The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
THE WATER WORKS.
THE nav PUMP RECENTLY BOUGHT
By the v Atsr Board, Expected to Doubls the c..
pae!'y Of the Ho'1s-'seus Good Plans for
Ptfuautnt Improve ntnta About 10 bs d
Put iAto Exscuiion-l.s Assdp.

Yesterday the city Water Board received
from the Gordon 4 Maxwell Company, Of
Hamilton, Ohio, manufacturers Of stesm
pump machinery, the contract properly
signed Tor furnishing to the cl!yn double
duplex vertical compound condss sing pump.
Ing engine. the same 10 be In good running
order, BY July 10 next, Tor $4,000. This
contract WAS slsned by Mayor Miller for the
city last Saturday, and acnt to Hamilton for
the signature OF the afm.
The purchase CT this engine lleans more
decided improvement Ia the Water Works OF
this city than large mt Gritty OF tbs citizens
have any idea For years the works, while
bringing In large revenue, have not been u
department to be proud OF; IN fact, their up.
pearance has almost been disgrace. Tho con
ttAnt breaks weru !enedled In part when the
Worthington pump was added, and the eIec.
ton Of the new boiler house, with Ito big hat.
teries OF boilers. relieved the Works wonder.
fully. Stiil, en!'ra sati.fae.ion has not been
given. The Worthinston, in addition TO re-
quiring an immeEse amount OF fuel, has been
TOO susceptible TO the gritty water In times
OF floods. The two old pumps are still able
10 do some wo'k; In fact, during the winter
Wohhn $40 p'e'o1' Fu"P tS!te eaa az t"e
pumping required very nicely, without be-
iug overtaIed, but during tho summer
too much Is required OF them for their own
good, and there Is the constant danger VI
some part giving out, thereby causing d.
cidsd embarrassment
THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
Ono Of the first things OF any importSne
done by the Water Board after its establish
| nhutn lat ~ ~ 4 ka
buIsh, Wheslirg Kentucky track, and cd.
boiler HOUSE, stands, realizing ut that time
that the time was not far distant when sn-
other pumping house would BE- necessary.
The experience Of last summer proved thnt
that time had arrived, and correspondence
was opened with tho Gordon 4 Maxwell
Company, their pumps and engines having
been highly recommended wherever they
were 10 use. Toe Board also visited Hamil-
ton and ssw the pumps In operation. In
q letter dated August %, 1883, the Gordon
& Maxwell Company made proposition
which has been accepted by the Board and
incorporated In the contract. In that letter
they say, I'VE calculate to run these ma.
chimes about 20 feet piston spted per min.
ute lihe stroke is &c inches) which will de.
liver into the reservoir about 1900, COO gal.
Ions per day, which quantity Of water We
propose 10 deliver into yuur reservoir, pre-
viding the pressure against ths pump is not
ov.r so pounde, by the consumption Of
tens OF coa, providing the boil, rs shall evap-
crate as much q pounds Of water pet pound
Of coal, or II the boilers be new, clean md
we'll set, we propose 10 do the work with
iona OF coal, without any provision ay to
the evaporation o. the water"
Rt,unINna EycY,sApy
To accommodate these new works hand.
some brick building will be erected en- the
lot referred to above. While tho Board In
and commodicus, it also proposes TO build i,
with un eye to sumo little. architectural
bsauty, In pltadng contras. to tho old power
houae. While the plans for this have not
yet been inside It will probably be about TO
lest front by 10 fee! depth. Inside this
building well is to be sunk to receive the
pumps. 1t will be- circular In form, 90 ieet
In diameter and about 40 or IS feet 10 depth,
lined with stone or brick with heavy stone
foundation on which the pumps will set.
Those familiar With the Worihington pump
know tina. 1t stta In horizontal position
with the air chsaion chamber standing Yer
tically. The Gordon 4 MaIwell Company's
pumps aro vertical. The oaly part that
will show shove the floor OF the new house
will be the steam chests or engines, which
are supported by series Of columns from
the bottom Of the well, tha! Eleo support the
various parts OF the machinery. When in
position it may bs run US duplex pumping
engine or ont-asf OF the machinery msy bs
run by itself as M independent isochronul
pump. The price, $o4 ,020, includes al! labor
aud expense Ia eetsins up, the Board nier ~
Furnishing the house and we'll. The com.
pany assumes all responsibility for the first
year provided the works are run BY compc-
tent person.
Ia u conversation with member OF the
Board yesterday he stated that 1t was expect
ed to save in eight or ten years the Gust OF
the lew works In the difference OF fuel
alone, the amount Of conl on which the com.
pany guarantees that the worka csn be run
being ut-:hi!d Of trat used at present.
"WiH you not encounter water at the
DEPT, you pEcpote sinking the pumping
NO, not from the river; ne should have 10
20 81 feet 10 do that. We may ret some
from The hill, but that can be essiiy fxed."
sANoy WATER NO DRAWBACK.
"Will the new pumps feed from the cribs
on tho 1slsnd bar n next 1ueried the INTEL
LlsENcsR man.
Not ut present. Although the valves in
the new pumps are very nicely adjusted, II
is a pump that will force gritty waIer with
out injury to itself, go that We shall not have
the trouble We had with the Worthington.
Referring to the cribs again. you must re.
member that we have only one completed
thus far. Eventually we shall finish the
others and feed from them. The new punlls
will be furnished with "a inch suction
pipe, that will lead from the bottom Of the
well to the river. The discharge pipe will be
20 inches In diameter"
what ia the present pumping cay acity OF
the works?'
ave figure 1t in r,urd numbers at 1000.
600 gallouy per day although It would 20
higher II the Worthiugton was run at lis
highest capacity. The new pumps you see
will Just about double the capacity. We
only run thu WorthinSton about five hours
now. Las: summer we lad to run 1t about
eleven hours, which shows in part the differ
ence In the consumption Of water during
the ;To seasons. What the e1sct difference
Is we can't say"
What 10 the present reservoir capacity?"
''fhe reservoir holds 10000 gallons of
water, and the thirty inch main about 2lG,.
900 gallons. The talk about larger reservoir
with the pumping capacity we will have, Is |
nonsense. A higher one would OF course
greatly benefit the few on higher ground.
An over TOW reservoir has Its DISADVANTAGES
on account o! the vegetation that Is liable to
grow on the bottom"
HAS the Board ever seFlously contem-
plated erecting q stand piper
We'll, no; can't say that 1t ever hes"