Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . e inchnozzle. At the Sheets hotel fire, on:\rarch 22, 1874, the first really great fire ofthe city, it was claimed that this was notdone; but there were also claims that this wasdue to the bursting of rotten hose, attachingtwo lines of hose to one plug, and other mis-management. The special conunittee of thecouncil on water works Icpoited on Alarch 27in favor of the city constructing water wniksof its own on the gravity .system, with on Crown Hill, and it was decidedto submit th
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . e inchnozzle. At the Sheets hotel fire, on:\rarch 22, 1874, the first really great fire ofthe city, it was claimed that this was notdone; but there were also claims that this wasdue to the bursting of rotten hose, attachingtwo lines of hose to one plug, and other mis-management. The special conunittee of thecouncil on water works Icpoited on Alarch 27in favor of the city constructing water wniksof its own on the gravity .system, with on Crown Hill, and it was decidedto submit this to a vote of the people. Thecouncil also decided to buy three more en-gines, and adopted more stringent fire 1he ])rop(^sal for the city to con-struct its own watci- works, at an estimatedcost of .+,000. was submitted at the cityelection on Alay 5, 1874, and was defeated bythe decisive vote of 2,142 for, and 6,800against. The fire caused a genei-al improvement,however. Tlic cuiiipaiiN put its pumping uia- Joi il. March 28. 1874. lIlSToiJV OF (JlfKATKi; I IM »].1S. 33:?. o a 5 IB oi 32 J o «o s H z ;54 HlsTolfV OF ClIKAIEi;. 1 cliinery in lictter (ii-der iind iiddiMl a newengine of ti,00(1.()()() gallons capacity, doubliuu-tlie power of the plant. It also proposed tolay 20 miles additional of mains by the endof 1875 if the city would take 365 addi-tional hydrants at the regular rate of $50(the contract called for only one hydrant to1,000 feet) and to this the council agreed onJune 15. 1874. But the company did notthrive, for its private jiatronage was notlarge. All sorts of efforts were made to j)er-suade the ])ublic that the well water supplywas dangerous, but the average citizenthought it was better than the water workswater, and it was. The wells did not sup-ply the water needed, and a gallery wasiniilt out into the river, into which the watercame through a filter that was a humbug,and which washed away periodically. Thecompany al
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