The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 93

PAGE FIVE THE DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE, DEKALB, ILLINOIS FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1956 chasing the Mock property, in1 Venture Meter built by the the lot for the city building, and the recommendations made by PURCHASE LOT Builders' Iron Foundry at Provi said city, presented a report as them, be adopted, and that the follows: dence, R. was Installed at De tlEVSYSra HAD INTEREST Mayor, Finance Committee and Kalb, EL As a consequence That on the 15th day of De FOR CITY HALL 61 this, and the fact that it was cember, I8887 the above property was offered for sale by successful In. all the main fea City Council be Instructed to carry out the. recommendations in said report." The resolution, was adopted by the unanimous vote of the. Council.

tures, the scientific journals re Lucy Klock, administratrix of DeKalb Gets Publicity All the estate of Aaron deceased, at public vendue and ported very fully upon this plant, and it was-freely, copied that said city being the When the 1 transaction was Council Approves Recommendation of Special Committee in 1889 into foreign journal so tne al -M7 1 Over World on Its Water Works bidder, the same was struck off ready well advertised City of completed the sum of $1140 was to it at $20 per front foot or paid from the city surplus DeKalb has received quite an added notoriety all over the $1,140. The following report of the funds. world from its new water works water works plant was pre "We beg leave to further re In May of 1891 an ordinance plant. I sented at the meeting of the port that said sale will be ap The old system of water DeKalb City Council in May, proved by the County Court of Following considerable discussion at the meeting of the DeKalb City Council December 8, 1888, on the matter of purchasing a lot on which to construct 1896. said DeKalb County at this works cost (the city $66,821.98, and the new plant the additional sum of $36,005.66, making a The first steps taken for 1 was adopted autnonzing tne erection of the present city building bn this lot located on South Second Street The ordi.

nance provided for an expenditure of $8,000 for the construe tion of the building. a' present January term of said court, and that a deed win be ordered made and delivered upon paymenti of above pur furnishing our city with a water supply were in the year lot total cost of $101327.64. a city jail and city building, the matter was placed in the hands of the Finance Committee in There are now some 13 miles of water mains, 113 hydrants chase money. Alderman Peterson then of and 350 water consumers. conjunction with Mayor A.

S. Jackson. At the meeting of the Coun "During the past year there fered the following resolution: have been 41,287,000 gallons of cfl held January 5, 1889 the ACQUIRES TEA BOOM Northern State acquired "Jim mies" as the college tea room, now the Student Union Bulld-infc, in June, 1948. The buildln was enlarged last year. water pumped, averaging 113, mayor and Finance Committee, That the report made by the Mayor and 'Finance Committee in relation to the purchasing of 000 gallons per day at a cost for to whom was referred with pow pumping of $4.52 per day.

er to act, the matter of pur The year previous under the old system the daily average 1872. After many ypars of experiments, in which a large amount of money was expended, It was found that while the water supply was gradually the expense of pumping the water was alarmingly Increasing. "In the year 1893 it' was decided by the City Council and ordered that a new water plant should be established on lower ground mear the Kishwaukee River. "Under the efficient management of D. W.

Mead, civil' engineer, of Rockford, a 14-inch; well some 1900 feet deep was bored, giving us up to the present time, W-J number of gallons pumped were; 87,500, at a cost of $13.24 per. day, and our daily revenue from wateri tax collections Was $7.93 Tin the right The tro on the porch are May, In the rocking chair, Minnie, in tie high chair and -William Perry, stand-, ing against the post. The picture was submitted by Mrs. Patch of Maple Park. HUNTS OF MARKET STREET This, house Is located at 1015 Market Street, being built in 1880 by Andrew Peterson.

and Alice Hunt were, the owners at the time this picture was taken. Standing-to the left are Charles 'and -Alice Hunt, Gertrude is standing in, back of the rocker to if IVe community iraFK making the) cost of pumping over and above the revenue to be $5.31 per day. "Under the new system the revenue from the water is now $11.26 per day, and the cost for pumping $4.52 making a gain in earnings for the city of $6.74 per day or $2,463 per year. an inexhaustible supply help make DeKalb beautiful water. "The very best deep pump was then procured, "In the change also from the able of pumping 300 gallon old system the city is actually water per minute into a re HOPKINS PARK large and spacious scene of great activity ANNIES WOODS quiet, secluded and private DE KALB RECREATION FIELD 7 basebalVs haven the gainer of the $5.31, former; voir holding 500,000 gallon: daily cost, which added to the present net gain of $6.74, mak waterf also two fine force pumps of the very best design and workmanship were put in ing a difference of $12.05 per, day or $4,398.25 per year.

lace, each' one capable of forc- ng 500 gallons per minute from The appointment of awater commissioner to look after the he reservoir into the main, so hat In case of fire 1000 gallons construction and leakage of water per minute can be water mains and the collection .1... ft 1 v. VT V. iforced at any pressure which could be desired. of delinquent water taxes has been of, great help in adding to 'It was at first Intended that the increase of water, revenue.

