. City of Houston . isample not merely for present needs, butfor the probable growth of a long time tocome. The works that furnish nearly allthe water used are owned by a corporationof local capitalists, The Houston Wa-ter Works Co., which was organizedin 1878. This company has $300,000capital paid in, and about $350,000 invest-ed in its plant and system of mains. These works comprise a pumping sta-tion and stand pipe. The water isobtained from artesian sources twenty innumber, and is very clear and pure. Thestand pipe is 30 feet in diameter, 150feet high and has 800,000 gallons
. City of Houston . isample not merely for present needs, butfor the probable growth of a long time tocome. The works that furnish nearly allthe water used are owned by a corporationof local capitalists, The Houston Wa-ter Works Co., which was organizedin 1878. This company has $300,000capital paid in, and about $350,000 invest-ed in its plant and system of mains. These works comprise a pumping sta-tion and stand pipe. The water isobtained from artesian sources twenty innumber, and is very clear and pure. Thestand pipe is 30 feet in diameter, 150feet high and has 800,000 gallons are 36 miles of mains and, for the fireservice, 260 hydrants attached to average pressure is 50 pounds. Thedaily capacity of the works is 4,000,000 16 THE CITY OF HOUSTON. gallons for domestic use; the consump- cal preferments here, among them thetion about that quantity daily. The price Mayoralty and Postmastership of Hous-to consumers varies with the quantity ton, and, although a Republican in politics,. PRINCE BLOCK, HOUSTON, used. To ordinary householders it wouldbe from $i to $3 a month. The facilities of these works are incontinuous process of extension. As thecity grows, new mains are laid and watersupplied the new districts requiring it. The officers of this company are T. , president; T. W. House, vice-president and treasurer; J. E. Knight,Secretary; Joseph Richerdsen and , of New York, Edward , Austin, Texas, and M. G. Howe,with Messrs. Scanlan, T. W. House andKnight, directors. Mr. Scanlan is a wealthy resident andvery large property owner of is said, indeed, to be the largest tax-payer of the city. He has been a residenthere for thirty-eight years, and a businessman pretty much all that time ; and as hebegan life here with little or no resources,has been practically the architect of hisown fortunes. He has held several politi- he has the confidence and esteem of allparties and could be elected to any office,city or county
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