St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-09

, SPICY LETTER FROM "CITIZEN.

SPICY LETTER FROM "CITlZEN.
Learning that the dignitied and I'M
impas>inncd uttcIance of our village
fathers upon water-supplN has failed to
fully convince all those unreasonable
people VIII" doubted about the pump.
desire as another OpoH-l aNpayer to he
heard upon the same side.
1t is generally known that several
gentlemen from this village have at
different times. at NcIgcnncs and else
where. sought information from parties
Interested III the sale of the Flanders
pump. and that these parties have uni
tormly and confidently stated that no
means of supply ing Il Village with water
can compare in chcapmr>> and efficiency
With this pump. Their statement set
Ties the question. We Villagers acted
upon il without hesitation. and when
the engineer employed 10y the manu-
tacturcrs of this pump Appeared IN one
"i ON meetings and recommended it T."
H.. We at once thrrcupon voted t" adopt
the plan which he presented, a. our
plan of >uppllin water.
1t i tue. that. at a Later meeting
when he WAS not present. the village.
after some expression against tins rI\cr
water. voted Ia RECONSIDER this action.
aud instead directed the Trustees to
bring water mto the rHidJr by dqHedMct
BuI thc>, officers uu>wcrVcd from their
duty hN 81 small Il matter AZ Il vote of
them constituents. have held steadily
loyal I" the Flanders pump with Il con
>istcmcN which will secure them the
thanks of every taxpayer, except the
gIumhlrr already heard from. They
SAY over their own signature. tive Won
der that they felt it necessarily that the
iutimatinn of any collision between
them and the pump agent. is Il gr"s>
libel 81 that question is put at rest
forever. The board was instructed to
enquire. they cnquirrd al Nrr"cnnc>.
and THEN "choice WAS the Flanders
pump"
II amy body still clna> t" the old
fashioned idea that water will run down
hill, and 10 let ii run from some high
pond OF brook. is the simplest way
of hIingiug il into the village. wish to
tell him that he does not know half 81
much about watcr->uPply a> does the
agent or engineer of the Flanders pump.
and ought not t" set up his opinion
against thrilS.
Stiles pond is three miles and a-half
away. and G">> Hollow brook is about
Is far. Taking the figures from Has
we'll. a twelve inch pipe from Stiler'
pond. with Il fall of one hundred feet
will deliver at Il level thirty feet above
the reservoir of the It. bloomsbury Aque-
duet Co.. on two hundred feet above the
pump. only one hundred and seventy
five cubic feet of water per minute. or
about twenty times aS much as the pipe
of that old company can bring. This
only equals about sixty horsepower
at the pump that *. if this stream Were
connected with Il pipe from the pump,
it would only require SiNtN-six h"ISe-
power cNcrtcd 10y the water whccl car
ryimg the pump, To keep this from driv
ing the pump and wheel backwards.
How much power will he required to
carry the pump forward and deliver
this volume of wafer ut this pressure.
may Ice questioned. II it were any
other machine. we should have to nearly
double the figures representing useful
effect pre- duced t" ascertain the power
required ut the driving wheel
But this is the Flanders pump.
Does not every ''boy on the street
know that il runs without friction
Does not every hoy know that it is
''warrauted." 50 that it can never stnl
or break down. and there can he ..nc
possible need of Il reservoir - Doe,
not every boy know that Thousand
dollar wheel with twenty-tiv per cent
addition will furnish one hundred horse
power from one-eighth of the water OF
the Pa>>umpsic river. though the river
he scarcely mole than a brock in sum
mere ''Watrr to quench fires" can ne,
fail. fer the pump is perfect. SO that
is settled.
In regard to water for domestic pur-
poses have scarcely patience to answer
the talk of those croakers who predict
Il pestilrnce. why there is no tiltere,
water i'll the village. Our people know
nothing about filtered water. Would
any body be 50 preiudiced as to ust
spring or pond water unStrained, whel
he could have ''river water aS il bever
age" served at his house after eacl
shower, only two hours and quarter
from the ut-houses and straw hoart
mills of st. .Johnsbury Centre, and onl,
half an hour from the stables and nous,
drains of Paddock's village. having run
through Il box of gravel Oh the way I
This would he the more unreasonable