Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-28

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State Fair.
All the signs of the times suggest that
the State Fair, which opens here on the Sd
of September, will be the largest and best
ever held in the State. The new improve
ments at the Park are admired by every
one who has seen them, and the old-timers
who heve attended the races year after
year will hardly recognize the place this
season. Over $4,000 has already been
expended, and scores of carpenters, laborers
and painters are busily engaged in putting
on the finishing touches. The grand and
special stands are raised two and half
feet in hight, and the floor underneath
raised so that person can stand on the
floor of the saloon or on the quarter
stretch and see the entire distance around
the track.
The betting facilities are superior to any
this side of Chicago, and are all On the first
floor, entirely out of sight and hearing of
those in the grand stand. Director Dana
Perkins has been appointed to take charge
of the special stand, and ne intends
to enforce the rule that no one shall
stand in front of persons occupying front
seats, and if any one insists upon standing
up during race he will be made to leave
down they can see quite as well as if stand
ing up, and this will not be necessary if
the aisle in front of the first row of seats
is cleared. 1t is a noticeable fact that
those who prefer to sit on the railing in
front of those on the front seats, four fifths
of them are women who are known upon
the streets as " mashers."
The judges stand has just been com.
pleted, and adds much to the beauty of the
park.
The large water tank that stood lust
south of the special stand has been re-
moved to the north end of the track, and
the place it occupied will be occupied with
exhibits and hucksters' stands.
1t becomes more and more apparent that
the Society should have 500 box stalls for
horses. This they will have another
year.
Yesterday 200 cubic yards of tan bark
was received from the tannery at Benicia
1t will be scattered to the depth of couple
of inches over the quarterstretch and the
floors beneath the grand stand, and will be
kept damp. All dust will be kept down,
and it be as clean and easy TO walk upon
as the grass in Capitol Park. 1t will give
the entire place cleanly and cool appear
ance.
1t is the desire of the Directors this year
to make the ladies' fancy-work depart
ment one of the leading features at the
Pavilion and to that end invite all the la
dies of Sacramento who have fine work in
that line to place the same on exhibition.
This department will be in the charge of a
well-known lady resident of San Fran cisco,
and the arrangement of the exhibits will
eclipse anything heretofore made This
department, more than any Others always
attracts the attention of visitors from
abroad.
Secretary Smith yesterday said: There
are exactly 200 horses entered in the races.
The exhibit of draft stations, French and
English, Will in itself be a feature of the
exhibition. Every stock farm of any note
in the State will be represented"
The decorations of the Pavilion are more
extensive and elaborate than ever before,
while the character of the exhibits will be
odd, unique and grand.
An Important Water Proposition.
EDS. REooRD- UNION: 1t is proposed to
buy and set up new pump in connection
with our Water Works. which, 1 suppose
will cost somewhere from $50 600 to $50, 900
including the cost of pump, the necessary
ground which will have to be bought on
which to place it, q new building, addi-
uonal boiler power, etc. In my mind
there is very serious question whether OF
not this is at all necessary for the safety OF
convenience of the city or its inhabitants.
If the Engineer of the City Water Works
reports correctly the amount of water
pumped weekly for the use of the city, then
that water has to be forced through the
main or large water pipe leading from the
pumps to Ninth street at an average
velocity of about five feet a second for the
whole tWentyfour hours. But as the
water is used at certain hours in the day
say especially from to P. NJ. every day
no doubt for those three hours the velocity
must be much greater, say at eight or ten
feet per second. This great velocity is re-
quired on account Of the SmaIineSS Of tht
distributing pipes.
Forcing water several thousand feet
through 20inch pipes at a velocity of 1C
feet per second would require, probably
three times as much pressure as would be
required to pass the same quantity of water
through &c inch pipe for the same dis.
tance. Whilst in the smaller pipe the velocity
would be 10 feet, in the larger it would be
q little over three. The friction in the
small pipe would be five or six times as
great as in the large one, though, of course
the mere weight or lift of the water wouIc
be the same. But in forcing water through
small pipes the mere weight of the watel
10 Jul lltltc. 1ue HICllOn is tue great Tt
sisting force.
What l maintain then is, if we are fore
ing 46 to AZ millions of gallons of watel
per week through 20-inch pipes all W,
have to do is to enlarge our pipes from tn,
water works to Ninth street, and we viii
more than double the capacity of our pres
ent pumps to supply water to the people
we will make q saving of four or fiv,
thousand dollars a year in fuel; we viii
relieve the boilers from a heavy pressure
we will tighten the work of the pump
now in use; make them last for man.
years longer, and save many thousand
of dollars to the taxpayers.
But the first thing to be done, if we go t,
work sensibly about this matter, would be t
have as accurate l. measurement made O
the amount of water We are using, day b.
day, as can be done at a trifling expense
think for 800 expense the Trustees coul,
get fair estimate of the amount of waite
used daily. b. o. BEATTY.