on october 27, 1927, engineer paynter, who was leading the construction project of the new waterworks predicted that the system would be operational by december 1, 1927 despite a pump that was scheduled to arrive late. paynter also announced that the new system could temporarily be connected to the present water source until the new wells and pumps are available. the potential delay regarding cutting up sections of state road no. 4 was avoided when chairman of the bunnell city commission, j.j. mclanahan, announced that a satisfactory agreement with state road engineer thrasher was reached. the agreement details were that four places in state road no. 4 will be cut up and after the water mains are installed the trenches will be covered and refilled with concrete.