The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-28

lie, was attached at the Works, ano
he water thrown $50 feet horizon
ally.
After inspecting the working of the
to every body's satistac-
ton, the party returned to the Phil
lips House, when dinner was had.
ATT o'clock VIM. III. Gill, Chief OF
the Fire Department, took charge oil |
operations for displaying the capacity |
Of the works for throwing water.
The trial took place on Main Street. |
Four streams were thrown, one at the |
corner Of Fourth Street, two at Fifth,
and one at Sixth-two one-inch, one |
and one-eighth, and one and one-quar-
ter inch streams were thrown to a
hight Of about $50 feet. This dis
play took place one mile from the
hydrant, the last hydrant by that dis
lance off
To show the force CT the water at
this distance off, the stream was de-
pressed and thrown upon the gravelled
street, which was torn up as though
pillow had been drawn through:
Stones half as large as mans head
were torn up and sent spinning up the
street, almost as though shot from
cannon. To show the capacity OF the
works in case of fire, we extract the
following from the Dayton Journal
account Of test made some time pre-
vious to our visit:
AT precisely ] o'clock the pro-
gramme was inaugurated. by attach
ing two sets of hose 1000 feet long,
from hydrauts at Second Street, and
near the Baptist Church, a square
and a square and half distant from
| Third Street; and these were laid
south to a point opposite the Phil
lips House, where a wire was sus-
pended over Main Street exactly one
| hundred feet high. The water was
turned on, and the streams leaped
up through the pipes away over the
wire some twenty or thirty feet
solid water, while the spray rose taI
above that, and foated away like
dense clouds.
"At about 2 CLOCK sections of hose
were attached to six hydrants in the
vicinity of Third and Main Streets
and the water was sent rushing uI
heavenward through inch nozzles. II
there was any difference in the throw
ing of the two and the six streams,
) we were unable to see it. The pub
lie were unable to see it. 1t per
formed the work allotted cleanly anC
splendidly, and evoked the hearty
applause Of the throngs In the street
These six streams were sustained
right along for about an hour. so tina
the most skeptical of those who OPP
posed the Holly plan through thick
and thin, were able to get the success!
of the thing through their heads.
AT 3 o'clock other streams wert
added, making twelve in all, playing
! right along Main Street within TIVE
squares of each other, making alto
: gether the most remarkable and move
spectacle ever witne eed In the West
These twelve stream ere kept up Il
an altitude nearly to the hal
dozen, for nearly az 20 &c, until i
seemed there was no end to the ca
pacity of the works to throw water
, and the unbelief was completely
washed out of the doubters. All thu
streams lowered upwards of a hun
dred feet, and twice as high as any
building In the city.
, Three one and half inch streams
were thrown through sections of hose
at 4 O'Clock; and these monstroue
|
umns of water to the hight of abou
one hundred feet. A sailor who saw
the throwing said the streams re
sembled q whale spouting at sea.
THE exhibition closed at o'clock
p. NJ. by throwing huge streams o.
water from the hose without pipes
showing the capacity of the by
drants for sending out water in tor
| L. . Il
evated to the top ola burning build
ing, smother out In short order an
fire that could be built"
Up to the present time Dayton ha!
g nine miles of piping laid-the tota
cost to date being $4,000. OF this
sum the engine cost $37 900. the en-
CINE building some 81, 900. and the
Wells-there arc two of them-aT
equal amount. Some three or -four
thousand dollars were spent In sink
ing an experimental we'll in another
! part of the city, which proved fail
ure. They propose putting down in The
neighborhood of eighteen miles O
2 main piping, which will cost some
$250,000 of 100000. To pay al
this expense, the authorities of Day
ton propose issuing city bonds, pay
, able in fifteen years and bearing
per cent. interest. Up to the present
time not dollar has been paid out o.
the treasury, except sum sufficient
f to put up the building, and pay the
expenses Of the experimental well
The authorities of the city informed
us that they expect to pay the inter,
est on the amount invested by de.
creasing the expenses of the Fire De,
partment sufhciently-with a very
light tax on the citizens-and expect
ed the water rates" to create sink
ing fund sufficient in amount to pay
off the principal before it became due
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On THE WING.-The annual migra.
ton of our Southern friends to the
cooler ATTITUDES has commenced, and
there is every reason to believe that
the most of the travel will come
through Louisville. Large parties