Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-10


the plugs, 1t wa discovered that the water
failed 10 Immediately respond 10 the drain
made upon 1t. By an examination Of the
signal placed in the reservoir for the pur-
pose Of Indicating the height Of the water.
only half an hour before the Gre occurred,
il was found that The reservoir was within
one foot of being full, or fourteen inches
above the waste pipe, 50 the failure Of the
water was owing 70 no scarcity in the res
ervoir. A short time before the fire oc-
Cured the water had been drawn from the
North ward Of the town 70 repair leak.
The moment Of the confagrAtion IL had
been turned on again and rushed into the
empty ripes, which required fifteen or
twenty minutes 10 iil, and of course drew
th" water from the portion Of the town In
which the fire occurred. This, coupled
with the fact that the point at which the
IRE wa rigging i' only twenty-five feet
lower than the reservoir, il the true solu
ton ni the failure Of water.
hpropos Of this fsct, we are Informed
that the water in the reservoir /. AT no
time allowed to fall below the wastc plre.
which IN former years WAS conridcred full.
The waste pipe has been plugged up and
The water pumped twenty-sir inches above
IT. thus giving those living on the higher
parts of town the advantage Of % much
more elevation. The six-inch main pirc
il entirely inadequate TO furnith the re-
4aired amount oi water to the number of
iawecu that are constantly drawing 1t. II
hhs been asccrtsined beyond a doubt that
At times when the reservoir j. full some
hydrana will not aow till the drain from
lower parts o. the town IL stopped The
Aye hundred fawccts which arc continually
drawing from the Eir-inch main, II all
turned with full force al one time, would
require one hundred and fifty inche. Of
water, whereas the main will only surrly
twcnty-eighi squarc inches Even one
hundred iAwcc,s turned on 81 once with
fol! force would deprive, for the time. all
those hydranu in the upper portion Of the
town of water. Bot this emergency is
| one which will ,eldou occur, except in
oascs where the water has been turned OF
for couple ~ hours, st which time the
iaweets are 10 a position to receive tho
Gre, aow. In this may again b. found the
reason why the water gave out last Satur-
day before the frcmen retired from the
Ere. II being under control, the water
wa again turned IN tho pipes, and all e.
capped through the open fawcets. Mr..
George w Rodgers, the engineer, tays
,hat Il al the other ouiicis are closed he
can pump faster than the hosc Of both
comTanles can exhaust the supply. Il tho
main al the reservoir bad been made fun
nci-mou;hod it would have been great
advantage, FOR while the pressure at and
around the Bush House Is eighty pounds To
the inch to force the water out. there il
only sixteen foot head. or about seven and
onc-haG pounds pressure 70 force II in At
ih" reservoir. Then again the upper end
Of Lamb street being bat eight feet lower
than the reservoir, additional pressure At
I the latter point would render Il easier in
.ubduinc n FIRE. These remarks have
/ merely been called forth by criticisms oc-
casioued by Saturday mornings FIRE, Mr..
/ Rodgcrs giving us the figures which VIC
use.
OPENING EVERCIs Es.-we learn that
/ the new building erected 81 Valentines
Forge is now completed. The employees
have named Il the "Ironworkers' Build
ing" II will be opened for the first time