The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-24
THREATENED INUNDATI0N.
,pr cROTON WATER CONDUCTED
IN M PAPER SHELL PIPES.

o,... DeGeirut $50 Ton. In Weight
"h.. ..,,rr of the Fraud-GSuse OF the
| ca,.,s Inst summcr-tiiow many MILES
pwor,h,e.s Pipc arc Laid in this Ciiyf
.r, has iu,, been determined in the United
. r. remit Court 10 Massachusetts which dis
r.. t,pd, OF si autic extent, IN which this ciy is
,.,rcly interested than probably any other
,,i,y and - made the sufferer 10y millions Of
~. rt,s Wa suit instituted by the Mcssrs.
49, NJ New Jcr.ry. against the city Of Salem,
49,, or balance Of ti397L27, with interest,
's,1, IN all t,7s18j alleged to be due the
.,,,,as Tor water pipes furnished the said city.
r5w WATER rirrs SHOULD BE MADE.
r,s city Of salem has quito rcccntly inaugurated
..,., supply system called the Wenham Water
vo,ts. In conducting the water from distance
an hs eity slphon became necessary at Beverly
p,5se In constructing tails slphon large number
y@irch rircs were required, which tile Messrs.
d. "a, ,rac,cd % deliver as well the other main
,,.. required for the new works. These pipes were
nh,,e been at least thirteen -sixtccntbs Of an inch
pet which thickness II has been demonstrated Is
,.ts,ary 10 give water pipes made Of iron any prac
t,,, ya,ee. Experience has shown that the action
"a water IN the ppes will destroy the fibre OF
u, iron by ccrrosion, to depth Of onehalf an
be but no, further aud In estimating the required
prknsss u pipe this allowance Is always made.
b,yopd hall an inch all that is req ured is sufficient
ptAaess to Vittstand the estimated pressure ofthc
v,er which j. easily calculated. In the case OF the
vepham Yorks {, was cstim9ted that Hve-sixtoenths
san inca oull be sufficient, when, added to the
lAfiuca allowed for rust, gave thirteen si1tccnths
Iao lucb at the required thickness oil tnc pipe.
sroUr HORSE.
Tie Ncssrs s.a-r delivered Tic pipe ot the tine
Ne coa lci o.-d Tor, tie weight Of each pipe beng
uarkc 10 - Zee paint On It's outer surface. The
t.y ac-' .e' thg pipes on this marked weight, ali
etc. rlo..eJ.i TO lay them. t.1mstcr en-.
FOci Do aiding tic pipes from the point Of dc.
hwy 20 thc place Of use, was struck with tho
rftD, "a dcyelopc3 by his ho' rHnHNHg elem 10
iertun hil, md took occls.uu orn a,E - boaf'
Cat tue animal Could draw usti 'too rpulds NC
Vt lii,. 4 listener "a t.n .,..t
wager was laid that the horse -oU 40 l me .Saln
rtf tu posing he had q sure 'hir- ,..t meg no suI.
ral lad teen drawing similar loads daily for somc
sn prryols. The Ecxt morning was lxgd upon
N Tie tEl4l.
TTsr OF STRENGTH.
The tcamstor AMI hrs horse were promptly on
end also the doub,er who had bet the -tale
iold,r referee, and crowd Of spectators. A zip,
vas s.!,ct-d marked as weighing 8,i2O pounds.
which wa cuy loaded. Everything being IN readi.
pes. hc driver Jumped on the load 10 show that al
additional eo pounds was no great matter, and In,
Ione stared at the word "get up" The doubter
he ,t-le4o.Icr the referee, and the promlscuou,
trcvd started as well 70 watch the operation. Bu
tie hose w. .nced them al up tue HILL the witness.
ssonHs IL Sc, 1ral minutes later puning aud blow.
hg lie school CT PROPOSES.
porHn>G THOMAS Is HAssAcHusErrs.
"llod Oh A" cried tho doubling better Hold
on u-.l.,, don't weigh no 300 pounds, or ~
,nrlt- Iu.ut give up the bet until the pipe /.
We. ,d.' but bow 10 weigh 1t was a question
H.v.y.r, l.- was soon settled b. IN agreemen,
Ma g., els e..es should be carefully tested
~, iouai o1rr,c' they should determine the
vt.t Of tic r.te. Ia duo time tie Pipe was
=. % .lI Cd down lust 40, pounds, beng
g. ..ais .,. tlln mask j,
1..o.f.r n. ~ EXTENSIVE swispLr.
IT,, %, incident sooa came to the notice OF the
iltiOaa,. sh.a -c-le- were produced ami al the
Tptt.' ...I Welt Wgi.AtI. They lut.ri.Uly i,ll
che n". o.. .H seven Aaldg,d pounds. Here was
...t.lF. % LAT puzzled the euLiLeCrs. Tao
!'IO 500 I-lr,la lo,u lads ard iuuIl to DC u
Tie I,qHI.l lI kutss Calculations were made
tnoN.u- ..aO tpe. ~ the iebgin OF these and with
VI, 'N.N'. H. tuI indicated at Gle ends must
vd...0... Wuat these were marked 10 Weigh.
Sol .t. we're rl.i.ruly dcucl NJ several hundred
lou '.s. -l..n. Further investigation. however,
d. u-r. .i. sort OF tie deficiency anu brought
To h..t 'e Tram l.tnadcl 10 be pr-cusod. The
ll.s were .. 'Ir REQUISITE Thickness lt Tie ENDS.
a.. t...t I....... J.. ..I..
llH-t' tr.itutuI O.. .sf.ufrtt a..
lou. ." ..' 80 . li-t4. muuii- so s.-
sh' Do ends they began Co deere. I'M
tc..e 70 flo copttts .r srwe ..-.. H....
scare! .-I t.. % ~ .... ...... I.- i.l...
lus 90 .tJ me cheat .H. HleE
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