Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-11
R,rTLE OF THE PUMPS.
A Misstatement Corrected, and q Warm
ING Given.

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There can be no obiecticH to anyone who
chooses engaging in BOOSTING the Holly
pumps of Sacramento's water SYSTEM. They
should be credited with precisely the pow'sr
and service they give and the economy
/ they conserve, and chargeable with pre-
cisely the cost they have been to the city
in the way of repairs, much rebuilding, etc.
They were supplemented some years ago,
very wisely, by powerful pump built I'M
der the direction and according to
the plans of Master Mechanic A. j.
Stevens, and which is known bv his
name. 1t is 4 massive piece of machinery,
of great power and effectiveness, and be-
fore which, if its full force is applied, few
| water pipes Of the city can stand. II was 4
wise provision to add this pump to the
system upon which the demand for service
was increasing, as it enables either the
Stevens or the Holly to be used as relays
or reliefs III emergencies, or conformity,
as need demands. Some especial
friendship for the Holly pumps,
however, backed presumably by
reasons that may be deeper than local
pride, i'll certain quarters manifests itself
every now and then by jealous defense of
the Holly, and correspondingly the Stevens
pumps cavalierly treated. Now. in Justice
to home product, if there is to be any
partisanship regarding the pumps, let the
homemade article have fair show. If it
can lick blue blazes out of Holly, let it
have the chance, and if Holly can squirt far
Their ana more of ii than its rival, let Holly
have chcers-but until such battle of the
pumps becomes necessity, let them dwell
together i'll unity and continue sucking in
slickeus and squirting out mud III Joint
fraternal effort. In the Bee of Saturday
afternoon appeared this statement:
Shortly after noon to-day the Stevens
pump broke, and as the break is bad one.
it cannot be repaired. In the meantime
the supply furnished will probably be as
great as before the damage, but there will
not, perhaps, be as much pressure as was
afforded when the Holly and Stevens
pumps could both be used at the Water
Works"
Waving the consideration of the remark !
able and patentable statement that with
less pressure there will be just as large
supply as when there was greater pressure; |
it is simple justice to say that the quoted |
item is a no such thing" There was no |
bad break, no break that cannot he |
repaired and nothing happened that in |
any way affected the efficiency of the !
pump An attachment oil the pump, In /,
tended to ecOnomize its running expenses.
suffered from the breakage Of Il valve. the |
repair of which is trivial matter. |
The attachment was disconnected |
and the pump went on as usual. I
But of this the people had no information,
and when the fire alarm sounded Saturday |
night there was much fear expressed of a |
conilagration, on the suppostion that only |
q tow-water pressure was obtainable. But |
the Stevens pump was in service as usual. |
and the Fire Department had much |
more water than was needed The |
value of this supplemental pump
TO the system, and the proof |
that as much water cannot be supplied
without, as with it, is found in the
fact that when the pipe broke some
days ago, connecting the pump with
the mains the whole city was put on
short allowance street-sprinkiing was
stopped, and for the first time in wears
the dust went on spree in our streets in
1t is just as well to receive
information from our contemporary of any
kind regarding the city pumps with al
lowance" for Holly lee-way