The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-01

Crystal Falls has fire protection second
"a 10 city in the Upper Peninsula.
Wednesday,. afternoon Village Presi-
dent John II. Parks. in company with
Trustees Jerome Il. Schwartz, William
Doucct, John Fisher and David g. Lock-
wood, together with throng Of citizens,
visited the pumping station Of the new
water works plant 20 witness the pipe
line test ms called for in the contract
with Messrs. Heating x Shechan. AT
$50 o'clock Engineer II. w. Heating
admitted steam into the cylinders Of the
big pump. having previously filled the
mains. Ii took but few minutes for
the pressure gunge To indicate ITO
pounds. This pressure was maintained
Tor one hour, at which time the board
decided that the contractors had done
their work well and fully satisfactory.
The board then proceeded tn Superior
avenue, where Tour lines Of Hercules hose
~ one hundred feet each, were distributed
along the length OF the street, IN charge
81 a. l.. flewelling, chief Of the fire de-
paItment, and his worthy assistants.
Alta signal from the pump house, the
ilremen IN charge of the hydinntS slowly
allowed the water 10 flow into the hose
aud out through two nozzles 81 ] X inch
diameter and two nozzlcS of one inch
diameter For fall two hours our citi-
zcns watched four magnificent Hire
streams, averaging l15 feet vertical
height During the steam test the pres
sure on the boiler averaged ninety
pounds and ntno time did the pumping
engine exceed eighty feet Of piston speed
The board at theeNpiration OF the stream
test, was loud in its praise OF the work
done by the contractors.
The plant will cost about S2i 900.
This will include an electric light plant.
which is 10 he added ia the spring.
Tho entire work of construction and
the engineering wns under the immediat o.
charge of Mr. T.. w Heating, the mechan-
irnl engineer Of his firm, ably assisted by
has superintendent, John r.. (Doc) Jack
son and Foreman w. $. cnvanaHgh.
They are "A brace OF gentlemen, fully un-
derstanding every detail OF the br=inesr
and any city contemplating putting IN a
system OF water works can surely de- nO
better than by awarding them the con
tract.
The water works plant consists oi
about one mile OF eight inch east iron
pipe, iiltren double nozzle hydrWnts, mnn-
ulactutcd hy the Calvin Brass q Iron
Works. al Detroit one compound
pumping engine OF one million gallon ca-
pacitv each twenty flour hours, manu-
inctilred hy the Buffalo steam Pump
Co. Of Buffalo, y y; two horizontal
tubular steel boilers. iiity-iuur inch diam
ptcr by fourteen feet long manufactured
hy Armstrong Bros, Springfield, Ohio.
The power house Is 3SNIi fret, divided
into boiler aud engine room. hnvine
sixteen foot posts and II ~ y model al
neatness and convenience. Ca account
~ theextfeine lift, the pumping engine
wAs placed ia pit live lpct below grade
lime retluriuy the lift from twpntV-Onc Ia
sixteen feet.
The reservoir i5OX75 feet, is supplied
by perpetual springs and a small noun
tain trout stream. The water az amt
lvzrd proves Co be equal Co the best and
Is extremely soft, making il most desil-
able for family use; the village board
again showing it's good judgment, IN
selecting the source 81 supply. Though
tie engiie was pumping 40 u capacity ol
900 pnllDnS per minute, during the
stream test az two hours, tho water hi
Tie reservoir lowered hut nine inches.
this proving Tire supply to be abundant
aud equal % amy emergency that may
arise When full. the reservoir contains
about ,OO0. 900 gallons Of water and
would supply the pumps at their lat
capacity about twenty-fuur hours Will
head water gate clo1od and with the hv'id
gate oien the supply would hist about
forty hours. or would furnish one hun
sllsd gallons per day to 10000 people
The pipe line from the supply station
runs northeast to the south end 81
Fifth street. thence north on Fifth street
10 Superior avenue, thence east on IN
ppfior avenue 10 the east end Thereof
On the line are fifteen hydrnnt~ locates
as follows. One at the intersection q
River street and Superior avenue. tw,
at the crossing of First street. two al
the crossing al Second street two at thl
crossing Of Third street, two at the cross
ihg 81 Fourth street, two at the crns1in,
az Fifth street. one at the intersection a.
Michigan avenue and Fifth street ant
one az the crossing oi Forest avenue
The hydmnts are placed ON oppoSit,
corners Ia case of fire iuur streams eau
he taken FROM the two hvdrantS.
The contractors have had almost
every difficulty to contend with IN con
ntlaIcting the nnnt. Cold eather sci 10
before the pipe arrived. making the hay
inn exceedingly hard work. For dis
tnnce az several hundred feet in TIA,
trench they had Ca blast through black
-lntps Owing "a cold weather the sup
ulv housr IL not vet furnished and vii
not be- painted on the outside until nax'
spring
The village hoard had q bic task on
it, hands. hut has acquitted itself 10 the
entire satisfaction oI every citizen u
t',Nsnl Falls. There is not man IL
the city who j. not proud 81 our elegant
system of water works and why not.
WAR ENTERTAINMFNT.