The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
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The Enterprise renowned a
Practicable.

Tie enterprise of building = reservoir
on top of the hill for the purpose of sups
PLYING the business portion of Hickman
with water, mainly for FIRE purposes, has
attracted considerable attention and dis
cussiou. Some have pronounced the idea
impracticable, while many others earns
estly advocate it. The folio wing letter,
from Mr.. Flad, President of the St. Louis
Board of Public Improvements, and an
engineer of distinction, will be accepted
as high authority npon he questions ans
wered. Taking his opinion as authority
The successful working of the reservoir
for fire purposes may be considered as II
fact. BESIDES, the work, from an exactly
milar location, is illustrated by practi-
cal daily operation ut Grand Rapids,
Michigan, and Madison, Indiana. The
present vi of those urging the enter
prise OF hickman is that arrangements
eau be made to supply the reservoir with
water through the engine on the railroad
elevator. If The supply of water can thus
he obtained, the building of the reservoir,
/ The purchase aud laying of the pipes, and
Purchase of hose, would be all the ex-
| pense the city need to incur to secure an
! Improvement of such vast Importance, the
successful operation OF which would not
ouly aid security 10 property, but give Q
new impetus TO manufacturing industries
Tie city council owe it to the property
/ Interest of the town to investigate this
( enterprise. What the reservoir, pipes,
&c, will cost, is a matter upon which
opinions very widely differ, and it is up
on these very points that the public de-
sire the Mayor and Council TO take some
ateps to ascertain reliably. If it proves
too expensive Il, need not be attempted.
Ii urpu the en;ray, as very many think,
the improvement can be secured at reas
onable cost, By all means, every exertion
should be made to devise the ways and
means. The following letter viii give
the Council, and our property owners,
points 10 think over:
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF TuE
BOARD OF r. BLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
ST. LOUIS, June l, 1882.
DEAR SIR: To give correct answer to
your question, ''whetber = Reservoir To-
Gated 10 feet above the town, would give
sGihcicnt pressure for fire Purposes, could
only DE fully answered, il the following
data had been given, via:
j. Diameter of pipe leading from res
erv oir to he city.
,. Length II start pipe
= 5. Length land diameter o. hose,
nwh Ii h. -.
from the hydrant TO the nozzle.
Az these were not stated, l will assume
that they would be rs follows:
!. Diameter of pipe, inches.
2. Length 5000 feet
5. Diazster of hose = inches, length
200 feet.
nder these conditions inch nozzle
will force 20 gallons per minute 90 feet
vertically or ~ feet horizontally, provid-
ell no water is drawn At the same time
for any other purpose. Or, three streams
of the same size can be thrown stimuli
taneously through hose, each 300 feet
loEg aud inches diatuster, each TO n
vertical hei SHt OF a. feet or l0j horizont-
ally, each stream delivering go gallons
Ter minute, aud the thsse streams TO.
sefher GOO gallons per ia .uts, which is
abont equal to the saP=siiy Of water
thrown by TWO of our siealn ire engines
on aa average.
| have given you this statement siInpl.
TO give you a general idsA OF what may
be doas, but if you want to erect water
wo-S3 10 DO all required of them, | would
advise you to call IA some good engineer,
AID let hiia study the local conditions.
aud thea follow his advise in the msttsr.
~ sTclding few hundred dollars for this
purpO.e, you win save thousand in the
end and avoid appointments.
Respectfully,
EENRT FLAD, {. +.
TO a. !. SELEIRH. Esq.