Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-05-28
ENTERPRISE TRIUMPHANT.
Tao Suecess of MIR. Beaudry's Project
His Water works Completed and
I'm Working Ordcr-A Full Descrip.
tiOn Of Machinery, Reservoirs,
Mains. etc

Yesterday was day of triumph for
Mr.. Beaudry, and for the city of Los
Angeles. The task of raising water
to the hills in the northern part of the
city which involved so much plan
ming, labor, pluck and capital, was
completed and its success assured.
Glory enough for one day. For seven
years past, Mr.. Beaudry has been
forming his plans and expended his
capital for this very object. He has
purchased large portion of the hill
property, comprising several hundred
acres and has staked the whole amount
of his outlay on this one venture.
Without water the land was worth
less, and water it had not. Although
comprising some Of the most delight
full building sites in the county, the
| property could not even be given
away for residence purposes. When
MIR. Beaudry proposed to erect ma
chinery to supply the all-important
want, many wise acres shook their
heads and said at can't be done; it's
well enough for you to try, but then,
-" A corporation representing
sixty thousand dollars capital pre-
ferred to be excused, nobody else
wanted to burn his fingers (fgurative-
| ly speaking) with the water project,
and so Mr.. Beaudry, with the
weight of his hill speculation
on his shoulders was compelled
| to ego it alone" How we'll he
has acquitted himself of his task, is
easily told.
To commence, then, with the Begin
ming, the water supply needs our first
attention. In the northeastern part
of the city, at the junction of Main
and Alameda streets, a basin has been
dug SOx55 feet with depth of five feet,
which is abundantly supplied by ma
tural springs, and has a capacity of
100000 gallons. The water is soft,
clear as a crystal, and cannot be other
wise than healthful. Though contain
ing plentiful supply for immediate
| purposes, the basin will soon be en-
larged to double it's present capacity.
BY the side Of this reservoir is located
the engine and pump for hosting the
water to its required elevation. The
machinery is enclosed in frame
building of modest dimensions, but
ample for the purpose required. A
tubular boiler is used, sixteen feet long
| by four feet in diameter, and contain
| ing forty-eight three-and-a-half inch
tubes. The pump attached is from the
mandatory of w. d. Hooker, San
Francisco. 1t is fine solid piece of
machinery, with double action and a
capacity to throw fifty thousand gal
Ions of water per hour. 1t is worked
by an engine of sixty horsepower.
| While under our observation it was
not pushed to its utmost capacity, but
was pumping say thirty thousand gal
Ions per hour, and this under
the very moderate head of fifty pounds
of steam. The machinery was so well
made and put together that it worked
at the first trial without causing the
least trouble. Mr.. II. S. McCarty is
| the engineer in charge, and to him be-
longs in great measure the credit of
this somewhat unusual success.
From the pump a five-inch pipe
formed of bOiler-irOn, riveted and with
| slip-joints, extends to the distributing
reservoir, on the top of the hill. This
reservoir is at distance of $3.50 feet,
with an elevation of 24O feet above the
level of the machinery. Through this
| distance the water was forced without
a break, stOppage or leak in any place.
| The main reservoir is formed by exca-
waiting in the solid rock on the high
ground northeast of the city, with ele-
walton as stated. 1t has capacity of
a million gallons. From this the
water is distributed by mains over the
adjoining hills, and will have suffi-
cient fall to reach all localities desired.
A main is already completed as far
| down as Bellevue Terrace. 70 these
mains the special water pipes will be
attached, as needed on the lots. Be-
sides the ordinary uses, Mr.. Beaudry
expects to utilize the water for Ivy
draulc purposes, digging down hills
and filling up valleys where necessary.
The machinery was kept in opera
| ton but short time when first
started, but long enough to assure it's
| complete success. A steady flow, the
full size of the pipe was forced with
considerable head into the upper res
ervoir. Mr.. Beaudry, who was pres
ent to observe the arrival of the long
sought-for stream, says that nothing
short of poetry can describe it. The
water came with rush and rum
BILE, expelling the pent-up air
in the pipe before it, and at last gushed
out with full force into the basin. 1t
was no doubt q gladdening sight-the
first water which had ever reached
that locality, save from the clouds CT
Heaven. At that very minute the
hundreds of acres Of land spread over
the hills took jump forward in value
| to the extent of several hundred per
cent. Now Of course there will be any
number of purchasers for the fine
| building lots which Mr.. Beaudry will
place on the market next Monday, and
he will now begin to reap the fruits of
his enterprise, his long waiting and
heavy outlay. And it is justly so.
Besides his benefit in a pecuniary
sense, Los Angeles will owe to Mr..
Beaudry debt Of gratitude az lasting
as the hills which he will have trans
| formed into the most beautiful and
valuable portion of her possessions.