Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-11-02
The Water Works.


lnL NEW AhA nNANh ~ HA- AhA-NAEha
The new pump house to he built on the
site of the city mill, to which we have
briefly alluded to in another column,
is to be 60 by GO feet, helghth
If brick wall Is feet. with Man
sard roof of II feet, front elevation.
It will be remembered that the contract
for erecting this building has been
awarded to J. ID. Wins'Ow at S9,4S5, the
work to be done by the fret of January
next. F. q. Simpson is to do the biick
work, Robt Scott 10 to furnish the Ohio
sandstone, aud other eub-contractors will
do much work on the new building.
The fret floor level of the new pump
house, il to be one rise above the grade of
the street in front, and the floor bed for
the new pumping apparatus is to be four
feet below the first door level. The brick
work will be faced inside with best quality
of dark stretchers, laid with struck joints,
and the door and windOw-slls arc To be
of the best Ohio sandstone, finished With
out rubbing. The four principal raftcrs
for the support of the roof of the bull ling
are to he stained and oiled. A balcony is
called for ON the river front, in the spec-
ficatons, and will add much to the beauty
of tie place when it Is completed, and the
windows on this front, 4 is stipulated.
shall extend three ct above the pump
room. A railing, TO obyiate any accident
by persons falling from the gallery to the
punp-room, is also called for. The roof
will be Of the best Lehigh slate, laid on
felt, and secured with heavily galvanized
rails.
The exterior of the woodwork will
receive four coats Of paint and be finished
in dark drab tint while the sashes will
be stained in imitation .ofEwalnut, us will
also the jamhs and transoins OF the doors.
The gallery and other inside woodwork
will be finished in drab tints, instead Of
being painted as is usually the case. All
the glass to be used in the building will be
of the hest American.
This building, when completed, will
present really fine appearance, and be In
keeping with the new and improved ma
chinery it is Intended TO cover. II will be
llre-proof building, or as much so as
nnety-nine one-hundrcdtbs of so-called
fire-proof buildings are and of its sto-
lidity and beauty We deem il only neces-
; sary to say that James II. Windrum, the
designer of the new Masonic Temple In
Philadelphia, who is necessarily thor
, Oughly acquainted with his business, Is
the architect of the new pump house
7 None but skilled wolkmen are TO be en-
. gagged on the building and the work will,
+ of course, be carefully watched by the
2 Chief Engineer and the Chairman Of the
! Watering Committee as II progresses.
I; A CoFFRR'DAM.
. A coiler-dam has been built in thu
: Brandywine, at the city mill, extending
some distance iuto the stream. All TIT
water has been pumped out, and blasting
the rocks inside Is now being done u
d admit Of a thTee-fool pipe being laid. Thi
e pipe is to supply the pump with suilicien
d water to run constantly If necessary.
e when the supply Of running water is ex
n hausted, all that remains to be done is L
II let tids water In through this long mai
d to the Glitch, or, ''canal", which ha
If been dug under the mill. We believe il /
d not the intention of using this until III
l. new pump house is completed, and th
e Werthngton pump put in. The idea is
II splendid one, and we only wonder il wa
{, never conceived before.
c. WATER spouts-temperanc lectures.