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→TOOK A RIDE: The Members of the City Council Make a Visit to the Different Reservoirs
From this point the party, accompanied by Sup. Keyser, proceeded to the Bloomington reservoir. This valuable piece of property was found in most excellent condition. The gauge showing ten feet and five and one-half inches of the purest and cleanest of water in the basin. All of the party walked around the embankment. Mayor Yost and Will {{Surname|Everly}} distinguished themselves by each capturing a frog, but Wm. {{Surname|Bentz}} went them one better and scoped a turtle. The different ways of enlarging the storing capacity of the reservoir were fully discussed.
From this point the party, accompanied by Sup. Keyser, proceeded to the Bloomington reservoir. This valuable piece of property was found in most excellent condition. The gauge showing ten feet and five and one-half inches of the purest and cleanest of water in the basin. All of the party walked around the embankment. Mayor Yost and Will {{Surname|Everly}} distinguished themselves by each capturing a frog, but Wm. {{Surname|Bentz}} went them one better and scoped a turtle. The different ways of enlarging the storing capacity of the reservoir were fully discussed.
"All right," said President {{Surname|Geiselman}}, and the journey to the [[Reddick dam]] was begun. On reaching this point, the main source of the water supply of the city, the entire party passed over the eight acre field north of the land now controlled by the city. The proposition to build the main dam higher, and thus increase the storing capacity was talked over and the feasibility of buying the additional eight acres or a part thereof was taken under consideration. This plan seemed to meet with favorable consideration by a portion of the members, while others were of the opinion that the supply of water would not warrant this expenditure, but were in favor of putting down a well and establishing a pumping depot somewhere south of town. Various projects for carrying off the wild water from the dam were taken into consideration. The attention of Engineer {{Surname|Markley}} and Supt. {{Surname|Keyser}} was called to a leak in the lower dam at the overflow snute.
Over an hour was spent here before the return trip to the city was made.
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