The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-03
TEE WlTERW0RKs.
A Democrat Reporter on a Tour
Of Investigation.
His Observations in Connection With
the New Waterworks
Enterprise.

lu6 TSGbub uUueAVHl Ou HOtD6 Oh Inc more
prominent streets OF the city. notably Camp
street. by the Waterworks Company. has natr-
rally led to popular inquiry ns to the inten-
tions OF the company and the nature OF the i'm
provements they have made and contemplate
The gradual progress OF the work has been
oursorily mentioned. but 1t remains here to be
explained what is the extent and character OF
the improvements and the nature OF the changes
made and projected.
Last summer the new Waterworks Company
resolved to make q change In the existing sys-
tenn Of water supply In the city. and to this end
perfected the ARRANGEMENTS which are now be-
ing 80 rapidly executed One Of the chief
drawbacks hitherto experienced In the matter
OF furnishing water to the city was the inability
to force the fufd higher than the flrst story. To
obviate this difficulty was. therefore. the first
consider alton Of thoecompany, and to that they
applied themselves.
THE srANDp1pE
The institution known In the verDacular OF
waterworks men as a ''standpipe" was accord
inaly selected. This continuance had been tried
elsewhere satisfactorily and with effect. and
there were no local conditions to impair its
efficiency here.
The necessary iron work WAS done In Louis.
Vile and forwarded here. so that now, though
the pipe is uncompleted, 1t Ia entirely erected
and is only undergoing a few necees ary touches
to make 1t finish. The pipe is erected In the
centre Of the yard occupied by the Waterworks
Company. and stands out against the sky like
the towering Bptre OF q Cathedral It Is 100 feet
high. and gradually tapers to sum nit, which
IL capped In ornamental iron work that at
tracts the eye for many blocks around: The pipe
vt the summit. and around II to the height 81
about twenty feet is mound which gradually
The purpose Of this pipe Is to ease the pump
and give greater impetus to the aow ~
water; The same machinery, heretofore used
made. Tho pipe viii be- filled to almost three sss
df,urters Of It's capacity. ard This pressure viii
give the neeesaary impulse TO the water to force
cost of this Improvement will not reach $40. 600
while II will operate quite revolution In water
works affairs In this city. The
LAYING OF THE PIPES
is being rapidly pushed forward, and already
Camp. The pipe leading from tho waterworks
to Race street is thirty-six inches in diameter.
thence Camp Pen With ., ths to hr
tres street to Elysian Fields. and perhaps at
FEAR 70 Of h n "
mains at Elysian Fields street. and the old pipes
A Twelve. inch pipe has been laid on Julia
street from Delta. TO Rampant. and a twenty
inch one is now being laid down on Poydras
street within the same boundaries The pipe
will be changed on Cont street. and also on
Elysian Fields street. new pipe has already
been put down on Oustomhonse street, and
several others are In contemplation. All this
work will DO completed before the first OF May,
and after the next summer the company will
probably continue tho course OF the main. The
GOOD RESULTS
will be manifested by an appreciabe increase
Of water and greater facilities to the Gre COM
panies In the event OF fire. Should the resi-
dent of any particular section Of the city desire
to extend the mains to their Vicinity, the com
pany proposes TO do 30 II the necessary coop
Grafton is afforded.
It Is expected that the new departure" will
facilitate number OF useful industries, by sup
plying hydraulic power In the place Of steam or
the company that water power. thus sup
piled. may be at an early date used for elevators
and for operating light articles OF machinery,
such as sewing machines. This Ia CONSUME
nation devoutly to be wished. as the expenses
of the thrifty housewife would. BY consequences,
be appreciably reduced.
The rea, ing Of the square blocks rooted up
In the process Of putting down the pipes will be
carefully attended to. but not till a test OF the
pipes has been made as otherwise a new incon-
venience might arise.