The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-24


nance Tor the suppression Of Chinese
orchestra bands, because the noise
made by them Is so harsh and barbar-
Gus. We call our friend ABoU BEN
ADHEM's attention to this shameful
violation Of liberty and right, mas
much as he declares that the high
est aim he has is to beuefis. in his
humble way, all mankind, and having
done so, to feel that he has not lveu
in vain" BY all means, ABoU, give
the Chinese orchestras friendly htt.
Dor wholesale houses will not pro-
test in that instance:
Water W0rks-The Holly system.
We copy from the Indianapolis
Journals very interesting account of
the trial of the Holly System Of Water
Works at Peoria, Illinois. The ex-
pertinent was made for the satisfaction
Of committee Of gentlemen from
indianapolis, composed of Council
men and others interested in Water
Works. Peoria contains a population
about equal to that of our own city,
and is very pleasantly located on the
banks of the Illinois River, which
widens into a lake at that point. The
Water Works are located about
mile and half north Of the centre of
the city. To supply all portions Of
the city, the forcing pumps have to
raise o portion of the water distance
Of one hundred and fifty feet. With
this explanation, we copy from the
Journal:
EHE WATERWoRKs
were contracted for July %, 1868, the
contract W th Mr.. Holly for the en-
CINE being made in March of the same
year. Holly furnished the machinery
and one boiler, ali the remainder of
the Works" being put in by the city
itself. The pumping house cost about
81, 600, and the machinery So, 600.
There are about twelve miles Of dis
tributing pipe now laid in the city,
the diameter Of the largest being six
teen inches. The main pipe which
runs from the lake to the Filter Beds
is eighteen inches in diameter There
have been expended up to the present
time $40 600. When the Works are
completed, and the service pipes dis
tributed as thoroughly as the Council
design them to be, the total cost will
be about $3.50, 600. l.| ~
No description of the machinery is
either required or possible The en-
gines are as near perfection, il would
seem, as machinery could be. New
aud bright aud In perfect working or
der, sight of them Is at once inter
esting and beautiful The engine il
three hundred horse power, and its
ability is rated at three and half
millions gallOBs every twenty-f0ur
hours, enough to supply city of sixty
thousand inhabitants. The Holly
principle is the rotary pump" well
known to all machinists. and the same
as used in the Seneca Falls steam FIRE
engines. There are three engines, all
of which can be operated together, OF
two together, or each separate. This
Is the reserve force in case of accident.
There are four pumps which work the
same way, but in Peoria one of these
is called the Bluff Pump" supply
ing the people living on the bluffs.
Three Of the pumps raise the water
80 feet, and this bluff pump 228 feet.
There are three boilers, one Of them
an upright boiler, to be used In case
of fire. Its kept charged at all times,
and 1t will raise ninety pounds Of
steam in eight minutes. Sixty pounds
of steam is all that is required torun
the machinery. These extra boilers,
pumps and engines are the protection
against the much feared accidental
breakage OF any Fart of the machinery.
fKha hovsSwnrhaI hnrfn-o 80
inches In diameter, sixteen feet long,
and have fifty 81 inch fues. The
heating surface ia the aggregate was
not given. Only one of these boilers
are used at once, and they are fred up
week about, afordiug ample time for
cleaning and repair.
The initial point Of difference be-
tween the Holly and the reservoir sys-
tenn Is, that the Holly pumps the
water directly from the basin into the
supply pipe, while the other pumps
into an elevated reservoir, RELYING
upon the well known propensity Of
water to seek a level, TO force II
through the service pipes. The third
system is the gravitation system, by
means of an aqueduct. At Peoria
they go out 800 feet into the lake,
pumping about eight feet from the
bottom. The water is carried into
deep filter bees built Just outside
the pumping hedse. and from these
the water Is taken directly into the
pumps, and thence into the mains.
There is also a well niue feet deep
just under the pump, used upon ire
occasions # an extra supply Is requir
ed. The filter beds are eight feet deep
er than the point at which the water
Is taken from the lake, the supply
running into them through a brick
tunnel by Its own force.
Inc pipes were made at PittsburQ
and were delivered at Peoria NJ $50
per ton, payment being taken in bondd
OF the city. The pipes were subirotns
to q pressure of about three hundred
pounds to the square inch. Vorv nanv
Of them burst at 165 pounds. ana their
places were supplied with such as
would stand the test Of three hnD-
dred. The mains are so laid th1ongb
the streets that in case Of any burst
lug but half a square of the eilv is
cut off during the time Of repair. nm
less the break should occur yerv near
the works, at a point before apv LATERAL
connections are made With the main
pipe. As stated before, there are
about twelve miles of pipe now laid
When the works are completed there
will be twenty-five miles. The ordi-
nary pressure on the pipes for domes-
tic supply Is about fifty pounds. When
the full head is on for fire purposes
the pressure is equal TO one hundred
and twenty pounds. AS yet there
has been no trouble with plumbing in