The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-22

unQer the nOlly GySt6Hls luz tno
city of Evansville.
Machinery. such as may be consid
cred most advisable for Ev 1nsville,
would consist of two "Holly,s patent
elliptical rotary pumps" and two OF
"Holiy's patent gang pumps, with
an aggregate capacity of five million
gallons Of water in twenty-four hours a;
one set of double cylinder, quarter
crank, variable cut off, ~condenslng pls-
ton engines, and n rotary engine, so
arranged that either engine can be
attached TO either pump, thereby
maintaining safety &C all times by
their t~riplicate construction. Said en-
gines would be erected on a large,
heavy cast-iron arch frame OF . ca
pacity TO support all necessary bear
ings and connections for engines,
pumps, shaftings, gearirgsl bridge
trees, pilJow-baeks, &c. Said ma
chinery to further consist of all neces-
sary shaftiDgs, gearings, and all
couplings and suction valves needed
in connection with said pumps and
engines; hydrostatic valves; allneces-
sary steam and water connecting pipes
in pump-house; steam and water
guages; two "HolIy's pstens vertical
boilers and two horizontal boilers ;
one double piston boiler pump; one
"Holly's patents h~ydrostatic regula;
tor and pressure gusge," to control
the pressure of water in the mains
and lateral pipes. and vary the same
at pleasure for FIRE streams, or domes-
tic use; one condenser; one heater,
containing the required number OF
hues; graduating balance valves for
each pump, to close apertures be-
tween the pump or pumps 10 use and
those not 10 use; one donkey engine;
one safety regulator; spring couplings
and bolts; and ell other machinery
and connections (not including water,
suction or discharge pipes), needed In
connection Herewith in pump-house,
to render the above machinery COM
plete and adapted to its use.
The said gang pumps would be so
constructed as to discharge water
without cessation, and give as neal IS
possible an uniform pressure in its
dow through the city pipes. as each
pump consists of six piston force
pumps, driven by eccentric connec-
tiOns, located in a manner that the
pumps take suction in rotation, at one
sixth their length of stroke. or no two
in unison.
The said machinery shall have pow
er and capacity to throw six one-inch
streams Of water at a time in said city.
TO the hight Of one hundred feet, and
continue the ordinary supply of
water for domestic use in said city at
the same time. The Holly Manufac
turing Company, of L~ockport, New
York. will build and pay the trans
portation on said machinery, set the
anne up in a building, and on foun-
dations to be prepared by the pur-
chasing parties; and the said Holly
Manufacturing Company will paint
and decorate the said machinery, and
furnish the same complete with the
above described capacity for the sum
of 100000.
If desired, the Holly Manufactur-
ing Company will furnish a complete
set Of machinery, with an aggregate
pumping capacity Of three and me-
fourth millions of gallons of water
daily. for the sum of $50. 900; or a
set, with two and q half millions ca
pacity daily, for the sum of $4,000;
but with the rapid increase in popu-
lation in Evansville, and bright pros
poets for a continuation of the same,
it would seem indiscreet to erect ma
chinery with a pumping capacity that
might be found inadequate to meet
the demand after a term Of twenty or
twenty-five years. Evansville would
consume, with the present population,
about 1,200,00 gallons of water daily
for domestic purposes, added to which
an equal amount Of pumping capacity
should. under the Holly plan" stand
10 reserve for fire purposes. Hence,
the importance of a larger class of ma
chinery.
The source Of obtaining a supply of
pure and wholesome water for Evans
vile must necessarily incur an sd-
ditional expense over that of various
towns where the Holly system Is
N operation, as the Ohio River may
be considered the only water free, or
nearly so, from organic and other
concentrating matter, within your
reach, which can be procured BY
sinking a shaft of adequate capacity,
to the depth of forty. five feet, and
near the river bank. from the bottom
of which, extend a drift, arched with
iron, and of sufficient size to admit
all the water that may be received
by percolation into the trench, which
should be dry, walled with lime, or
other convenient Quarried stone. and
extend three hundred feet or more
along In the sand and gravel bar. SO
prominent during low water at the
eastern limit of the city. The trench
should De excavated to the depth of
about fourteen feet, which will locate
lts bottom about ten feet below the
bed of the river. The bottom Of the
shaft and drift should be located on
the same level.
The following approximate esti.
mate may be considered a sufficient
sum to liquidate the expense of nro-
curing q supply of water by this pro
cess:
OF SHAFT. i AND TREKcH
E~xcayattng $685. yards OF earth for
shaft, 81 500 O0
8I048 brick laid in vail OF shaft,
= sl4;-- --.-..------....-. l,2A 60
Os10y pounds 10inch centre c0lumn
Wnlch wall serve as discharge
pipe from pumping shaft, e.. $50 90
"rougnt Iron braces aud support
WaSsE-tight pumping GOor Of 400 "
sp 1Gale s,Pi9a 524 90
hoor OF shaft ..........-.sI.- SAe "A
100 1ineal feet OF drift or tunnes
1Ion river bank to pumping
EsesEs; Tsss v:-S. go =: $500 co
1Tensn' aOe las 40
, dry walls q trench, -. 1856 co
itensto completes hes ame-.--- 1900 90
.s29 90
COST or
Foundation tor build1ng,I75 perch
laid. " *: :5;c $3.50 1850 90
perch aid IS5 m
Foundation for machinery, no
perch laid, ESQ 90
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