The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-01
MUNICIPAL.
raE InrRovEmsrT or THE WATER.
WORKS.
sidewalk shops To ne shst rtp.

st6ewaik shops To Ne shut TIP.
| Yesterday the Waterworks Company. over the
signature Of Mr.. 81. Toby. lts president. ad-
vertised for bids for 100000 OF first morteage
bonds Of the company, the realization OF which
s TO be applied to the much needed improye-
ment OF our city Waterworks. Incidentally Mr.
Toby informs the public that the company has
adopted the plans OF Mr.. Moses Lane Ter the
| extension and improvement of the works.
| vislt to the office Of the company yesterday
enables us 10 put before the public the main
features Of the plans, and the Immediate as we'll
as the prospective improvements 10 be- applied
| 10 the apparatus for supplying The city with an
abundance Of water and Mt heights equal to the
| demands OF the community. and which will
greatly facilitate the extinguishine OF fires.
THE SYSTEM,
| consists Of the stand pipe" eontrivance now
| III use IN many Of the large cities OF this coun-
try. In brief. the forcing OF the water pumped
| from the river Into and up an Iron cylinder
| THE stand pipesl one hundred and fifty high
sis feet at the base and tapering to four feet at
its apex. The water thus forced up BY the
steam power obtains head. which dedue.iue
incidental friction. will give height Of water
In the local service pipes equal to the level In
the column which will be erected IN the square
now occupied by the engines OF the waterwofks
and Orange streets This column, Or '' stand
pIpe."' judging from the plans prepared will BE
sssss ssaa II m esHf h and e.
Ing main With the stand pipe will be
THIRTY SIX INCHES
In diameter, and will be laid along Orange
street. to Camp, along which laet named street
to Dauphine. on Eysisn Fields. aud from The
sss e r fB n a G fydgss s s nth ss
streets ID the Second and ThIrd Districts, max
new S The e' greater portion II which e Vii
consist Of thirty slx, thirty and twenty iuph
pipes. This is tor The immediate work to be
columns Of the DEMoCRAT, the estimated cost
being between si25. 900 and $50 600. TIE rerep-
tion Of bids Will be closed on the fifteenth Feb
Already we are told by Mr.. Toby he has re-.
seived numerous Inquiries from Northern
toesibeyr With Tiers to 40 and M II To dvhs q
confident that the mains will be com pleted. HE
stand pipe erected end fqll Is,ppply Of water
oil the city wherein pipes are already laid.
FURTHER EXTENSION
Of the water pipes will probably be made by
that time also from The engine-house 10 10
paliy Of thrty.inch mains. with sePyicey pipss
wherever the same are required la the Fourth
District. II. compliance With the terms of the |
Of mains to supuly this district. In all the To- |
calities referred TO above. even though I'll 9 |
stand pipe we're flled up tp only one hundred |
height Of water will reach about ninety feet, |
and thus for purposes Of fire The attachment oil |
hse g 9v az 91 e ppg will hfoT IKE
connection II should be said that three nozzied |
plnes will be- substituted for the present single
Tue stanu pipe alone which is already under
contract Will cost In the neiehborhood OF
$4,000.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Il Is proposed TO further extend The system of
distribution by means Of eighteen inch tipes
along Felicity Claiborne aud Elysian Fields
WIN spqs Ma sfss h
ditien to. the insufficient pipes which are nj.
ready laid in some localities, BY the way, the
laying OF the new plies will Ia no M n ier in.
ierfere with those now ID use. ##sss-s
For time, az the work progresses. the largsi
engine. OF q capacity ofi'I4, 1000 gallons III
lished. at the works. will be used Ia fores tbe
water intn. the stand pipe. but when the imme-
spa. sot VIII 81 2. pfo vsta new
Ing 20 100000 Rallqnsi5o feet every twenty four
hours. which will s subqtituted fer he smaller
engine a. the works, and the system will then
be In Lat Way Of 80
~.~ BEING PERFECTED.
This new engine. 1t .js estimated will cost
about 5000 more, and recapiulation of the
sum to be expended ON the Improvement and
extension Of The watarworks shows an aggre-
Hundred tons of piping is the estimate made Of
The amount necessary TO lnauEurate the new
system. All this " i doubtless Dc good news to
d community which has SO unnecessarily suf- |
fered for the want Of m adequate supply OF |
water. although the Mississippi runs past is |
doors. and even Eomeimes overnpws It's banks
and mandates New Orleans. We found Mr.. |
Toby most enthusiastic on this subject OF sup
PLYING, the city with what he justly conceives to
be is first necessity. and. to use bis own words,
abilities toward securing such a boon as album
dance OF water and cheapness Of rates.
THE CLEAR WATER
being preached, Mr. Toby said that that was
very interesting question, and one. which he
president Of the Waterworks Company. He
was Ia possession OF elaborate works on oil the
systems employed N the he, world to clarity and
to 'I the waters of The Mississippi river, I'm.
less at immense outlay not justified by the In
that none would pay the expenses Of the under
taking. The amount and character Of the
Mississippi water, which contains Ia per cent Of
sedimentary natter ,pregluded the possibility
of clarifying or filtering 1t 10 the best manner
adapted, and must necessarily double the sx-
psnse q pumping l. ifting Il Into reservoirs
iieves can be made available would be- the
means Of crib. work In the betture opposite the |
eng ne house OF the company. But that was |
matter for future confederation for at present |
the principal point TO be attained was 10 supply |
the city with an abundance Of water and at any |
elevation that IL might be needed.
s~~s AN ERROR.
We are requested by Administrator Isaacson |
to correct an error made by one OF the speakers |
at the education meeting. held ut ut. Patrick's |
Hail. relative to the revenues OF the city from |
licenses and from the farming OF the marke |
The amount derived last year from licenses was |
only s24b 900 instead of $4,000 estimated by the
speaker. and from the markets only $3.50 900 In |
stead OF s5oo.ooo which also the estimate Of
the speaker.
THE BALLAST QUESTION.
Administrators Behan says that no Is rapidly
loaded az our levee and il distributing 1t,
through The Administrator OF improvements.
as fast as possible for the improvement of the
afr rtu Matr paE Ia a1tl