Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

Inc cartnwOrk on the canal cm-
bankments has been let to Chiffon &
Kendall and other contractors. and il
the weather is not such as to prevent
continuous progress will all be in
good shape within two weeks.
Work on the bulkhead will be com
menced next week, and it will proba
bly, be constructed of earth ne tn,
lateness of the season will hardly give
the contractors time to procure tim
Der for its erection. Messrs. Wiley
& Co., think tho water power will b.
ready for use by Dec. 18th, and GER
tainly by Jan. lst.
Pettyman & Harms have the con
tact for excavating for and laying
the water mains and now have abou
1000 feet of 16 inch main laid fee
and 6 inches below grade, where they
will always be secure from the &C
ton of frost. Tho work of laying
mains is supervised by John Lcary
an old and experienced hand at til,
business. All the pipe joints arr
joined with lead well caulkcd to pre-
vent the possibility of leakage. Al
the intersection Of all streets valve,
are laid so that, in case of attachment
being made or pipe breaking, Other
portions of the city may not be cut
off from water.
The hydrants TO be used are Pattee
Il Pcrkins' non-freezing, which or,
the best and most approved hydrant
now in use, and will have screw noz
zlcs.
Eight thousand feet Of 10, II and
l6 inch mains will be laid in the bus.
mess portion Of the city, by January
first and twenty-five hydrants set,
which will be an immense advantage
in case of fire in the heart of the city.
The whole of the mains, some seven
or eight miles, will be laid next sea.
son and from Is to 100 hydrants set.
The smallest pipe used will be foul
inches in diameter, which is one inch
larger than the ordinary gas mains
laid in the city.
The pumping machinery, in addi.
ton TO the water power, will consist
of two Of the most approved pattern
of Flanders Hydraulic pumps, manu-
featured by the Vergennes Machine
Company at Vergcnnes, Vermont
The same kind of pumps are now in
use at South Bend, Indiana, and Lake
View, Ills, and are fast superseding
all other pumps for water works pur-
poses.
The boiler of amplc capacity 10 run
two pumps SO they will throw 3,0OO,-
600 gallons daily, will be put up al
the well known boiler works of p
Hirschauer " Co., in this city. The
contract with Wiley 4 Co. is for a
supply Of 100000 gallons daily, but
the works really will have much
greater capacity and in that respect
will be ahead of any other erected OF
now contracted for in the State Of
Iowa.
Piles are now being driven for the
foundation for the Pumping Station
and are put down to the bed rock
Thos. Sumner has the contract for tho
pile work. One hundred piles, squar.
ing IL inches will be set, and or
these q solid timber foundation viii
be laid before proceeding with ston,
and brick work.
The Pumping Station will be 3Ox4t
with boiler room in rear 1Sx25, heigh
Of walls 20 feet, hip root, with tower
40 feet high. The smokestack will b.
so feet high. The walls are to be o
red brick, trimmed with Milwaukee
white brick and the building will b.
an ornament to the city. Fielder {
DIETRICH are the architects. Fox 4
Hendrix contractors for brick an,
stone work, and ID. d. Whitelock TO
the wood work. The work is all con
tracted to be finished inside Of fiv
weeks. The Pumping Station viii
stand q short distance above the De
Moines Valley Iron Works.
The Penstock and tube has been lie
to Thos. Harrington, and the work
to be done a. soon as the Pumping Sta
ton is ready for use. Thus Ottumwa
assured, at an early date of an mex
haustible Water Power, and com
plcte system Of Water Works on tn
most advantageous terms. The con
tractors arc men Unknown probity o
character, ample means, and their re
muneration depends upon the earl.
completion and use of both tho Waite
Power and the Water Works
and at the same time there is no pos
sible chance for any 'Jobs" to be sc
up or charged to any of our city Off
cials, as might have been the case hat
the city of itself undertaken to erect
system of water works.
In conclusion We may be permitte,
to say that in another year, with GU
rich farming lands, our nnexhausti
BILE supply Of coal, wood and stone 70
manufacturing and building purpo
ses, with an unlimited water powe
offering cheap power for running a.
kinds or machinery, with . complet
system Of water works supplying ey
cry part of the city, thus largely re
ducing fire risks and insurance, Their
Is nothing that We can now foresee t
hinder the uninterrupted growth o
Ottumwa and making it the foremos
interior city Of lows, both as regards
manufactures and commerce. Fol
which, lot US All deyoutly pray ana
earnestly labor.