Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-06
OUR WATER SUPPLY.
The New Thirty six Iuch Water Main.
Ssihe Facts 10 Cshneu,lsn Nith the tHi.
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soAs Taet- Ia Csbssp.iss ttnh the iHl-
,HTstriAtHta
ths thfninH olths Uatef into The new 5d.lneh
main, allhough II 10 Allied only a. far az Rock
creek, where the cross connections with the old
mains woro made has, as a matter Of course, In
creased tho pressure and supply Of water to the
city wOfkmen are now engaged all along l.
street In making connections between the new
main and the old 6-inch mains In the cross
streets THIS work will DO completed In q Few
days, and then the new 9e-ineh main will be
Allied throughout its entire length, when the
supply In the northern part OF the city will DO
abundant The good results thus lar are alt ready
shown, as water will run any time during tho
day IN the second story Of the houses on NJ
street and beyond, whore, previous 10 putting
10 the new main, water could not DO had DURING
the day, even from the kitchen cocks. Colonel
Sane s5bTss,sd ~ GpinlGn some time since since
creek would increase the supply on the hlRh
points In Washington, but DID not give publ.
city " the idea, pteierrlng TO turn the water on
irst, aud then let the residents Of that locality
make the discovery themselves. when the
cross connections along l. street are finished,
there IL no doubt that water will run easily into
the top stories of tho highest houses In the
fho laying OF the new main and makInR tho
connections with tho old one has been n tedious
and labOrlUus job uuu. Babcock and Col samo,
with their assistants, have labOrud faithfully to
haze IT, completed, and night Rner night has
fUuhd them along tho lns ptishlng the work Tor.
ward. Four Sundays the water had 10 be drawn
on the ucorgetoWn level Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, In order 10 make connections and get
the new main under Foundry branch, az Il could
not have boon run over the branch without a
much greater expense and the consumption Of
more tins
oar readers may form some idea Of the din
oultlcs mot with In completing the work BY the
following statement concerning one piece OF
work alone; when the new 0poook was put
In the So,lnch malu at Foundry branch, 10 order
10 bring tho water down 10 that point through
all the mlins, the pressure upon II was nlneteen
tons, and u took long time 10 secure u perfect,
". GOULD more time have been taken, aud all
the pipes put down before that gtop.cOok was
put In, the labor would have been much loss aud
tue risk Of failure not 90 great AEaln, large
the branch, all AZ which had TO be blasted out "a
make the trench for the new main. The water
throughout tho city now IL slightly affected ~
and i a iIltie mSddV, 6ut Spon iiiiinS thS
whole line the hydTants and sluices at the ond
will be opened and the entire line washed out.
A large force Of men are nov at worn In laying
the eeinch main IN rev jersey atepuo, from i
street 10 Massachusetts, nyonde, where II viii
connect with the 2O-inoh main. This job will be
completed In few days, and Il Is now quite Ger.
tain that the whole work, with all connections,
stop-cooks, Sc, from the reservoir TO Eleventh
street east will DO fully completed by the middle
Of the month.
Great pains have been exercised In the filling
Of the empty mains. The general superstition
10 that the valve Is opened at the gate house,
and the water PUSHES down, Milling every pipe In
few minutes. II this plan should DO followed,
large and small malns, Migrants, stop-oOcks,
and connections would be bltsI and broken 70
pieces In rapid succession. The weight Of Eater
Is o2lS pounds TO the cubic foot, Add to this the
momentum which It would gain on the inolna.
lion between the reservoir and thli city and thg
fact that the pipes are allied with air. and II will
DO seen that whatever Il should strike In It's
passage, unles. very secure, would have % give