The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-18
THE NEW WATER WORKS.
The City Council TO Discuss the Water
Question Next Monday.

Cne request on Tue Wabor couHittees III view
Of the recent discussion Of other plans for
:sSSDg an increased ss, supply sSs of H osT
demands, that a meeting OF the council
should be held yesterday afternoon to dis
the var ious plans proposed, at which Capt.
Whitesides, Supt. Manning, W. R. Curtis
and Consulting Engineer Johnston of
Chicago should be present and submit their
views. u was intended that the meeting
should take the form OF public interview.
at which Capt. Whitesides should outline
his plans and give estimates as to the sup
ply of water which would be secured by
carrying out his plans, the cost Of securing
it and the cost of maintaining such work.
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
On account of the absence in the north Of
Chairman W. @. Cam of the water COM
mittee, by his request the meeting was post
poned until Monday afternoon, when he can
be present.
The subject of new water works, or the
improvement Of the present water system,
will then be given thorough examination.
the desire of the council being that it
should be fully informed upon
the matter before proceeding further
toward new water works, and that the
public also should have the benefit of the
information through the medium or the
newspapers.
The chief question before the meeting
will be, not the location of the
new water works site, which has already
caused considerable agitation in council
but whether the present system OF wells
can be so improved as to supply all the
water needed at present by the city or
which will be needed in the immediate
future, or whether it is necessary that a
new and larger system Of water works be
constructed sufficient to fully supply the
present needs of the city and also the future
demand.
CAPT. wHITEsIDEs' PLANS.
Capt. Whitesides proposes two plans Of
increasing the water supply. One is to in
crease the flow from the present wells by
cutting of the pipes several feet beneath
the ground. thus giving greater force to the
hydraulic pressure. This experiment has
other places. The other plan is
to erect a pumpingI station at
the Springfield well, connecting
with the present. water works, from which
he estimates an Increased flow would be OBJ
tanned Of about 1850. 900 gallons daily.
The water committee is thoroughly COM
mitted to the plan of a new water works,
Of the necessity of new sys-
tenn. It has thoroughly investigated The
question of water supply having consulted
with engineers and. informed itself in
every way possible on the subject. It does
not deny that either one of Capt. White
sides plans, if carried out, might increase
the water supply to the amount which he
estimates it would, but the members do not
believe if this were accomplished the water
supply would be equal to the demand.
OBJECTIONS TO THE PLAN PROPOSED.
To the first plan Of cutting down the
wells at the present works numerous OBJ
jections are made. The plan Is regarded as
too experimental. without giving proba-
BILE estimate of the increase and without
any means of satisfactorily determining the
cost of the work. If an increased supply
should be obtained 1t would be
almost useless. because the present main
leading TO the city is only "a inches in di-
ameter, and Is incapable Of furnish,
ing supply equal to the demand,
and the machinery at the present
works was constructed for O smaller
supply, the engine being only
100000 gallon engine, though
it is now pumping 5000 900 gallons. The
question then comes up, What would the
city do for water while the wells are being
cut downi 1t would be necessary to cut
them off totally from the city for some
time. and the city would be left without
water. These are few of the objections to
the plan.
THE PUMPING STATION.
The objections to the second plan of
locating pumping station at the Spring
field well are that it would give the city
two pumping stations with double salary
list and a double bill for fuel, and would
also involve the building of main from
that well to connect with the system. 1t is
estimated that the added expenses
of salaries and fuel for this sta
ton would be greater than the inter-
est on half the cost of the
whole new water works plant. These, how
ever, are only minor objections on the part
| of the water company. Its position is that
the improvements or schemes for increasing
the water supply are only temporary and
will simply defer the time when 1t will
| be imperatively necessary to erect q new
water works. The time has already come
when an increased water supply is neces-
!, sary. The present supply, as is well known,
| is entirely inadequate to the demand even
for domestic purposes, and allows nothing
for large fire or other contingency, and
leaves no water to carry into effect the pro-
| posed systems of house drainage and santa
alton.
| 100000 GALLONS A DAY.
The present supply is not over 100000
| gallons. To supply all the water needed
for domestic and commercial uses, provide
for house drainage and sanitation and elbow
a reserve for large fire OF other emer-
| k6uCf IL ID 6bt1lldtEQ budD 1uAi1 UWlC6
the present supply is needed. The
desire of the committee is to
put up permanent system Of
water works sufficient to supply all pres
ent needs an capable of supplying all the
water needed for a city of 100000 inhabit-
ants 1t desires to make the improvements
of such permanent character that it will
not be necessary TO bring up the subject of
water supply again in many years. The
present waterworks plant was only put
IN about ten years ago, and yet to-
day is entirely inadequate
to the demand. 1t proposes to put in sys-
tenn of wells with such machinery as will
supply 10000 900 gallons of water per day
if needed, and which can be extended
when desired. They would put
IN two engines at the works,
with capacity of 1o,OO0, 900 gallons each,
one Of which would be in regular use and
the other to be called into service in case of
fire or whenever needed. There would
be a 42inch main leading to the city. This
would have thirteen times the capacity
of the present 24-inch main. The conduit
connecting the well would also be extended
to the river, SO that in case of any emer-
gency the river water could be turned in.
The whole cost in round numbersof such
a system of water works is placed at about
$3.50. 900, including mains and conduit
This includes the cost of the whole system,