The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-02
THE BIG BURST.
Old water-pipes Still Splitting
The New Ones Withstand the Pressure.

The "big burst" is still going on. The
pressure from Eden Park Reservoir, hav-
ing been lett on all day yesterday, WAS
turned off last evening, after eight more
breaks had occurred. OG letting on the
water OF the reservoir this morning
three new breaks, but none serious, oc
CURED.
The breaks are invariably in the old
lines laid years ago. This is due to the
fact that they were cast by the old
method, laying the TASKS horizontally,
thereby causing the metal to be always
thin III one portion OF the pipe and thick
| i'll another.
The new pipes, cast on end, according
| to the new method, which gives uni
| form thickness to every portion Of the
! pipe, have aud will Withstand any pres
sure which can be sent from Eden Park
| Reservoir.
The detect is due TO what is called
"cOld-shot," in which the molten iron
was poured into the flask not hot
enough and in meeting on the under
side OF the core did not fuse. At this
juncture it was found that all the
breaks occurred.
No new pipe has been laid down by
| MIR. hlrt0n, the superintendent or the
| Water-Works' Department, which had
not been tested tAorous shly before being
accepted. The test OF MIR. klrton con-
| sists in subjecting to the immense hy-
draulio pressure Of three hundred
pounds to a square inch, and while the
| pressure is on in the inside an outside
test is added, called the ''hammer test,"
| which consists in striking the pipe with
ponderous sledge hammer.
The least defect In the iron viii cause
a rupture, and th9reupon tue pipe IL re.
jected.
All the breaks OF yesterday have been
repaired, Mr., kirton having puL on an
extra force of men. The breaks report
ed last night and this morning are at
follows:
On HaLters alley. between Elm and
| Plum streets.
The twenty-inch main on Broadway
gear Court, just above the old break il
front OF Adam DOIler's saloon, whicl
was reported yesterday. The main has
been repaired.
On franklin street, between Main and
Sycamore, the main pipe burst ano
caused an ugly hole in the street.
leak sprung in the main pipe OF
Richmond BtIeet. between ELM ant
Plum.
There is also leak in the main pipe
on Seventh street between Main anC
Sycamore. The water filled the cellars
OF Nos. Il and Il East Seventh street
| befDre it CuuiQ be turned off.
The main pipe in Sc. Clair street, be
tween Court and Ninth, began to leal
early in The evening. but The defect wal
soon remedled.
A burst occurred in the main pipe il
the alley in the rear OF ZIG Elm street
the water running into the cellar. The
! water has been turned off.
The main pipe i'll Main street, between
Fourth and Filth, gave way to the pres
sure ana flooded The street with vol
umes of wafer before it could be turneC
of.
This morning at half-past O'Clock the
malu WaJer-pipe burst IN the sliley DC
tween Elm and Plum and Filth an
Longworth streets. The water was i'm
modiately turned off and gang OF mel
set to work to repair The evil.
The pipe on Sixth strcetbetween Mail
and Walnut burst at half-past
o'clock this morning near the old plao
mentioned yesterday.
The pipe in the alley between Vim
and Race and Court and Canal split a
about O'Clock, but before the escapiu,
water could do any damage TO the neigh
boring houses it was turned off.
A leak was reported at 10 O'clock il
front of No. 90 Richmond street t, nea
Robinson's Opora-house, but il PROVED
an lncOnsiuerable one.
There is also break in the pipe a
Ninth and Walnut streets.