, 1872-11-14
Another Great Pumping En-
CINE to Be Inaugu" :.
rated To-Day.
The New hathine Capable Of Supplying
100000 Gallons Of. Water
Each TWenty.four
Hours.
Favorable Progress Making
on the New Lake
80 Tunnel.
The Great Bore Under the City
to the West Dr.
vision.


has crown more and more apparent W L1lAaA46
persons for some years that the growth OF tne
city has exceeded all estimates, and that the
water supply, based upon the probable increase
in population has been gradually failing to nees
the needs of the people in the part OF the clsy
distant from the present pumping WORKS. ine
necessity has become imperative that new set
Of pumping works be constructed to meet the
demand for water, and, after two years debate,
the site was agreed upon on Monday.
The lot chosen is familiar to the public from
the many discussions, editorial and otherwise,
npon the selection Of becoming situation, and
as seen in the map accompanying this article, ID
situated near the intersection Of Twenty-second
street and Ashland avenue. The necessities
which led to the purchase Of this property re-
call the early days Of Chicago and brief
sketch of the water requirements and the means
of supplying them for some time back, cannot
but be interesting.
TIE OLD PUMPING WORKS
we're commenced on the same cite OF the present
building in the summer OF 1907. Ouf1ng sne
spring and summer Of 1858, the buildings and
tower we're finished, and several attempts were
made to put in place the 90-inch wooden lnle'
pipe which was designed to extend 600 feet INTO
the lake, and terminate in q crib Of timber Inc
efforts made to complete this work we're unsuc-
cessful. The boisterous condition OF the LAKE
rendered it difficult to secure the Gid III place.
The work was therefore abandoned, and the
water received in the pipe close to the shore.
The effect Of this contrigance our catlzens mo"
rell,-the minute fishes and other detestable
foreign substances in the water. During the fall
of the wear the stand pipe" VAS put up'
and the condensng and non-condenslng en-
eiueg erected. The former was started on Dec.
IT, frr "a r.
in February, 1854. The original pump-wen Is
rectangular. 29xa0 feet, and Is feet deep from
the floor of the engine-house to the bottom.
The walls are Of stone, to feet thick, and
upon these walls the old engines are located.
TIE ORIGINAL BUILDING
was Of brick, consisting of the engine-room,
40x5o feet in the clear, with TITO wings
for boiler rooms, 311zx41114 feet
in the clear. The water tower
vas SQUARE, composed of brick, "A feet at the
base. il feet at top, and 1856 feet high. The III
terror was divided by wall; one part was de-
signed for smoke chimney, the other for the
iron stand pipe. The original pumping machln-
ery consisted Of vertical beam engine, located
OF the north side Of the building, having steam
cy1inder OF Il inches diameter, and stroke OF y
feet, with two single acting pumps OF 81 inches
diameter and 5]9 feet stroke. It has beenln use
nearly 20 years, but is now reserved III case or
accident. It was built at the Morgan Iron Works,
New York, as we're also the eng ines subsequent
" built, one in 1857 and the last in 1857.
The non-condensing engine erected IN 1888
Fas horizontal, and situated on the EoIth side
Of the main building, having steam cylinder OF
IS inches diameter, and feet stroke, with one
iouble-actng pump Of the same dlmenslons
This Was built By q. P. Moses, Of Chicago. Il
-. ry@dd$ T7n
49,. 80 ,,~,ror ,,o
foon 1o1 q -a-5 ...,,,. o-, ,,o,-rBs
DURING TIE FIRST fopA Nos iAa
after the first engine Was started, water "as
s1nn1ied but nine hours day, and none On Sun
dav excent in case Of fire. After that thu
r. oon+innad 7epn1ar)y through
supply "es contlnoeu les1Hy D.. - ~;
out the t"ents-1on nooie. -,
time there we're 10 reservoirs, and 2 l11n11es
.ornhar of consumers. and the water vas nl
inEad to nm to waste through numerous fire
ardTenta in order to keep the small engine run
13ne It nav be observed that this convenien
at++e ,rr;m;tiya practice has been discontinued
31n1i1p The first wear the works we're in opera
~, ,13nch I trouble vas experienced from san'
en 6eing qfH driven % into the 1 pu@p-we The mouth
10 Ta+er and near the ehore. was exposed to tn
4'eavv' waves Of tie lake The waite
vas frequently cut off from the pump
vel from this cause, and st times the suppl
would be affected by an accumulation Of arif'
nine. On one OCCASION the water WAS entirel
Stopped By q multitude Of INSECTS aecumulatin
on tie strainer. To protect the inlet7pipe fro1
tn these saa1 annoyanccs, in 1855 tie breakEater va
constructed, forming q large bas1n: 1Ms oeli
aredged to considerable depth, fully answere re
IN 49,, ,.,e constr7,cton a. tla lake tunr
TanFhe 4 ;nto ,t9 fhG anaral Tetcntacs for payt
6at contriyances. m nee -: ssDeN 's~si''s?40 - F'
9o' o'-i''t TuT ,r1ses; so,1r7, sr,>z prsrpvo1n
nrno tha atter 5qer asrt sp of H. voar 1884 Il
rcserToiT On IN the % South nl Side. nov occuped
the nucleus u.s. Of do our % pnbc librarv wv was complete
~ 4astsd wetar m.oa ad,n;+tsa into tha tar
su .e15a: nesi @ "as s17ad ~ 1ar;1d;1e ~ re1dt
gnder the Teg vel hsn and % the walls sl cracked So da
gerously thai 1ne1r recons'Enc'lon "As ue'e
eltatea. ,ozc A.. n,,a,+;+, - -ro+
used Il 4he 'es c Tas issn nsary " eqaa to he
mum oaPed 81 sns e. Fepsee Ills seh
much arser Accordingly contra