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LETTERS ? Continued From Editorial Pare cost $335,580. This includes the following: 1. the intake dam and pumping station on Cartoogechaye Creek (about 700 feet east of Highway 23); 2. a 12 Inch force main to the filter plant; 3. a one million gallon peT day filter plant; ? 4. a 12 Inch main from the filter plant to the existing 10 inch main (near the entrance to the Franklin Hosiery Mill); 5. a 10 Inch main from Golf View Drive to West Main St.; 6. a 10 Inch main from West Main St. along Bldwell St. to Harrison Ave. Items 5 and 6 are badly needed to improve water distribution in town. The estimated cost of a million gallon per day water plant using Rough Fork Creek as the source of raw water is $585, 786, if a protected watershed cannot be obtained and a regu lar filtration plant must be built, or $399,620, If a protected watershed is obtained and only mechanical filtration and chlorination is necessary. These figures include, in addition to the treatment plant; (1) the intake structure, (2) the 49, 000 foot, 12 inch pipeline with its valves and fittings and (3) a one million gallon reservoir at Oak Hill. None of the above figures include the cost of land or right of-way. Practically no right-of-way would have to be ac quired for the Cartoogechaye project and only enough land for the filtration plant. , To summarize then, a one million gallon per day water plant from one million gallons per day to 2.5 million gallons per day, the size of the filter plant, pumps and clean water storage would have to be increased at a cost of $165,000. Free, 100 S & H Green Stamps with the purchase of Section No. 1. BOOKS ONI ??LUI Free, 100 S&H Green Stamps with the pur chase of Section No. 1. INTRODUCTORY OFFER SECTION ONE only | S?*.2-15 99C Handsome deluxe binder 9" wide, 99C When complete with all 15 sections, tMs gigantic book centaios a valuable educa tion in these important fields. 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"HE CHILDREN'S SHOP "The Only Store in Town Catering Exclusively to Children's Clothing Needs'' But If we wish to prepare for a 2.5 million gallon supply from the Wayah Watershed, Instead of building the original one million gallon per day plant on Rough Fork Creek; it Is recommended that it be built on Wayah Creek near Wayah Depot. A 16 inch pipeline would then be necessary to get the water to the Oak Hill reservoir because of the lower ele vation. The cost of the larger diameter pipe would be partially offset by the reduction in length of the line. A regular fil tration plant would be necessary here. A one million gallon per day filtration plant on Wayah Creek with the necessary intake structures, pipeline and reservoir at Oak Hill is esti mated to cost $640?000. To expand this plant later to yield 2.5 million gallons per day of treated water would cost $115, 000. To summerize then, a one million gallon per day water plant on Cartoogechaye Creek is estimated to cost $335,580, on Rough Fork Creek $399,620 (or $585,786 if a protected water shed cannot be obtained), and on Wayah Creek, $640,000. The total cost for a 2.5 million gallon water plant on Cartooge chaye Creek is $500,580 and on Wayah Creek $775,000. If we apply the method of dividing dollars by gallons (as was done In your editorial recently), we save six cents a gallon on the one million gallon per day plant on Cartoogechaye and eleven cents a gallon on the 2.5 million gallon per day plant. I do not believe that there will be an appreciable difference in the quality of water from any of these sources. It is all good mountain water. The Cartoogechaye watershed is several times the size of the Wayah watershed and includes the Wayah watershed. For those who Insist that there is no water like unto that which comes from Wayah, it should be pointed out that about one ounce out of every 6% that flows in Cartoogechaye Creek comes from Wayah. Several months ago an editorial in The Press mentioned that several nearby towns use a watershed "in whole or in part" for their water supply. If the water run-off in this area was adequate why would they only use a watershed in part? Marion, North Carolina has a population of 3000. Franklin may grow to this size in not too many years. Marion takes their water from two watersheds but in 1954 constructed a 2 million gallon water filtration plant and pumping station to supplement their watersheds. Sylva sets its water from springs and a water shed. Murphy has a watershed but must get part of its water from the Hiawassee River. Highlands has a watershed and wells. Canton gets two thirds of its water from a watershed j and one-third irom the Pigeon River. Bryson City has two j watersheds and a supplementary well. It seems. to me that it ^ould be much simpler and more economical to develop ; one good source of water. The yield from Franklin's wells 'has been decreasing over the past several years and the relative tost of our water has increased, 'therefore, I do not believe it would be wise to continue their use, if we can develop a single adequate source of water. We can operate and maintain the million gallon per day filtration plant on Caitoogechaye Creek for what the wells cost us now. ... There is one more matter that should be mentioned ? that , of financing this project. The Local Government Commission in Raleigh first must approve the bond issue. Before this is done, they set up a schedule showing how the debt must be paid and the town government must show how they will meet these* payments, it is not enough to say that with a better water supply and a growing community, the water revenue will increase and over a period of years this project will pay for itself. They want a definite commitment. Since some time within the next several years, Franklin may be required to build a new sewage system the schedule of payments set up required larger payments on the principal for the first 4 years, if $350,000 worth of bonds are issued, for the first 4 years. $20,000 would be paid on the principal yearly, then for 11 years. $10,000 per year, then for 10 years $15,000 per year and then one final payment of $10,000. Thus, generally the total yearly payments of principal and interest decline. In order to meet these payments during the first few years, without considering an increase in water revenue or increased revenue from other sources, it would be necessary to raise the tax rate to $2.10. But as the revenue from water increases and as the annual real and property valuation increases this tax rate would be lowered. I have tried to cover many of the controversial points that have been brought up in regard to the water project. The information I have given was gleaned from many sources and from discussion with people who have knowledge of these matters. I hope that when the election is held the people of Franklin will sej fit to pass the bond issue and that the Town will get this much needed water. JOSEPH W. KAHN, M. D. Franklin. OFF FOE PINEHUR&T Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Furr 'will leave Sunday to attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Dental Society in Pinehurst. Tfit-y will also visit Dr. and Mrs: Thomas 3. Reid. Jr., and family ill Jacksonville. N, C. 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