, 1881-07-10
THE CANAL PUMPS.
Apparent Defect in the Plans Of
the City Authorities.
The Water Now Flowing Through
the Canal Not to Be Utilized.


The city authorities opened Friday the bids for
| tho engines FOR tho canal pumpng-wO at
bridgeport. The specifications under which these
bius ssverc made required in brief that the engines
should be able to lift $1,000 cubic feet of water
| per minute hight Of eight feet from the South
| Branch into tho canal. 1t Is provided by the
joint resolution adopted by tho last Legislature
| in reference to supplying tho cAnAl with water
that IL the city can furnish supply Of 100
cubic feet per minute, including tho present
flow, the Commissioners may then take the
water from the city. The present flow.
according to the statement Of tho City
Engineer, Is about $500 cubic feet per
minute, aud averages the year through, accord
Ing to MIN. about l:.000, depending, Of course,
almost entirely upon the hight Of the water In
the lake, which is by no means constant,
varying from year TO year. It was very low a
year ago, and is now gradually rising.
1nsomuch rs there is now passing through the
canal from the river 1900 cubic feet Of water
per minute,
THE QUESTION MAY NATURALLY BE ASKED
by the reader. why should the city purchase en-
Eincs with capacity Of G0,000 cubic feet when.
apparently. afI that it should have to raise from
the South Branch into tho canal should be the
difference between GU000 and the quantity :lctu-
ally passing through the canal? 4 reading
Of the specifications however, which are pre-
dcutci TN the construction Of an eight foot dam
with the necessary locks, cutting Oft the South
Branch from the canal. would seem to Indicate
thnt It was tho Intention Of tho city to throw
array the flow that already exists, and, assuming
thnt 15,0OO cubic feet now pass through, to
laboFiously raise that l5,0N cubic feet per min
ute before proceeding to pump TIE additional
purpose OF keeping the canal full Of water or
for promoting the cleansing of the South
orer er to ret so@e rb on the
point, reporter had
4 TALK WITH cIrY-E:NG1SEER CREG1ER ON
THE SUBJECT.
Ave do lose the present advantage Of
be- but you must remember that we get that
TOW OF :D,001 cubic feet only when the luke is
high. The average How, tho year around, would
NOT be l5,tN0 cubic feet minute; no, indeed,
probably not more thau 12,O00. To produce ii
flow Of II, ,00O cubic feet, We should have ~ feet
OF water. To-day the lake is Two feet. Now,
this dam Is he made tlnt when the water s
high. the pumps needn't run. 1t will he fur |
nshed with centre and two side gates. |
IS h II "Er p%nes Ga" viii Ftn ~hSn oy rn tn
ut low stages: Suppose now we get a bend OF
three feet. That would carry q, ,000 cubic feet IL
minute. The higher the water in the lake and !
the river. the higher 1t will be ut the dam, which
IL itself to be eight feet high The higher tho |
water the less tho distance We have to tiff it up.
feet. We would only have to lift it two feet. II |
it rose eight feet. We wouldn't have to pump at
a!!. It would come up to the top OF the dam and |
Hn1rr1 3oSr ir.,.t, +-n.1 frta {r, t1,of
ootra ,at.- 's ro;,, y. ,'s - ~ t tne
ia dit;nrn,cn hn1vaon ;,a h,ht -" o,,d IA
ot ahe % o ne he waer r. %aa Two ieee
t.'.s eA.tH s;..oi Will " useu ~ up
@ ct!'..itiS ,A T.. ~. ~ tsS @ ~, : enp
~ =. @ - .n'1t La yua .ste ~. ~ tn
,oss3 paynE @ A eefesn on !oe Gust Oh your p'aut
loI taaI t~o leet ol water.
T., - 1 mere any co1npensauon LOT tnls loss!
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,,-o. So.itu ~ ue "'oloco os usius s'pnon af"
fa.$Snaent: !. ;aa
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~ IS toe aam 70 &c e'R 1eet nsh ana nor
sessn 1eet' or ious tect or any otnef G NUMBER:
So!tnp's oecAuse ~ tAkGs a u neau " eleht 1tet
10 throw INC REQUIRED reg th:oo cuolc 1eet minute,
accotutue " tnt c't4cutauons oi olf. sennc' the
eng!neero VI INC enhal.
~ new LEVIN tnuen Will tno wafer oe rolsea sonth OF
Ing q GAM; ;,
- Il VIII 1e raised eignt 1eeL
:. p hno ~ .oGkpoft:
~ "on " any u!sner tnere hnan u IS
@ @ iot !ne rcasei tnat IL nas takch AZ the nGao
o. !" us ~ nelc ~ ~ ~ uowh tnsre. lug
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it appears from these statements that it is the