, 1875-03-26
A Now Invention for Obtatn,rr .
Wntor-Supp1y.
The "Tube.Woll Firc'Hyarant" spo.
cessfnlly Tested in Mime.
apolis.
A Steamer Takes Suction at n Drtyc.,r,n
and ,Yorlss m Hour Without H. =
t,inlsllfug the Supply.
a Now and Praotioa1 Idoa for thu (on.,,
GRAFTON Of Gen. slaloy,

~ ."e '-"''o' " 1"e ."N"Vu 4fton"s:
MfsSsAfoLis allun., March 17.-A test NJ,
made lore to-day Of homsthing now In conpcr.
t'on WIN tho e1snenlehmcnt OF ascs, whicl, III,
people OF onloaeo, WHO labor uhdor clsopIe
" hfe.acarc, should ca'lao to bo investigated A,
once. onr city Is built mostly Of rood, and N,
larger portion OF it Is very mitch c1posod Thu.
We nave hot boon vlhtsed ny disassro'lh cona..
gfAuon' ii dno' Ffobably. moro to our godllue,,
'hah 10 our ifc.pro1octton. Our System Of waller.
mashb runs through low OF our Btrcots ony,-
1ui'y ohc.hasf OF tho property OF tho city lyias
o"'aluo oi Tue "ator-hmita. For soars tue off.
cofs VI eiao f'fe-bePaf.nont haVo boen sltiriuy
to get tile authorltloa to dig q nupt,,
OF largo cBterua, nt1d Aecp them n,,.'
with vator for t,ro rornosoa. mt mi, hs, u9e
lon,, ,,,n --tt,o ~, I.t,,.r, $50. ua' ae'a
uoea aone'-no c'9 fathofs neVef icolng TIA!
quonoo, wo are quite frequently turned Oh. /.
500 noighbor's louBa burned down. vh,,a MI. "
tyron of water cnu In hal tn o,tra,,,.t u..s
H.naos 1~'"s9'eH u
n@n'''' ...- .--....-..
runE-wELL FlHE-sTpnAHTB.
or or drive wells. and tt,ev a,,ounf al, nrna :.
c,tv fnrn,.ttnr ovca,ls;,. rxata. ~. ys*s W., IN
s.... ~" ns ""So' 'ot ao1nesta
P1lpoao7' NIT. y. u. ifasorae' young gepIe
mail who hns lnndo sovcral important inYentl1o,
In these drlve.vcIls, last fall uoucolycd tia A.,
Of utilizing tbpm far tro nurnosca, In 49,,
a. tbs ,dns n.rf.,to,, t. an,,,toI a. 'ts "o'ss4
~, ~ @1 Fe..'s'o1 ~ "pFt'u ios . Fateol
aoa to"aay gave q psaoucAl oxsAbttton Of III
Breeoaa to our f'ronon and city officials, II.
calls hia invention the "Tubo-Well Fi,c.tI,.
draat:" md II may NAV bo pottor s1n,,,nsd :,
ueSel'os,s sns ouo 'oaseo .o-oAy' lie haa suak
on hss place, In tho suburbs Of tho city, fau
tube-welis,-tho tubes AZ iuch0s in dsneh,
and tho welis bonu about so foot spa.t. W,s,
1oun % saot In utr,,,t /. ,nnd .r,n,,, y, ,....
ns,."' . ~ s..as = hou1 sapF', " Haet
s'irfaco by 41$-inch pipo. meoltug mldry
botween tho wolla iu i'ro-hydrant. Thus b.
had four wellA supplying water to this ppt
hydrnnt. To-day our Chief Engineer and Ii,
t!roMen took our now steamer cut them, 10 tett
the now wolla. Attaching tho ltoao to lhs b.
drant. steam was got up, Rna tito engine tooi
suction from tho hyasnnt. With 80 poundl ct
steam aud 30 pounds Of wator-prassure, ehs
throw IN unvaryiug stream OF 1856 feat tllso1sa
11I-inch no2zlo, for upwards Of an hoa,.
During the wholo time, thoro was not t..
siRhtc1t dimunition In the wator-aupply} snd
drant tllo. water. foil back III tho drlva.sslla
tho Same lovol at which 1t waB found.
WHAT wAs DEMONSTRATED.
It wAs found that tho water taken from tht
Wolls was about 60 doErece in tompofsIurs,-
very much warmer than tho wntor We got troa
quantity OF coal WAS used during the hours tau.
Ihore was no froozing about tho steamer OF tll
hose, aud not particle OF sand vas auckedua
Had tho hydrant boon mado for 1t, tho stl
would havo supplied water for two Of mott
atoamora hs readily AS for one: As tlls sutt.
wero drivnn to tile wator-lovcl, tue suppl!ot
water wns ino1lauBtible. All who woro prpsent
regard this toBt Of tho now Fire -liydnnl
as grand success, and as ploHtt
that a full supply Of wator can bo obtained b.