Ie i axn., 1d a t het(er 'eon(diitios. They
1is h1o,t bv.1n11 to tilink also t111 1hey
sis were not trted rigit politically a
Ig- tiheir interest inl polities was intense.
e1*- B3uI today .tlis crowd (lid nlot secm
is so mnn in tierested ill polities. They
mll- received Ti1111111's most. fervent pas
,t0- sages witi a calmness tIat even the
of speaker must have noticed. There
were men inl that crowd who 14 years
ity a.(Vo Wonid have punetuate(d every sen
ali- tence'l'illmani ulttered( with a '' hurrahi
by for. Tlliman'' a11(1 today there were
e. w 1urr.1-asl of ainy kind. From way
lilt down iibont Walker's ross 11oads
'st 11141 ratbliln sit lioll. 10 miles below
0If Gr1eviville eif v, 111( evenl ats frll dowln
' as Ia ieksville 20 miles below town,
lY Im'll Came to Itis mleeing, in Cacl ihere
I!S(I weeSomeher fromll 1l,n I.ens .ounIt.y.
Ihe And Spar21nhurg was well represlent
is ed,. Is Ilhe (ml ity line( is. ly-I manly
miles awav. As o'r (11rceelville city
>(I alw(I nIt rh p( imn of (ithe (,ounill
ik- tyv. n111 wIlh knows Il he piele couill
IYS Spmi 61lk 1*rom11 every' sechl ()f (th'
-SS lrritory. 1t was then.I a r-elresentai
l110, live (.ro4wd. 11 was also a wevl-l-rss
I eC(I, well-uTo1mle(l r wl Woll)1n Willh
pre( I t y d r llesses :aml4 plenlfly of flowers
er, 1( andibbonls. Ain11 like thteir' hior-set
og 1( and1mules, Ilhey all1 seemedc( (o bv well
fed, well-kept.
lht e [ppiness a11(1 prospeity sielh 1s
thle ar1e hiere indienatedl do( 11ot accordI willh
',Implificall vxvitemenvit and I'renzy. Thlese
Vil p11 rf1('Cus(. to tliik alone of\ wlis
key, I a v itive scomellii ng bete.r to
art consider. AnI loday thvy refused to
('l11n1so over ile wliskey issue. They
li VInI Er Tillma1n a respeel ful, in.
lelf-i( hearil.', :llbl iI' le hail 111 f'p
po's'in em0Iiidat( 11niIless the' vast
Ty- 2l0aj1t he1ibllts' for(5(1 Tilan i( pref
((r('4' to'( Ithe oth1er(' nmt Bu41 t they1'0
I l.(4wer ixe's which thlev votIed tor 1(1
fotiions hIt2ve ('44nne a111l tIne 140oj1de
21 are' no4 longer'l absorbed('( int polities.
'1(( Thiey' wanttedl to hear11 their senuator'
The l~' sp)ot selected for' the speak11
intg w~as a v'er'y pr'ettly gr'ove near the
1h111e (of Mt's. Jane Gilreathi, inar
d11cksont Grove churchel. Thle speaking
was annltonneed' to be ''ait Sanidy
I"!at '' but while therec is a pr'ecintct
is famou111(Is for'5'~O Ieea ithi gs, one0 of
li<tor( could1' always be secured~t antd
per haps ai ti..:ht if t':11 led. This i
.4 n i .sin 1tha1 Sandy Flat is or has
b aeen a lawless commun4y (1 I, I ut thi're1
I as' alwavs bseen a certain inwi ess ele'
SInen*11t in1 thIis Section.
Mr. II. B. Tngr'am, the register of!
mes"nel( contveyance110 for this county.
1'x.-Senaltr A. HI. Deatn madec tile op
('lening speech~l, iln wichl hie spoke (If
I the lea'fsure th eopl~'I~e t6ok itn hav
in'2 Seniato 141 llTillan pr~eset and re..
ferred to him ais th brave1*P' defen'dert
of1 Amtet'icanit womnanhotod, wtho diaredc
to defy Barnes and his cohorts, as