Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-29
lIIR WATER WORKS.
o-..,,on Of Recent Troubles Thor
' Vas'N'I Investigated and Fully
''s Explained
TAooughly Competent kechan-
,sal Engineer Who is Now
in Charge.

4 .rsos Of the continued inter-
IN the water supply OF our city |
=, The past forty-eight hours
VA sourcs Of much discomfort
. .stisfaction to our citizens, and
4 ,vTrr man in his endesvor to get
4 .o,,om OF the trouble has in
A ~ many OF our leading citi-
s rs whom many different ideas
swsories were presented, and that,
,ha most variegated style.
~ meeting Mr.. A. 5. Haynes,
~ ~, our reporter was enabled to
j W. facts. and, through the cour-
4 4 That gentleman, who, though
rsilcent at first and averse to
A amer notoriety, finally, when
a Inc necessity OF making the
net. underlying the recent
M public, kindly consented to
"a few questions, we are enabled
\, before our readers q correct
mi of causes which led TO the
M down OF the works.
ID HAYNES Is, we are informed,
,.ss civil and mechanical en-
y who quite recently came to our
md has been employed by the
III for the purpose of overhauling
n thoroughly repairing the ma
nv. ETC., AT the pump house. he
Isniifed with some of the largest
dInp and mechanical works OF our
designed the water-works sys-
= ~ The city OF Waco, and built
Il works at Bolton and Calves
Il porter: What is the nature of
4 Trouble, and when can 1T be
8edled?
II HAYNES: The cribs to which
4pipes entered in the river are en-
IN filed with gravel, sand, leaves,
4 The main pipes are on this ac-
IN filed up, aud there is no chance
|ret more than q very temporary
IIbly Of water until the river falls
a ciently to admit of cleaning the
|ls and cribs, which, when once
"a will place them in as good condi-
4 40 they ever were and insure an
United supply of water.
8ner the long shutdown of one
Ath ago it was generally supposed
everything was all right, and that
r. 70 would be no further trouble, but
/, proves not to have been the case
he two main cribs which are In
4 center Of the main river channel
& each twenty feet square, were
Her cleaned, and still contain the
foundations Of the past two years
4 only work done YVES the putting
IN OF new l0x10 crib in the mouti
&Cear Fork. This was intended
answer the purpose un
new eight-inch pipe could
Z bat In from the pump-house to thu
h that, by connection with the littl,
! ellington pump with capacity o
n 0OO gallons la twenty-four hours
Mid give q limited supply, or, IL
1er words, supply necessities unit
8 b time az the large pipes and crib
" ID be cleaned. This work was pro
|aslng quite satisfactorily, when
e7den rise In the river caused tn
bks of the trenches to cave and tn
III, OF necessity, to be discontinued
'scoa hs the water shall have fallel
flcisntly to admit Of it, this new
q will be placed, which will insur
port supply and the large cribs am
& will be thoroughly cleaned
4 put In as good condition as fol
5Hily. The small crib has abou
hiten inches of leaves around tn
tOn pipe, and, though blown of
box Is go filed with sediment an
Il suction so great that 1t Is soon Il
iAme condition 1t WAS before bein
Ined.
Having ma lie q thorough exam
nn, have you found any materis
q IN the works r.any part thereof
No; there Is nothing serious tn
yer, and with the source of suppl
night there is nothing 9
70 fear and that car
Dc fixed at leisure, an
ne themaehinery Is running on fu
everything is, generaliy speak
ID good order and the machiner.
~ Had / designed the works, In
~ q bsylng four large pumps a
ehdent upon one common center
: iour-million gallon per day CT
ny would have had, say, tw
y With a capacity Of two mil
M ner day, one of which would hay
pneu The present need OF the city
Y the other would have been eve
10 the event of an acciden
! y the only defect l see in tn
sent works
what would 1t cost to put In al
4 o. additional pump that woul
' si a full supply, in any even
snat would you suggest or advii
common source OF supply?
q compound condensiDg Wortl
w pump OF q capacity Of two mi
sslons per day would cost abol
q ana do away with the necessit
1nnlng short supply, as has heret
0ssh the case when the large pun
we siightsst thing the matt
y In all works OF my design
nAd two pumps, each of the fu
Ivy required of one, and
as.uown has ever resulted. AS
manages would make in ii
/. N, would, when the river fall
-p'sntly, put In a large number
! wells In the bed OF the rive
avoiding the necessity Of crib
WI Always sooner or later fill =
nqulre constant cleaning. y
npr iah the city would be insured
u l y, supply OF clear, filter.