RUSHVILLE WATER WORKS.
Great improvements are being made by Superintendent J. A. Lawler in the water supply of Rushville, Ill. In 1894 it was derived from a deep well, which furnished only 1,000 gallons per hour—and poor enough water at that. Mr. Lawler was appointed superintendent and city engineer when the plant was completed—a position which he has held ever since. He at once set to work to draw the city’s water supply from a spring distant about one mile from the business centre—several more springs being found at the same time below the surface. For thirty years the city has been trying to get a supply of good water; now its longings are satisfied. The city reservoir covers one acre and a half and is fed by springs. Other springs, furnishing t,ooo gallons per hour, empty into a well twenty feet deep and twenty-two feet in diameter, where are •located the pumps (Deane—capacity 250 gallons in twentyfour hours). When there is necessity, the reservoir can be drawn upon.
HATHAWAY HOSE WASHER.
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