Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-24

wall on the east gave way in l849, owing to- the
heavy pressure of water or defective work, bat
Immediately rebuilt.
In the report of j. NJ .Seabury, Super
intendent of the Water Works, submitted
in the early part of the present month to
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, he
says, in regard to the lack of a supply of
water on the high points of the city:
1t will will be borne in mind that we have
but two pipes-One of eight inches and the
other of six inches diameter. The
city is supplied from two columns OF water
but little over six inches as the eight inch pipe
empties into the six inch pipe at Broad street.
True, there is a six inch pipe which branches
from the eight inch on Market street, and run
ming through Franklin to Cherry and Summer
streets, south of Broad, are connected to
three inch, which empties into the six inch on
Broad street. By throwing this supply to the
old or lower reservoir would materially aid
the new reservoir in supplying the high points
complained of That, however, would only
be temporary relief, as every additional con-
nection increases the difficulty and draws the
water from the high points of the city as well
as from the reservoir, and which will be the
case so long as tue pipes are not of sufficient
capacity to overcome the consumption. AL
though the enlargement of the reservoir is
very desirable Goth for utility and as mat
ter of economy still that is a matter of Sec
ondary consideration; for admitting you had
reservoirs of three times the capacity you now
have, without larger pipes leading TO the city,
you would have the same difficulty that you
now have in keeping up the supply
The plan / would suggest is, to run pipe
of not less than eighteen inches in diameter
from the reservoir, TO cross Market, College,
Cherry and Summer streets at right angles,
with an eight inch branch on Market, eight
inch branch on College, and six inch branches
on Cherry and Summer streets. By adopting
this plan You lay the foundation for an extern
sion commensurate with the requirements of
the city for years to come, as the large pipe
can be extended to Spruce street, crossing
High and Vine in its course.
The same subject has been mooted at
different meetings of the Board, by Alder
man Nance and others. The idea seems
to be, to run an Is inch pipe, at right an
giles, from the reservoir to Summer street,
and thereby supply the streets parallel with
the river, both north and south. By this
means, the southern part Of the city is to
be supplied with water. The project is
one of magnificent proportions" if the
city is able to foot the bill" An Is or
2Oinch pipe would furnish the city with an
abundance of water. Whether it is better
to lay down such pipe at the point named,
or to lay it down on Broad street, we are
not able to decide The friction produced,
together with many other circumstances,
evolved by the science of carbohydrates,
must settle the point.
The leaky condition of the reservoirs, as
appears from the report of the Superinten-
dent, requires immediate attention; and
while they are undergoing repairs, it would
be we'll to raise the old or lower reservoir
to level with the new or higher reservoir.
The reservoirs are too low, and at some
future day, it is already apparent, a higher
point must, if possible, be secured. The
space between the present reservoirs could
be converted into first receiver of the
water, in order to let the sediment set
tie at the bottom, and pass from thence to
the main reservoirs through gravelled fill
terers on either side. Then carry up the
walls three feet higher than the new reSer
voir walls now are, with an embankment
twenty feet at the base. This alteration
would add to the present supply seventeen
hundred thousand gallons; and with the
means now employed for raising water from
the river, would enable the corporation to
furnish an abundant supply with one-third
less pumping than is now required.
The public necessity demands a larger
pipe from the reservoirs than those now in
use. Atpresent we get but little more water
than is furnished with six inch pipe. But
we must look at the cost of all these things
as it is easier for the "City Fathers" to say
what should be done, than for them to say
what can be done.
Six inch pipe, So inch thick, weighs 40.
$50 lbs. per foot, which, at the present
price of cents, is 81 1921 per foot Area
of the circle, 1924. Eight inch pipe, So
inch thick, weighs 50 $50 lbs. per foot. The
circumference of an s inch pipe is 2 feet ] !
incheS-area of the circle, in square inches,
5O265. This pipe will cost fraction ever
50 10 per foot.
A pipe of Is inch bore, 4 inch thick
weighs l37.s4O lbs per foot Circumfer-
ence 4.S50-area of circle 254469-cost
So so per foot. This pipe would afford a
supply for four inch branches and two 6
inch branches.
A 20 inch pipe, 81 inch thick, weighs
1925 lbs per foot. Circumference 5.27S;
area Of circle, 3l4.l60. Cost 81 per foot.
This pipe is of sufficient capacity to supply
four 8 inch branches and inch branches.
We are not able to say, definitely, what
is the cost of laying down pipe, as the price
varies according to the local circumstances
at any given point. 1t will cost from 40
cents to 81 % cents per square yard.
The plan of laying down the pipe through
the University Park, by the shortest route
to the junction Of Ash aud Market streets,
crossing Market, College and Cherry, at
right angles, would add considerably TO the
capacity of the reservoirs, as the ground is
but little lower than the reservoirs, until il