Telegram-herald., 1889-12-04

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protection against 1se s1a red 1ee ear i1s-f-
zlee rAresf II this ena. fhe Bears ef ftti
srks aia ENo VI three al ~ sl mans ih Tie
5-s-aess parts 81 Cas elty. saa - conuseiirs
shea aiia ssFerai .arge private FamPs ie
ilail 1ring esrs l.shlgelts en rae c~-al
seoa cliqn against IRE sss 4s9f1c1. d
the as tai Table Bart OF me ciEy.
I1e .ter " ls-3-4Wss devoted 50 I1e ce-
Fe .-t 9t plans tor obtaining Nster saF-
ply asa construction o. tie works Inc Dei--
n-eh -nciI had previously devoted ssme a.
leai to tes subject. employ g Mr Hogan.
" 81. \. D.. as d consulting engineer. a1d
ar ~ conuna-d Ga the aors - the board. A
D---Y aolse IN It's present l.eAllly VAS aeci dec
el' laua ior a reservoir Ia the hlghesI locality
aitslaaeie azs purchased. As the board
bad 10 authority % colsemn desired
prope - q lA6ored gndeg great
cs4iyantzge in purchasing property it
must save. cast iron pipe vas very hlsh IA
price. aaa our engineer rec ~ mended the Use
u sheetlgoa pipe coated ins De and out With
hylra4ic cement. when. While ir added bul
llgle 60 It's strength. would preteat oAye4-
tiou.
Iais dld not meet the approval Of the board.
ana che 4se Of the banded Wyko1 wood pipe
was decided upon. ou the Theory mat Ire ll-
t-rest 0u the rgdueed cost would relay ihe
Whole system IN eighteen years with iron 10 rs
prospective cost. Experience has demousttat-
"a That the theory Was right. Tor none ot thls
pipe has ever failed even under the greatest
pressure. except al the joints. which proved
failures ior long endurance. owing 10 deficient
length OF the connecting thimbles. Owing 90
the limited means at the disposal OF the board
there was nothing that could be done about
supply 0f water except l. take the best that
Was IN isht. Carrier Greek, yielding about
5000 gallons daily. was good spring water,
and C0ldbrOok. above It's junction with the
outlet Of Reeds Lake, was equally good and
yielded l,to000O gallons daily. Lamberton
tIeek, about three miles north Of the pump
house. yields about 100000 gallons daily. and
Is very fair water. All these viii run by grayi-
" 10 the settling basin above the pump house,
and were 10 De used IN the order named as
the needs OF the city might demand. This plan
worked very well FOR several years. The water
continued fairly good until the valley OF Cold
brook became 50 densely populated as 10
threaten contamination. In the meantime the
ND-AtAN- "a tAAH faAitg VI AAfih lAthA
passed into other hands. and no serious at
tempt was ever made 10 carry out that part OF
the program. As early as 1850 the Board of
Public Works devoted much attention 10 a
betterment of our water supply aud Mr.. 4. G..
Sekell. its engineer. made an elaborate report.
in which he speaks highly OF the water Of
LambeItOn Lake and creek. That gentleman's
report strongly advocated the use of Indian
Mill Greek. with process for publication. but
nothing was done about IL. Up TO this time no
suggestion had been made that II would be
possible TO obtain a sufficient supply of ground
or spring water to be used for all purposes.
While il was we'll known that many sma'l towns
having no use for water except for do
nestle purposes were supplied from springs or
artesian wells. your committee is not aware
OF any city of considerable size and increasing
in population that is so supplied.
Realizing the Importance of an enlargement
Of the system. and If possible obtaining a
water supply that the most fastidiOus would
be pleased WITH the Board of Public Works
formulated a plan for a supply of ground
water bg means of galleries running along the
east bank II the river north of the city, aad
interceptlng the numerous springs flowing into
il. The elaborate report of Mr.. Sekell (Stll
the engineer Of the board on the subject is
exhaustive.
The board made an earnest appeal for means
to do something TO better our water system. ex-
tend MAINS etc. on this plan. but it was voted
down three to one. This WAS in lsS5
In the spring of 1856. Mr. NJ. R. Crow ap-
peared. with the avowed purpose Of buying the
city water plant. Failing in that. he bought a
controlling interest in the old Hydraulic Com
pany and commenced operations TO run an
opposition TO the city system. The refusal of
the voters to give the Board of Public Works
the means To improve the city system. en-
couraged Mr.. Crow TO go on with his work. 4
spring north of the city was bought and pipe
laying commenced.
In view of the utter failure OF the old Hy-
draulic Company TO do what il was chartered
to do. the council instituted suit 10 test the
right Of the company to further occupy the
streets. The court Of last resort decided the
Old charter good.
The next spring 1850 the council appointed a
committee of thirteen. consisting of the Board
Of Public Works. aldermen and citizens. 10
take the whole subject OF our water system
into consideration and report. This commit
tee employed three eminent hydraulic engin-
eers TO examine our system. Each came at
different times. unknown To c tch other and all
agreed that in view of the necessity for obtain
I'D. AdllN supply OF III lttl-i AN.NfI.FW EAIOil~
there was no alternative but TO take Plaster
Greek or Grand river. all agreeing that a sum
cient supply Of spring water for all purposes
could not be obtained. The expense OF inn
pounding and distributing the water Of Plaster
creek would be s. great as 10 bar It's US, uni IS
absolutely necessary. while it was doubtful Il
the wafer was better than Grand river
One OF the engineers was very pronounced
in favor Of a double system. one for general
use. the other spring water exclusively for
domestic use, and your committee requests
that this be- borne in mind. Those reports
and the report Of that committee i'm which all
agreed. eau be found In the council proceed
ings of ISIS. on pages Isl % lal. and we urge
citizens who take An interest In this subject
10 read them. In November. lss7. a vote was
taken on the question Of borrowing s25l.0o0 10
lag mains. improve our machinery and water
supply in accordance witl the recommenda-
lions of those reports. but Il was defeated two
90 one.
Thus it VIII be seen that the proposition 70
improve our plant by means 0f a river system
was voted down. as well As the proposal % do
So by means ~ galleries that contemplated
using spring water.
Tn the meantime Carrier Creek and Cold
hrooS were becoming more contaminated and
failed 20 afford . sufficient supply. compelling
the board % 20 10 the river o. meet fhe de-
mand. August T. isss. another vote WAS taken
on rhe question of borrowing $1,000 for water
purposes.
Pradulg BY past experience. the board
designated about thirty miles % streets
whore they intended 20 .ay mains. thus over
coming the Influences that hai defeated
form eiorts The proposition carried h7 AZ
..r- .
The quantity and iocsi.fiss ~ tbr pipe more
tnan the quality 81 the water that governed
the vote. hith thst $4,000. ant ss ff sahso
4uenfg authorized hy tha legislature and
ha premium realized on the hands. fae
board has accomp shed whsr Voa'l base reen
done tVo years previous 10 tleY bad bad tae