CHAPTER V 
BORING FOR WATER 
THE water supply was the next problem. I 
determined to have an abundant and convenient 
supply of running water in the house, the barns, 
and the feeding grounds, and also on the lawn 
and gardens. I would have no carrying or haul- 
ing of water, and no lack of it. There were four 
wells on the place, two of them near the houses 
and two stock wells in the lower grounds. Near 
the well at the large house was a windmill that 
pumped water into a small tank, from which it 
was piped to the barn-yard and the lower story 
of the house. The supply was inadequate and 
not at all to my liking. 
My plan involved not only finding, raising, 
and distributing water, but also the care of 
waste water and sewage. Inquiring among 
those who had deep wells in the village, I found 
that good water was usually reached at from 
180 to 210 feet. As my well-site was high, I 
expected to have to bore deep. I contracted 
with a well man of good repute for a six-inch 
well of 250 feet (or less), piped and finished to 
the surface, for $2 a foot; any greater depth to 
be subject to further agreement. 
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