Snyder’s New Water Works System During 1913, Snyder, Neb., installed a $10,000 municipal water works system, and before it had been three months in operation it was found that the one 8-inch tubular well was insufficient. The system called for something like feet of 6-inch main to be laid in the business section, and 4-inch in the residential district. A steel standpipe, with a capacity of 58,000 gallons has been erected on a hill. The pipe, which is 90 feet high, was built on a solid concrete base, the diameter of which is 10 feet. The power house, located in the brick town hall (enlarged by the addition to receive the machinery), contains a 20-horsepower gasoline engine, which. operates a triplex pump. With the addition of the new wells an ample supply of water can be furnished at all times, and it will also now be possible to furnish a…
