The daily gazette., 1874-11-17
FIRST EDITION
The City Council.


ject of the new reservoir--whether to |
build large or the smaller one pro-
posed by Mr.. Wm. i. Morris, the con- |
sulting engineer
Mr.. Taylor presided in the absence
of President Maris.
There being barely quorum present
Council, on motion Of Mr.. Baker,
tool, recess for half an hour, in order
that fuller attendance might he Sc
cured.
During the recess President MIaris
entered the chamber, and presided the
remainder of the evening.
Upon reassembling, Mr.. Hayes took
the floor. He said the subject of
new basin was not new one, but the
practical construction of the proposed
basin was comparatively new sub
| ject. The basin first proposed, he
said, had been calculated to hold SO
days supply, and if our population
doubled in 1G years, it would then hold
16 days supply,
In buildsng this vast work we arc
required to consider
First-Thc debt of this city and the
amount of interest on this debt 1t
will require about $66, 900 next year,
to pay the interest on our bonded
debt Therefore, we must consided
carefully whether we will greatly in
crease our debt by building costly
reservoir which will not be actually
required for number of years.
Mr.. Hayes further asserted that if
the reservoir is butt as large as pro-
posed, it will not supply those portions
now supplied by the Rodney street
reservoir, and it would, therefore,
have to be enlarged in few years. He
, held that by building small reservoir,
enough would be saved, in interest
alone, in u few years, to construct an
addition, if necessary. At our presen,
population it would cost about So x
, per lead to build the large reservoir
while when our population is 70, O,OO(
the cost would be about $1.3S PEE
head. Therefore, it would be more
: economical to wait some years before
making the basin SO extensive.
In conclusion Mr.. Hayes questioned
whether it would be judicious to built
large reservoir, at IL cost of $500, O0(
s or $3.50, coo, which would not be needed
r for years. lie favored building
reservoir on one-half the lot only.
Mr.. Baker alluded to the importanc,
of the subject, and said the great ide;
was to have sufficient storage SUP
A ply. lie referred to the recent devel
II opment of our water works OF lat
wears, and said ~ we now have sutii
ccnt pumping capacity, what w
: want is storage capacity, and suii
Is cient quantity of distributing pipes
n lie disagreed with Mr.. Morris calcu
a. !ation, and claimed that the basin pre-
g, posed by him would not answer tn
l. demands of the city for ten years. j
q regard to expense, he said our ia
~ rate was 81 10 cents less than the ia
rate of Philadelphia, and that no NOR
10 advantages were derived here tina
there. lie thought it would be wis
for Council to work upon the pla
already proposed, and construct til
large reservoir.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Candy referred to til
proposed size of the smaller rescrvoi
and its capaciiy-32, ,000, 600 gallons, {
13k days supply for Il population {
cs 80, 600, 6; days supply for popul
&c. ton OF 20 600, and 81 days supply f'
&c population CT 140, 600. This cstima
'' he based on the average daily consum
ton in the past, as shown by tigur
. in the Chief Engineers reports. |
said the subject resolved itself into u
question, what will be our increase
population in thirty years, and VIII
b amount of water will then be neede
Gt lie was of the opinion that II bas
built on the upper half of the
would be sufficient for twenty or thir
years, as the Rodney street basin cou
, be enlarged, if necessary, while such
basin would result in u great saving
n the peoples money.
II Mr.. Febiger said that at present {
Worthington pump at the water wor
was being run from 6 To ! hours =
day. This pumps makes 90 revolutio
per minute, and pumps l60 gallons
!. water mt each revolution. Take s
hours for the daily average work.
time, and we find that this pump alo
pumps into the reservoir ,497 ,OC0 s
-. Ions daily. The water pumps thrC
IL 1,150,000 gallons per day, making
M. total of over 1900, 900 gallons, as c
Civ daily consumption at present. Duri
- the hot months in the present year,
& Worthington pump was throwi
~ from 500, ,Uo0 to 1900, ,000 gallons |
70, day, while the water pumps W.
working to their 1ull capacity.
Z, claimed that the storage capacity
VI the new basin should be estimated
~. basis of 3,O00,000 gallons as the d
lies. ly consumption. These figures diffe1
,ads aIs from the consulting engineers, but
W as deemed them reliable.
$ Or Mr.. Febiger referred to the lar &c
ying servoirs which are being construc
,ct ass a in Philadelphia, New York and Il
The ton, and then alluded to our reserv
eT, at Tenth and Market street, Th
K. K" hold nearly g 1000, COO gallons, and
when the Cornish engine broke at nj
- one day in the summer of 1877, the
I'D sins were almost empty by ten o'cl'
next day, though the waterpumpis W
and working as usual. This showed t
,en 'e%. our consumption was much grea
Fe than we supposed. o.o
AZ. In regard to saving $l00, QUO by b.
,oIs ding a smaller basin, Mr.. Febiger
of the opinion that one half OF I
use amount would be needed to purch
ring dirt for the additional basin when
hes was required. -,
In conclusion he offered the foil.
EEdgi ~; ing resolution as an amendment to
'N Vim. M. Canby's resolution autho