Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-11
Mem Orlsans advertisements.
Indestructiblc Watcr-Pipes.

TINE undersigned having got the Right from
/ J. BALL & CO., the Patentees of the above Pipes
Tor manufacturing The same in the Southern States res
c,fnv announce the public that they prepared
r. furnish those Pipes in quantities and OF any sizes
from * of an inch feet diameter The Pipe is made OF
s ron strongly rveted together and lined the inside
half an inch thick with composition made Of Hydraulic
Cement and when laid the ground is coated on the out
side with This prevents the iron from risting
the composition petrlieS TO stone, making an
Water Pipe
We rail- the attention of all persons interested with the
conveyance of water nves igate its merits for them
being cheaper than Iron Pipes and incomTaane
more durable the chance for decay to commence
stand any amount of pressure Branching tapping, anu
altering can be done with the greatest facility -
We also give attention the making OF Plans anu
construction OF Water Works for Cities Towns Nlilses
Plantations. etc
Aso-AI from plantations promptly attended to-
Plumbing work in all its branches DONE Cooking Ranges
Of the best plans, Baths of all descriptions made to order
Water Closets, Wash hand Stands Beer Pumps Csern OF
Well Pumps Lift and Force the best makers and cheaper
than they be elsewhere, Lead Pipes OF all sizes anu
thickness Brass Cocks, etc, etc.
The following s from the Water Commissioners and Tris
tees of the vii of Saratoga Springs given in and
pipe is at this time in and as good con-
dition the date of this certificate.
In to the numerous inquiries IN re'aton 10 D.
BALL g INpEsTRUCTBLE WATER PIPE, composed OF iron
cement. and in in village, the uIdersgne'
commissioners ustees and late trustees o the village
of Saratoga Springs Ike this method of saying that we nave
perfect confidence the iy, goodness and durability OF
said pipe The village Saratoga Springs has 10000
feet of this pipe varying from So 4 inches in diameter
under head of about 50 feet his been laid the fall
of 1916 it was flu y completed has cost compare
lively nothing keep in repair and although some portions
exposed thu FROST seems to stand the tes ana
all the purposes for which was designed and CON
structed. We believe it pre- cradle to iron ppe-is much
cheaper and durable; and would not exchange it
for any her kind yet Invented if we could without any
additional expense inconvenience. The water comes
through and pure and where have had any &C.
cason part improve alter the grounds
it appeared to be just sound and impershabe the
moment it was laid down. This testimony is entirely dsn.
sed is O necessity
ne the many calls upon for information on this SUBJECT
We have witnessed. and many OF us supernenhea me
LAYING down Of the pipe in this village, ad watched its
operations perfectly satisfied that We have the
best water pipe ever presented to the pubic.
Saratoga Springs, Dec. 1s49.
G. n Ta DsE''''" Water Co. IL 1HS Sat, Trustees,
N D. Doe J. L. Perry,
J. D. Briggs,
w c9'p %1sst Il 1i. ee' Cook Late Trustees
"I certify that Chief Engineer hav the construc
ton above work in charge, and fully in the
foregoing statement.
Dee, 1919 IS. r. osrRAspER, Civil Engineer"
ROCKVILLE WATER WORKS
For the information of those interested in Water Works.
maket e following statement
In the fall of 1871 J. Bali Co., Of New York, laid of
their ndesructbe Patent Cement Pipes several miles in
this vlagerangng from eight to three inches caibre
The grounds broken, through which the pipes laid
the head of ranges from light to 4O feet giving great
efficiency hydrans and works throughout The village
The pipes perfectly tight; and unhesatingly say
that we prefer them ron confident hat they
will be far durable; and from close examination where
they been opened for tapping and branching be-
eve them be truly ndestructbe" besides being clean
and pure.
AGES7s-Goe Kellogg Rockville Manufacturing Com
pany Allen Hammond New England Company.
= j. N. STrcKNEY.
Office of he Greenwood Cemetery, April %, 1872.
Nessrs J. Ball Co. laid in the grounds Of this institution
years SINCE about 500 feet of inch cement pipe
veyng water, forced steam pump, to elevation of
10 feet has proved perfectly satisfactory and is my
opinion preferable for several the best of iron
pipes Having both kinds in do not hesitate from the
experience thus far had, to ext ress this opni n.
j. A. PERRY, Comptroller.
&C. BIER CO,
je9-3m No. 175 Tchoupitoulas ST., New Orleans