Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-05
r. IS SETTLED
~ WATER BOARD I'rs TEE CON
ID TRACT
..;,, If III. Mammoth New Pumping
pie :'. .s'.e holly Manufacturing o.
as Successful Bidders
"a. nublic improvement is

Another great public improvement Is
,sared' 40, that the new pumping
~ ,'.srv for the water works Is 10
Pin. meeting of the Water Board held
Al AZ the City Hall. the contract
s'' nls -.,ded, and the work OF con-
rs s,"" will commence at once. M
.rue'lon ."s.sful bidder was the Holly
0Ths, suurri Company, Of LockPort'
ysnnlaS .So.e representative, Mr.. ID: A
y L. was present at the mee'ius,
Decfo",,, as but one other bidder, tne
Thsre ~S Wilson & Snyder, OF PITTS
trD peru, re decision arrived at on the
burg ~ Board was unanimous, all
part o. hers ~ being thoroughly con-
i1s me-. .So, tine contract was q very ad-
'.1 s,sgeous one for the city. o. =, .,a
'' ID; coprse, in letting contract Oh .pe o
u ga - the one under discussion, the
'lial5s S :, cost is most difficult thing
Nilsii l n1 A. as so many conditions ana
% ail'. ,on ri, not fully understood or
,oo .aasn enter into the problem. Elao-
l'i:s' calculations will be necessary
'ia'gs iii ,sill require 4 great deal OF time,
Faicn r'5rv details must be committed
3D. s ,s,lHg before anything approaching
o s..'' in the way Of figures can De
'll..DC outside Of the rough round sum
w. which the contract Is not 10 go:
.l' IiveIy. however, that the sum OF
~ o0o Win not be exceeded, while, at
$500 t,me. this amount fairly APP
il' E s- the cost Of this great ana
rssb-needed Improvement.
1Sn Holly Company is bound, by the
- AZ the award made last night, 10
s -, everything needed, including
I'm ling station, TO put $4,000, 900 gal
80 river water into the new reSer-
ID, % a. the TOD OF the hill, every twenty
W. hours To do this work, two en-
.,.ss each with a pumping capacity OF
IN ooO gallons in twentx-four hours,
an 10 mt in. Either Of these engines
IN he capable of pumping enough
.,tsr 20 supply the daily demand wnlie
- other can be held in reserve,
!. ease OF accident, and aside
tom all this, the city VIII
tain At least one Of the present en-
, inc. as an additional precau'ion. The
soserstanding is that the Holly Com
.s,v will take charge Of the old pump
i,g station, next the "Pewiky" railroad
,,,ek and rebuild, alter or add to the
,4ifce so as TO fit it for the new engines
al pumps. In addition 10 this, two
ropster wells must be sunk below the
ned Of the river, intake pipes LAID out
ir,o the channel, connections made
with the discharge pipes Of the new res
syolr. and, in short, everything COM
bstsd for the delivery Of the water ex-
,sot the item of steam power, which
r be furnished from the existing
aIer plant, which Is deemed ample for
rs purpose.
To do all this will require year at
asst much depending upon weather
"a river.
Last night Mr.. Decrow, Of the Holly
lnpany, said:
AT this season of the year we can,
icourse, do nothing at the pumping
n.ion, but we can get TO work at the
1gines and pumps and we will COM
renee upon them at once. BY the time
The river settles down next spring, we
viii have the machinery in forward
safe, and can then turn our attention
% TIE pumping station. / think a year
viii suffice to do the whole work.
Wo will send on q representative In a
short time TO work out the details with
tie Board, but the agreement has been
Al formally closed I'D and is settled"