The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-27

Is 1t Another Montgomery Street
Experiment.
An Immense Job for the Contractors-Iron Pipe
Abelished and Cement Pipe Substituted
Doctors Disagree What Happened in
Pittsaeld and Brooklyn-Econ-
omy with q Vengeance.

thirty-sxinch conduit from point near the west
bank of the Hackensack River to the receiving res
ervOir at Bellevie-a distance OF % 800 feet-trav
ersing the swamp known as the Hackensack Mead
ows. At the meeting of the Board OF Public Works
two weeks ago, the committee reported in favor OF
the adoption of an iron and cement pipe and recon-
mended that the contract be awarded to the Amer
| lean Water and Gas Pipe Company
After brief discussion the Board confirmed the
report Of the committee, and awarded the contract
for $685., 1903. This bid lower than that Of the
iron pipe company by $13o,OoO.
The committee in their report set forth the fol-
lowing reasons for their recommendation, in addi-
ton to the comparative cheapness Of the iron and
cement pipe:-
I action q in
nation Of accretions sometimes designated ''taber.
S ;%s ~ %
increase rapidly IN bulk and numbers until tie entire
s1SS f' Of tie Pipe but
and tending to render
unequal 70 the strain light hydraulic pressures
flavor. The oxdation Of the outer surface OF cast
While proec
cP Is not certain against rust
emit The diameter Is not reduced and the face Of the
%heR the
iron be used Samples which have tested together
to the Tss s ens
IRON in tube Of the required di%Se no
sons " WIN sustain Ave times the which viii
yatye to allay the fear most tnorous Oh
"
'sssss
s1 Dss s ss
~ ESSs Ms
s1ger. q sIo timber extend breaking joints 6s
eyer en Win ne plank eorns al
Snci e!ads laid in 5
% be built s which VIII the bed
es Be & %
s hs% aaf w es
Twelve inches OF earth and sodded Viewed in every
SSrs e hs ny water i
dpenaen to na great upon % the par % IS
this vital sid and SECONDARY other
teed by the method and material its construction
hs
Capitalization Of its particles and by presenting i'm
ntsei the OF the iron
| So much for the iron and cement pipe. From the
has been very strong feeling OF opposition to the
adoption OF this pipe In Jersey City. Many promi
| the matter, numerous inquiries were made, and
| Mayor O'Neill was requested not to sign the con-
the city Of asss Is
population Of $4,000, where twelve or fifteen miles
Of the iron !. and cement pipe had been laid many
to take It up and substitute s1' iron ssO pipe
seven feet below the surface and the
land was firm and dry, SO that the failure could not
the inhabitants were taxed for continual repairs to
such an extent that they at length became dis
| cQS IN
| hard bed of land what will be the result in
swamp To this objection Mr.. Ferris, who is sec
| rotary of the company to whom the Jersey City
| contract was awarded, answers that the iron and
cement pipe his company proposes to lay down is
and that the nrm bed Of ping bricks and hydraulic
cement to be laid in the swamp will be equal to
Mr.. Craven. Of the Croton Water Board, in an.
sWer to many Inquiries warns the people Of Jersey
Mr. Rhodes PUveyor ~ Of the BooEn water
| Works, gives his opinions in the matter in a
lengthy communication, which contains the follow
| ing passages:-
Long experience has shown that water pipes for
water ey de G eSd a and cities
Internal hydraulic pressure pounds per square inch
Iron and cement pipes are never subjected to SUCH or
they are H' so afraid that If placed pSoSins
S0's se t SIsssot e
R ss ssng
T
h.
81 Is
n 5SSf IRON % and pps W
feet length tie IRON sixth Of an inch thck would
Abiding to his experience in the Brooklyn Water
Department, he says that the great difficulty en-
countered in repairing the iron cement pipe LED to
its disuse. Several miles OF 1t were taken up and
iron pipe substituted instead on account OF this
great defect.
An instance , Of this occurred twenty inch line
s up % eighty feet the e ana a6q9
iron pine
ss ous shsonsh WI Which main
e stree. the ' ssds
at
WITH 3 ms $ Ss Sso
BY m SO % for the snse Of gade
the head after repair
i in Ssca S
70 AZ tnnast SE many hours repair
rendered useless: and danger exists q property
& the W,n S are Pvt %
water closets &C In order avoid possible such dii
the injured cement pipe and replace It With IRON
The only member OF the Board Of Public Works in
Jersey City who voted against the adoption OF the
iron and cement pipe was Mr.. Clerk, who has NO
| faith whatever in its durability.
so of wae m the neos needea r 1ne
deniabe. The water passing into the houses In
| every section of the city proper is so impure at
times that 1t is quite muddy 1t is also mpreg-
mated with ferruginous deposits to an
unusual degree, as may be ascertaned
| by the simple test Of tying clean
! white handkerchief across the ori1ce OF
faucet connected with the water pipe in any house.
AS far as the cleanliness OF the water Is concerned
| iron pipe is not the most desirable, but when a
| question OF change arises the taxpayers are In
dread OF experiments like that Of Montgomery
which has already cost the people over 100000.
The foregoing arguments for and against the iron
cement pipe WILL it IS hoped, lead to grave dclibe
ration on the part OF the city authorities before
! they undertake to squander the public money
again.
A INDUSTRIOUS NUISANCE.