, 1879-07-17

an alarming extent tho water-suppy Of the city
is permitted to 20 to wuste, owing, mainly, 10
The extrayngaut hnblts Of the people, and with
what ccrtalntY the fact was staring It's In tne
face thai, unless something was dohe to put
stop to It, the ttnu was not far off when new
prtnpiBg engines would ho necessity. Evcu
then, With thu constantly growing city, md the
rastage increasing In proportion 10 the increase
OF population, It would be a question whether
one Of Two engines would bo apEe to keep up
lie supply demanded unlesa there could be 4
that ia permitted to run waste. II was, hos-
ever, pointed out that this might be dono ia
various Wayg.
There were soma who wcro INCLINED to believe
THE TR1nuNE's statements regarding tue 1e-
cessltY Ior new eugtncs in tbs uear future ns
lluwnrranted bY thu present conditions. But
The fnct renans tint tie engines on tic West
Site arc now almost wor ked to their utmost
available capacity, and the demand upon them
Is bclng constantly augmented. When these
engines were erected, It was found that QUO
could be worked At a time and enough wntcr
pumped to supply tue West Division. Soon
atter it was necessary to wurk both OF them,
untt since last fall aud up to q few weeks ngo
10TH HAVE uEKN IN CONSTANT OPERATION,
with the exception Of very brief stoppagcs
now aud ihrn for repairs. As for thorough
oyerhauling, neither elgins has had It since
pulup.ng wus ba0un llsere. I'!.et did stop oncc
for TIC purrosc, but Tug work necessarily was
North Side engine was bc!sg repaired the pnst
wlntor, tt,e West Side machinery has been 1u
engines from S q. II. until 10 p. H., when one Is
stopped, altorna4lg them from ,'ay 10 day.
Dusil.g the suyeri hoars' rest every nigh. tilu
engineers look over thu engine not iii use. The
OTHER Is ubio 70 keep up the requisite pressure
TN the mains. for, during these hours, the con.
sumption Of water ts comparatively enlait.
Should large nro break out Lit Idle uogiuo Is
at once placed In 1nntl0It.
Tie West 9lde engines hnIc an nyailablo ca.
pacttY Q: about 81, ,uoo go aalioas daily ~ L. i,
galions may bs purpcd3 hut II wnn'u nut bo
considered saf1 to kepps them at work ut rhis
rate coustantly, for the bolts would loosen and
o.her th.Nga oe"llr tondaig TO weaken the Gu
gines, until at last both might simultaneously
brcuk duwn. and, consequently, the western
portion Of tile city bu qrut I'll from watcr-sup.
ply. The engines are now run At an ayetage
capacity Of q, COZ, GOO Eaftons daily.
"po you aud thlt -
THE DEMAND FOR WATER IS INCREASING
on the Weat stdci'' asked TRIBUNE reporter Of
Que OF thu Engineers ut tho West Side Water
Works yesterday.
"Yes; it constantly grows larger and larger"
"po,t you th'nk good deal OF this water
mo doubt OF It." ....
"Do you rcceiye any complaints Of fni!uro to
get water tro1 1ar.aWn9 diatrIcts!h
"Yts. Occasionally there arc complaints
from milwaukee, avenue una other pouts OYER
there"
"Do you work tho engines to thcir full
caparttya"
"Wo work them both ali The time except
between Per 10 ?. IN. at,d T. M, wtcu one T. de
wouldn't bc sato to keep them both going all
tho timer
"Dont you work them too tuueh nowl''
mo doubt Of It. One OF them ought to
hare long rest for oycrhuu1ing.''
But yOu couldn't pump enough water thcn7t
"No. Time was though, when one working
continuously could do tt.t
"You'll want new engines. won't you, Gro
lonr}"
Eyes; there ought to be two new ones to
meet tho cxfgcncies OF the case." l.