The morning news., 1889-04-12
TIE C1rY's WATER SUPPLY.
p-o1ress Of Work on the Artesian
Walls-The New Mains.

Wells-The New Mains.
Alderman Wells, chairman of the water
--,r,ittee of the city council, was asked
-os+erday about the progress Of the new ar
IAN wells. Three of them have been
completed, and yesterday morning the
s..rtb was down $50 feet, and showed a fair
antx hut it will be sunk lower, possibly to
Janth of 400 feet. But one more will be
- Alderman Wells said, as there will
sLan he as many wells as the capacity of
tba machinery can accommodate.
UAnd then it will leave the rapidly grow
inc mart of the city south of Anderson with
out water service"
yves. And that part of the city needs
o+ar simply. We will not be able to do
vtbnp in the way of extending mains
ehsra this year, as the extension of the
1oins on the Gordon wharves westward,
~ nearly completed, Will exhaust our ap-
propriatlon.
not nractical to increase the water facilities
~ lie site of the present water works, and
%e evnlaiued that it would necessitate larger
-nains and there were other lnsuperable
nbiactions to it. What the city needs is a
separate system, SO that IN an emergency if
one system cannot be operated another can
be utilized. He favors the location OF new
water works in the southern part of the
city. and while he says they cannot be con-
strncted this year the work of construction
could be put well under way. The new
works would be an auxiliary to the old
which is badly needed.
Referring to the mains laid this season AL
darman Wells said it had been the policy to
nlace them where they were most needed
for the better protection of property from
fire and for supplying the citizens with pure
wafer and obViating the necessity of using
the driven and surface wells For an ac-
curate review of the new mains laid and
the location of new fire hydrants, Alder
man Wells referred to Mr. H. II. Booz. the
tnrncock of the water works, who has
charge of the mains, fire hydrants aud pipe
service.
Mr.. Booz was found with force of
TWENTY-FIVE men at work extending the
main along the Gordon wharves, the work
of which has been completed across Lamar's
canal east Of the Tyler cotton press, and the
work will be completed by the middle of
next week, the new main extending to the
No. 4 shed Of the naval store yard. This is
a much needed improvement, and will
afford protection to 300 feet of river front
heretofore unprotected.
Mr.. Booz was asked how many feet of
mains will have been laid, how many new
fire hydrantS put in and the location of
each after the work on the Gordon wharf
main has been completed, and he gave the
following detailed statement:
There are $500 feet Of mains and fire
hvdrants as follows Thirteen hundred feet
of 6-inch mains on Gordon's wharf from
Bay street and Lamar's canal to the No 4
shed at the naval stores yard, with tire
hydrants along the line.
On Anderson street, extending east from
Price to East Broad street, 800 feet OF S-inoh
MAINS with fire hydrantS at East Broad
and at Houston streets.
A 6-inch main has been extended 700 feet
on Duffy street, with fire hydrants at Price
and at HaDersham streets.
Six-inch mains have been extended 600
feet on Waldburg street with one fire hy-
drant between Abercorn and Lincoln
streets and one each at Habersham and at
Price streets.
On Bolton street, from Drayton to Hab-
ersham streets, 1000 feet of 6-inch mains
have been laid, with fire hydrants at Lin
coin and at Habersham streets.
On Gwinnett, west to Cemetery street,
600 feet of 4-inch mains have been put
down, with fire plugs at Cemetery and at
Cuyler streets
An extension of 600 feet of 4-inch mains
has been laid on Bolton street, between
Burroughs and Cemetery street, with fire
hydrants at Cemetery street and at Cuyler
street.
Between Burroughs and Cemetery street,
on Waldburg, 900 feet of 4-inch mains have
been put down, with fire hydrants at Cuyler
and at Cemetery street.
Six hundred feet of 4-inch mains have
been laid on New Houston street, from
Burroughs to Cemetery streets, with fire
hydrants at Burroughs and at Cemetery
street.
How does this compare in amount with
the extensions made last season?" Mr.. Booz
was asked
''We had laid considerably more this sea-
son, and have to halt because we have
worked up to the appropriation made by
the councln
What damage did the fire do to the
mainsm
There was but little damage resulting
from the fire. In pulling down the
walls of the Guards arsenal 4-inch
main was broken in York near Whitaker
street, and the falling walls Of the
Odd Fellows hall broke a 4-inch main
at State and Barnard streets, but the
damage was repaired yesterday. The fire
OF course melted the service pipes in the
houses in the burned district, but we turned
the water off and stopped the waste as soon
as possible