"Ourwater. works bonds hese pumps should be run by amounting to $15,000 with interest at five per cent payable an- HUNTLEY PARK your neighborhood park SIHPMAN PARK children's playground Continuous 4-Season Recreational Activity; DeKalb has a park for almost every need -Barbecue Pits, Open-Air Stoves, Picnic Benches; and Tables Baseball Diamonds, Playground Equipment Scenic Walk-ways. Hopkins Park. offers a band shell and seating! capacity for a large shelter bouse; one of Northern Illinois finest swimming pools with a modern bath house, and a record attendance of over 53,000 admittances last summer. DEKALB PARK DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN 1935 steam power, but a proposition was made by the DeKalb Electric Company that they Would pump all out water by' electricity for ten years for four cents per 1000 gallons.

As this proposition was thought to be reasonable, it was accepted and contract entered into for the same. "The application of electric energy to the driving of water Works plants was not entirely new, but yet is possessed enough novelty jto be of very widespread interest to engineers and readers of- scientific papers. "None of the jprevious applications had embodied the idea unally, have now 11 years to run before the last one matures. At the present rate our water tax collections will be sufficient to pay all of these bonds and interest within about eight years from date. The city clerl would urge upon the new' council the great advantage and necessity of putting down and extending more water mains i In compliance with the prayer some 60 petitioners now on file who are anxiously and impatiently waiting for further water supply.

This expenditure would be Im DE KAU AND It was on this, DeKalb-Syca-more electric car that prompt transportation, service between here and the county seat possible. This1 pipture was taken on June 26 1911 at the end of the line, at the entrance to the Northern Illinois State College. From left to right are an unknown passenger, Henry Atwood, the conductor, Fred "Shorty" Ford, conductor, an unknown apprentice-conductor jand Albert Vodden. known as "Duke," the motor-man, seated on the stool The picture is the property of Albert Vodden of the board of commissioners associated with board 4- i DeWitt Osgood, Secretary mediately bringing back increas George Black, Vice-President of starting and; stopping the pumps from the lelectric power Tlvrori Kaiser, oustodian ed water tax revenue and also Kenneth Culver John Boyle, Tjegal Advisor satisfy the just demands of the DeKalb Charles Dayton, Pool Manager long suffering petitioners." house running the pumps without attendance at the pumping station. Mrs.

W. W. Wirtz Robert Ball George Dertingerl Athletic Director "Also the apparatus for keep 7 JUNE 2, 1888 The board of commissioners are. elected by public ballot and serve for six-year terms. ing an automatic record by sev-eralgauges was considerable interest to the engineering profession.

"It was the second Installation of the Dousman valve at the standpipe, and the second Alderman Peterson asked permission to use portion of street while the new Swedish church is being built. Alderman Hen-aughan; moved that permit be granted for use1 of one-third of street and the motion carried. lip 1 I a Street and Alley i Departmeht 4 11 Has a 0re. 1 Responsibility every hour of dvery day of every month of every year. JOE O'BRIEN, SUPT.

,5 DeKalb's present, day water works is a far. crv from the first wells which were drilled in 1875. At that time there wercronly three wells, two about 2400 feet deep and the third only 107. Also in that era only, 175 i anHsM families interest. used city water compared to about four thousand today.

Another Yes, the. duties of the Street and Alley Department; are many and varied. Under the super-, vision of Joe O'Brien, the department has the responsibility of the maintenance of 44 miles of streets within the city1' limits. Included in its various duties are repairing streets, cleaning grading and leveling roads, pumping out sewers and basements after floods, hauling branches and debris following storms, sweeping the streets, hauling garbage and many, many more. 'v All' the latest in modern machinery is used including an end loader for removal of snow and dirt and for small jobs of grading; motor grader for grading and leveling roads and for; ice and snow control; air compressor for Tireaking up and repairing walks; five general dump trucks; an Elgin street sweeper two motorized cleaning) one large '4-cylinder engine pump and three small pumps for pumping out sewers and basements and three enclosed garbage trucks.

ing comparison is that in the 1880's only a few hundred dollars a year were derived from water revenue while 'present collections amount to be tween $50,000 and $60,000 each quarter. Yes, DeKalb's water supply system has really progressed. Within the past several years nearly a million dollars has been spent in its improvement and modernization. Improvements include the construction of a 750,000 gallon elevated' water tank 135 feet high and drilling of a new well which pumps about 1400 gallons per minute. This makes seven wells in use today with the average daily consumption being over two and a quarter million gallons compared to about 700,000 gallons 25 years ago.

Yes, this is thfc progress It has alicays been the aim of member of the department to do a fob that would be a credit to the community and are proud of the part they have had in the city growth, CLYDE SIIATTO, SUPT. made by DeKalb water system. i -l Ak I I', V) I It is tcilh pride and pleas ure that the water work superintendent and feU low employees join thm residents' of the commit nity in celebrating thm city9 100 ih anniversary STREET AND ALLEY pEPABTMENT Back row, left to right: Sam Votaw, Jasper Hopper, Earl Hungerford. Herb Snyder, Guy Johnson, Vick Swanson and Joe O'Briien. Front row, left to right: Harold Wiltse, Drew Stocks still, BiH Jensen and Henry Oxberger.

WATER DEPARTMENT E3IPLOYEES left to right: Potts, Charlie Chase, Elmer Holm, Clyde Shatto and xuiaing iexson. i 0 -A.