The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-09
WATER SUPPLY.

1napeet1on TouF Of me Wafer RoFkRl
Committee = The Propositions They
VIII Lay Before C0unclI = Olhsr
Schemes.
The dsarth Of water at recent fires, the
abomlnAbIs condition Of the water works
building, the crippled condition Of ia
machinery, the shallowneas and want OF
capacity Of the reservoir, the inadequate.
ness oil water pipes running through the
city, and above oil the universal, impera-
tive demand Of the representative citizens
for better water facilities have apparently
stirred up the Committee on Water Works
to the necessity Of doing something, The
history Of the recent tirea IL we'll known,
and the cry that went up for better sup
/ ply oil water. But this Is not the only
complaint, The manufacturers say that
the supply IL not sufficient for their pur'
pose, frequently delaying them in their
work, thereby causing serious inconVe.
ntence, 0ne firm says: 1--WE hesitate TO
commit ourselves to contracts without
knowing first whether We can get water,
% our present connections would be en-
tirely insufficient for our purpose"
Yesterday afternoon MessTs. John But
terfeld, W. A. Wilson, John O. Miller, U.
A. WingerteF, W. II. Halter and P, L.
Kimberly, Of the Committee on Water
Works visited the water works and the
reservoir on tour Of inspection,
The water works Ia an old structure and
will Of no late date need considerable re.
pair. This the committee conceded. The
machinery OF the works, however, was
found to be in Apple'pie order, The COM
mittee was pleased with the new Worth.
ington pump, which is now being
placed in position, Mr., Miller,
member Of the committee aud
q practical engineer, said he had no idea
the pump was so large and SO well con-
struCted. The Superintendent OF the
works remarked that when the pump was
finished Wheeling would have o pumping
capacity enough for all demands for ten OF
fifteen years to come. The committee
were unanimous In the opinion that the
old house should be repaired, ss III
outward appearance wss disgrace to the
city, no matter how we'll 1t was kept In
side,
The committee then repaired to the
basin, where they discussed the matter q
building OF new reservoir at some length
One proposition was TO dig Q new basin al
once, sixty feet higher than the old one
and increase the capacity to 5000, 00C
gallons per day. The capacity Of the
present reservoir Is only 100000 gallons
1t was also decided to recommend L
Council to put the prisoners confined In
the work house TO work to dig the basin
II 10 proposed 10 connect this new basin
with an Independent system OF pipes, &C
that the high ground OF the city would
have q sufficient supply Of water OF al
times,
The committee also unanimously decid
ed TO recommend TO Council that the CITY
Engineer be instructed to 20 over The
ground and ascertain the very best prac
ticable place for new basin,
The Committee also resolved to recon-
mend to Council to place a stop cock be
tween the Main street main and the sup
ply pipe OF the basin, 30 that in case OF I
fire the water could be shut of from thI
basin and be pumped direct into the
street main.
In conversation last night President
Scott OF the Second Branch OF Council
that gentleman informed the reporter
that his idea would be to raise loan o
$4,000 or 500 900, TO be voted for by thu
people, the loan to be used for the en-
largement OF the present or the building
Of new works. He was also In favor o.
establishing sinking fund out Of the rev
enues Of the works 10 pay of the loan,
Councilman John Hoffman, Jr., who
was present, said he thought that II new
basin was made and eight feet added Il
the height OF the old one, the old pumps
and the new would furnish plenty o.
water To the city.
It seems to be the universal opinion
that something should be done to III
crease the supply and 30 arrar "a that the
high ground Of the city could have wateI
at all times. Under the present system
water can only be obtained In the evening
and morning, The sentiment Of Council Il
strongly In favor Of remedial measures
and we hope soon TO report that body a
taking decided steps in the matter. So Dc
we all.
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