The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-28
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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- OlTY OoUEoILs.-The regular meetings of Cltv
Jouhcls were held yesterday afternoon. The bu.
hnees was as follows;
the chair. -'NA" was III
:, A note was received from the Philadelphia and
GIle hallroad Company, asking that Councils
would designate a suitable person to represent in
u the stock held by the city.
oaton OF petitions were presented for facilities
ior paving, grading, &c, and for gas and water
facilities in localities where they do not exist.
Al IN M was received asking that Councils
the Keystone School, Nineteenth street, above
Ohesnnt, on Tuesday, -''
relative TO the removal OF certain public ofhces
Mr.. Ritchie presented a petItiop from Andrsv
losses by late floods. 0-'''''1 -O-
A communication was received from Chief En-
glheer Gran, relative to various water works,
which being long, was ordered to be printed
LIS substance was as follows: A comparison of
tne level OF the reservoir now being built at Rox-
borough with that at Mount Airy (from which
Germantown is now supplied) shows that the first
named has, unfortunately, not been located suff-
cisntly nigh properly to supply the latter.
The reservoirs are level when flied. new
main OF twenty inches diameter, 1900 feet long.
Will deliver, in the best condition. 7S6,99g gallons
the maximum.
The maximum supply pumped at Germantown
IN July, 1866, was 6SO253 gallone. Carefully con-
Quoted observations in New York, Boston and
other cities show that the demand during some
hours OF the day is greater than during all the
Of the day. The supply between eight and three
O'Clock would be at the rate of 1,36O,512 gallons.
How OF 327,131 gallons Is all that we can conf
den,ly rely upon when both reservoirs are full.
The reservoir at Mount Airy is very imperfect.
1t cannot hold more than ten feet of water Without
leaking. It's head now is s H.1U0, when Roxbo-
rough is entirely full and q twenty Inch main
VIII deliver 1,35l,002 gallons per day. insufficient
Manayunk, as we'll as Germantown, is supplied
from these works, so that practically this reservoir
may be set down as useless.
The late Chief Engineers plan was not to use
the Mount Airy reservoir-and by his counsel the
city did not purchase itbut to ran directly to the
standpipe now used by the works, situate on Tul-
pehocken street. This course would materially
increase the difhcuty the main to that point will
be 27,5OO feet or 2-l0 miles long; TO produce
flow of 1,35i,0a1 gallons at the standppe will re-
quire head Of Ia 2-10 feet 40 100 greater than
servoir.
Before these works can be started, Germantown
will require supply at the rate of at least 2OO,-
OGO gallons per day. The engine at Flat Rock will
raise about 1,63s,24O gallons per day at eight
strokes, and with twelve, which is her maximum,
may throw into the reservoir 2,457,360 gallons
daily. Manayunk, from the number of Its fac
tories, requires much water as Germantown,
and in a few years the engine power will be very
inadequate.
There remain two means of relief-one the lay
ing Of thirty inch main to Mount Airy, instead
of a twenty inch pipe, which would give fair
supply for about five years. The other is the lay
ing of coated pipe of twenty inches diameter with
the erection of q pumping engine and standpipe
at Roxborough reservoir. Even with a thirty
inch main a pumping engine will finally be re-
CURED The department now has a means OF coat
ing the interior surface of pipe with coal pitch
Varnish, according to the Scotch plan by which it
is wholly prevented from corroston.
The sums appropriated for the needed work are
insufficient to complete 1t.
The expenditures of the Department to
May /, 1867, were S2OO,612 81
Estimated sums TO finish the whole:
20-inch main to Mount Airy re-
servoir, Sl75,302
16-inch main to Manayunk, 1874
~ inch main to Manayunk, 22,I21
Laying 20-inch main to Mana
yunK, $4,000
,w 2a3,ss7 90
Purchase and repairs to Mount
Airy reservoir, $4,000
Engine and foundation, 35,325
Engine and boiler house, ETC., 1908
To finish reservoir, 10000 80. .