The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12

of separation facilitating the operations OF
bucketlng aud suction at one time, If neces-
sary, on account Of rapid percolation OF water
in the mass. The labor, time, &C., properly
applied, and directed with energy ana rapid
Iy' of execution, will accomplish all we deslre.
THE REMOVAL ATTEMPTED.
At about this time the Council obtained opin-
ions and propositions from other sources, and
a plan for removing the distractions, submit
ted by Major Welton, and which appeared per-
fectly feasible, was adopted, and the sum of
five thousand dollars appropriated to carry 1t
out. The plan was to lower into the well, BY
means of a jointed iron rod, a tool which would
take a firm hold of the fixed obstruction, and
then 10 pull the whole thing up by a powerful
steam engine at the surface. Some difficulty
was experienced at first In finding a tool that
would take the requisite grip of the obstruc-
ton, and much time was spent in experiment.
ing with various tools. Finally a tool was OBJ
tanned which certainly took hold ofthe bucket,
lodged twelve hundredfeet under ground, and
with a clutch to which the traditional death
grip would appear to be hardly a touch.
~ AN UNEXPECTED UlfflCULEt.
In fact 1t would not let go, and no persua-
sion or device would induce 1t to. 1t was con-
structed as q clutching tool, and 1t indicated
nobly the purposes of Its construction. But
unfortunately the bucket refused to bulge as
perslstently as the clutch refused to let go,
and the natural consequence was that when
the force of the steam engine was applied the
connecting rod snapped like a pipe stem, and
several fee: Of its length was added to the &C.
cumulatton of rubbish below.
From that time to the present the matter
has remained In statu Qup, the we'll being
leased 10 Major Welton,- and spouting about
three hundred gallons O day, which Is ample
for his bath rooms, &C., but an Insignificant
quantity, ss<c6mpared with the wants of the
ssfss.
THE OLD PLAN REVIVED.
Mr.. Barbot, who Is now the city engineer,
has always adhered to his belief, expressed In
1867, that the we'll might be cleaned out ''by
bucketing and suction, and in June last he
submitted another paper to the City Council,
celebrating the idea and furnishing detailed
drawings of the machinery and appliances
proposed to prosecute the work. This pro-
position was explained In The NEWS of June
IL, 1872, and its principal features are as fol-
lows: MT. Barbot first explains that:
The distractions In our '. ell consists of an
iron bucket, which was used In the boring OF
the we'll. This bucket becoming detached,
slipped below and across the bottom of the
we'll. Various plans were applied to displace
or extract 1t, resulting only IN increased diff.
Guilty by drawing the bucket more closely TO
firmly held by the pressure OF the water and
sand In their passage upwards.
/. As the matter now stands the well does not
yield over forty gallons per minute, when Its
flow should be at least ten times that quanti-
~. I propose, therefore, not only to restore
the original yield, but to increase It's capacity
very largely, say from four to five hundred gal
Ions per minute.
The plan for the accomplishment of this very
desirable end Is to use
A owERFUL PUMP
of the construction shown in the accompany
ing sketch, (A,) designed by Mr.. Frederick ].
Smith, mechanical and civil engineer.
This pump will be driven by q ten-horss en-
CINE, making one hundred revolutions per
minute, Snd dlscharging over six hundred gal
Ions In that time. By this means a rapid up.
ward motion Ia given to The water. The NOV
able sands which form the water-bearing stra-
tuna In which the end Of the tube now lies, and
which closely holds and binds the obstruction
against the end of the tube, will, from the
rapid passage of water, become a semi-fluid
and be readily drawn up by the actlon of the
pump, leaving q vacuum or space at the lower
end OF the well tube, where the obstruction
lies, and into which 1t will drop, leaving the
passage: of the tube clear.
Should the obstruction be found wedged In
the bottom Of the pipe itself, Mr.. Barbot pro-
poses to cut of a short sectioR of the pipe
Itself, which would then drop of Its own
weight into the cavity produced by the above
described churning process, and, tor this pur.
pose, he submitted detailed drawings of a cir
cular cutting tool which was to be let down
int the well, and made TO revolve horizon
tally by the application of steam power at the
surface until the shell of the tube should be
cut through.
Mr.. Barbot has also designed, with the
assistance of Mr.. Smith, an ingenious appa-
ratus for removing the sand from the tube Of
the well, the essential portions of which are a
drum at the mouth of the we'll revolved by
and carrying an endless spike chain
with scoop buckets at intervals of two feet.
This, 1t Is expected, will work very rapidly and
efficiently.
THE PROFITS y EXPENSES
of Mr.. Baroot's plan, as estimated in his last
report to the City Council, are stated as fol-
lows:
Water consumed by the citizens, say 800
families at ) gallons each per diem. ......$ 1890
Sn piping $4,000
Country $500
Total gross proceeds for one ear........S 25, 800
Pump and engines and operations
on we'll o9e year...............S 5000
OF water for citl-
zeDs...... ...........-..-. 2,OC0
transportation TO shipping by
o,uuu
Total outlay first year...........$lO,oOo- 10000
SIS. 800
r1rrent 5000
Net proceeds the frat year.:-.............s1o.su0
rhe second year add the principal outlay. 10000
Total nrofts at end or second year.......$2o 800