, 1880-01-25

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!. The present pumping capacity may be in
creased 50 per cent at cost Of little moro
than one-haH OF either Of the two other plans
referred to, and then the water supply would
be abundant and satisfactory for some time
to come. When the demands Of the city re,
engines en- at the Sorth-SEde Works can be re-
placed By larger ones, OF third station may
be established at some suitable locality.
The Citizens Committee reeomEmended
which now connects 70 the hose Of the stand
pipe be changed 50 that there be an inde-
pump and the top OF the stand
pipe. The Committee urge this alteration
as essentional to the safety M Of the engtnes; It
necte1 as suggested, the engines would be
less liable to sudden and increased action in
case Of an extensive break In q large water
main beyond the stand d-pipe, but experience
does not sustain the opinion OF the Commit
tee that, if sudden break were to occur in
the largest main. the engines
WOULD BE INsrAyrANEousLY WRECKED.
Large, sudden fractures are very rare. Dur
ing a period of twenty-six years in this city
only five have happened which may be called
extraordinary Once twellty-four inch stop
yaxs 5c was Sffes See fMntss M @ R the M Of q pipe 3
base Of the stand-pipe under q head
Of lis feet. of water, but neither in
this, nor In other instances, was either Of
the engines in the slightest degree damaged
den dilninution Of head, and the correspond
ingly increased. but comfortable, speed OF
tha engines There have been breaks In
other cities, but nowhere have engines been
damaged II actual experience IS any critic
rion, there is not as much necessity for the
alteration recommended as a. safeguard as
there is for other safeguards for q like pur-
pose between the pumps and tower and sew
eral other places about the engines thent--
selves, which, in the event Of break, would
with greater violence. It the break
Of large main were to result SO dis
astrously, it would be imprudent to de
lay or question the propriety+bf the proposed
change: But nowhere, except where 3, Gos-
ger from this source been entertained, Tha
alteration is not believed to be essential.
The unfavorable opinion expressed In re-
gard to the North Side Pumping Works in
general, and the 1879 engines ifparticular, Is
and abroa}. The location OF the North Side
works Is Condemned because they are too far
from the centre Of distribution, and involve
an expense for carriage Of fuel. The location
has the ayanta howsvfr tSe 9f b}s1ng
which a supply can always be obtained
should the water channels leading to dis
tant works by any possibility fail
The Committee say the+ capacity OF 1lo
greater than the dictates Of prudence would
ever place, subject to accident or stoppage,
in a single machine; The Committee, how
ever, recommended the immediate construe-
tion Of four new engines with capacity quite
as great or greater. These engines Were
critically examined In 1874 BY q Board of
Engineers, who reported strongly IN
favor Of them, indorsing the con-
structlon or mechanical workman
ship, and reported that the duty
attained by them represented lair degree
of economy. Excepting the question OF
economy, they compared fayorably with the
large pumping engines used in other cities.
II the future operations of these engines,
which the Committee pronounce "colossal
abortions," show no worse record than In the
past, and they continue to operate success
fully $50 days in each year for the next five
years, then, Mr: CreeIer thinks, they may be 3s
contribute their quota to the water supply OF
orr city.