The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-06
THE DAYTON WATER WORKS.
Complete Success of the enterprise

correspondence Indianapolis JouTnal.I
The final testing and opening of the
Water Works in Dayton, Ohio.
Thursday, was a great success, and
marked an advancement in this beau
tiful and thriving city's prosperity
that will, no doubt, prove of lasting
and h%appifying benefit.
A goodly delegation-city officials,
and a few of our business men, went
from here, starting at 1920 A. NJ, and
reaching Dayton at half past nine
o'clock, occupying three hours and a
half in running from Richmond to
Dayton, forty-one miles.
There were present, to witness the
test, delegations from the following
named places besides our own: New
Orleans, Memphis, Cincinnati, Gov
ington, KY, Columbus, Richmond,
Canton, Mansfield and Piqua. Ever
since the building of the works was
first talked of, the scheme has met
with strong and persistent opposition
politicians even making it a political
issue in the present municipal cam
paign-the Democracy arraying them
selves against it, whether because
they are constitutiOnally opposed to
water, or are willing to subvert the
public good to their own party aggran-
dizement, l am not prepared to say.
a great many objections have been
urged. The works were not needed;
good water could not be obtained
the system was q bad one aud had
not been sufficiently tested to war
rant the city in undertaking such a
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have all been overcome, and the
work has been pushed near enough
to completion to satisfy any can
did mind that they are just tho thing
that Dayton has long needed. The
have cost up to the present time, in
Guiding the street butts and between
nine and ten miles OF street mains, a
little more than one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The city has
provided for the payment of the same
by issuing bonds, and levying a spec
ial tax to pay the interest on
the m They purpose laying
ten or twelve additional miles
of mains during the present year.
The process gone through with In
laying them is different from the old
one of soldering. No solder is used,
the mains being forced together by a
hydraulic machine of thirty tons
pressure, and the work can be done
three times as rapidly as by the old
method, which fact is of considerable
Importance, especially when the work
has to be performed upon a street
where there is a great deal of bust
ness transacted.
THE WORKS,
Which are situated on Koewee Street,
and about one mile from the court
house, in a northWestern direction,
were visited by our party about half
past ten o'clock. Being introduced
to the Secretary Of the Holly Manu-
featuring Company, VIC were shown
through the works, and had the ma
chinery and system fully explained to
us. The building is of stone and
brick, and is intended for use more
than ornament, although it presents
quite a good appearance from the
street. The machinery consists of
two rotary pumps with a capacity for
pumping 100000 of gallons each
per day for use during fire, or they
may be used for domestic purposes.
One a pump for domestic use with
a capacity for pumping 1000, 900 gall
Ions per day. There are six piston
pumps, alternating each, for the purpose
of keeping up a steady flow and
preventing the machinery from Jerk
ing; and one air pump to operate in
connection with the c~ondensing appa-
ratus of the engine. The engines are
of the Holly patent and are of about
400 horse power, There is In con-
nection with these engines a patent
hydrostatic regulator for the purpose
of controlling the pressure In the
street mains and adapting it to fire or
domestic purposes. If the pressure
in the street mains Is greater than in
Dictated by the indicator. it opens a
valve and forces the surplus water
back into the we'll, tho valve closing
again as soon as the pressure is
brought under control. There is
also a donkey engine to supply
the main engines. In the boiler
room there are two upright boil
ers with between five and six hun
dred hues each, each one welded at
the bottom, and extending down into
the ire, and are kept constantly filled
with water. The upper end of the
hues are screwed into the crown
sheet. Lime never collects ia these
hues because of the intense heat
which makes a very rapid current.
One pound Of coal in the furnace will
evaporate eleven and q half of waies.
There is, in connection with these
boilers, a fan which is run In case of
FIRE for the purpose of getting IN
steam to the hight necessary for fra
purposes as quickly as possible.
There is also a largo lateral. ans
boiler, with 60 81 inch aues. for do
nestle use; and so constructed that