The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-19
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At the signal Of the bell ull went to
work and continued for fifteen minutes
and report the following result:
Palmettoes, with an average of sixty
pounds OF steam, played through two
fifty feet sections of hose, with N
and ~ nozzle, water pressure seventy.
two pounds, with full supply of water.
Vlgilant, playing through one fifty
feet section hose, Que inch nozzle,
without supply Of water. uutil attach.
ing to second hydrunt.
Independent, playing with average
of thirty pounds steam, through two
fifty feet SECTIONS of hose, two QUE
inch uozz.eS. inadequate supply of
water. pressure only being th,r,y-two
pounds.
Enterprise. p!Ayius through one
Gfty feet section oi hose, one inch
nozzle. aud duriug the time Of playing
was twice without water, ut one time
for tive minutes.
The PaImettoes being nearest to the
reservoir, muy account for the supply
she got. would also report that all
tho engines were in good working
order. All Of which is respectfully
submitted. T. P. PURSE,
CLERK Board Fire Masters.
Attestod:
J. @. SUTPHEN, Acting Chief.
4 subcommittee, composed OF his
Honor tue Mayor. aud Alcssrs. Hewet-
sou, Hook and Jones. were stationed
at the distributing reservoir to measure
the amount Of water consumed by the
engines and the city generally, aud
the amount forced into ths reservoir
from the works. 1t mny bo we'll to
stute here that tho distributing rescr.
voir is divided into two apartments,
the capacity Of each being 500, 600
gallons. The city was supplied from
the b ,sin on the West side, and the
water was forced :uto the one on the
East.
The following WAS the result Of the
com mittee's measurements:
The four engines AMI the city gene
rally consumed in fifteen minutes
IL. 113 GALLONS, while tue supply from
the works WAS only S,058 gallons.
Assuming the basins to be two
thirds full. and the works to be run
uing continuously at the same rate OF
speed as during this test, the engines
would exhaust the water in both bu-
sins in less than twenty-five hours.
On Thursday, the 10Th instant. the
conn mmittee again visited the Water
Works, to test the capacity Of the
pumps, &c. Messrs. Hewetson, Wing,
HOWE, Hook and jones we're sta
toned ut the reservoir, whila his
Honor the Mayor aud Messrs. Thomas,
Shields aud Richmond remained ut
the works.
They commenced the test at IL 45
A. NJ. The pumps were running at
118 revolutions per minute; for the
first 71a minutes they ran at the rate
of ll2 revolutions per minute. and for
! the second y minutes; at the rate of
116 revolutions per minute; for the
next 10 minutes at the rate of l0S
revolutions per minute-being an ave.
rage speed per minute for 80 minutes
of lib revolutions.
The water at the distributing res
ervoir rose in Is minutes 1916 of an
inch; at the expiration OF 15 minutes
more the rise was exactly the same;
making total rise in 30 minutes OF
15e inches, which is equivalent to
6,982 gallons. If the test should be
made for "a hours and the conditions
should be- the same. there would be
forced into the reservoir in that time
335. .136 gallons. Under the contract
with the city, the Water Power Com.
pany -is required to furnish daily
1900, 900 gallons, if SO much be neces.
sary.
Every facility was given Col. Pearce
to make the best possible showing, and
the committee is satisfied that, during
the test, the works reached theii full
est capacity. It is evident, therefore,
that Col. Pearce is unable to supply
the amount Of water which he con.
tracted to furnish by !, ,164, 1854 gallons.
The committee also requested him
to test his filter; this he positively de-
clined to do. stating that the river was
too low. and he could not obtain suffi.
cient head water. The committee were
convinced that his statements were
true, but declare that this condition OF
things is inexcusable. because it ia
owing to the position of the section
pipe at the side of the bank of the
river. If the pipes were thrown out
some distance into the river, as they
should be, tuere would be no difficulty
in obtaining, in case Of emergency, an
abundant supply Of water, more, at
least, than he could possibly force into
the distributing reservoir with the
pumps now in use.
As it is, The city is dependent for heI