Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-31
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Matter Apropos of the Proposed Boule-
ward.

ward.
The following communications were
received by the Santa Monica Boulevard
committee, appointed by the chamber
of commerce, and were read before the
Joint meeting OF the board OF supervis-
ors and the committee yesterday at 2
p. m.:
To whom it may concern
The sprinkling wagons used in Santa
Clara county on the public roads spread
water from fourteen to twenty feet wide.
The tanks hold 800 gallons or about
$500 pounds. Wagon and water weigh
from $500 to 10000 pounds. Teams
walk about three miles an hour. The
roads sprinkled are gravelled or macad-
amized. Where they are porous We
sprinkle twice day. Some of our
broad avenues requiring double
track sprinkled, are sprinkled on
one side in the morning and
the other in the afternoon, so that
sprinkled in the morning is in good con-
dition to travel over in the afternoon,
and that sprinkled in the afternoon is in
good condition for travel next morning.
This prevents soil from sticking to the
wheels OF vehicles, thus keeping the
roads smoother than when travelled i'm
mediately after being sprinkled. Eight
hundred gallons sprinkles from 1850 to
1000 feet, go that having stations about
1000 feet apart, the team starts in the
morning and sprinkles half the space
between sta tions Nos. / and 2, goes
empty the other half of the way to sta
ton No. 2, sprinkles half the space be-
tween Nos. 2 and 3, and 80 on, and re-
returning sprinkles the spaces missed.
The space sprinkled depends on the
speed of the team and the quantity OF
water necessary to lay the dust.
III tanks of 1000 gallons were erected
2000 feet apart, as we erected some on a
road five miles long, with a gradual in
cline, with a pumping station at the
highest point from which we conduct
water from tank to tank in two-inch
pipe, with buoy faucet or ball cock at
each tank which shuts off the water
supply as the tanks fill, team could
run in ten hours, supposingit it took eight
minutes to load and twelve to distribute;
or, say twenty minutes from station to
station, about 5000 feet per hour or co.
600 feet in ten hours, equal to eleven
miles and 1920 feet.
We are using in some places where we
h ave to pump water pair of John
Stock Finch pumps, made at San Jose,
and Byron Jackson's horse power. In
other places we use Jackson's centri-
fugal pump and horse power, depending
on the distance to water. With Stocks
pumps we can load in 6 to 10 min
utes. With centrifugal in from 10 to Is
minutes. The delivery spout from the
Stock pumps must conform to the
capacity of the pump. At the Jackson
centrifugal we use 3-inch delivery
pipe.
The Pacific gasoline engine is highly
recommended for pumping, not requir-
ing skilled engineer to run it. We
have adopted it where applicable, and it
works satisfactorily.
At some stations we get supply OF
water from artesian wells, which elevate
the water into 5000 gallon tanks erected
on the margin of the road. using a
3-inch delivery pipe and short hose;
pipe 8 feet above the platform on
which the wagon stands while loading.
At artesian wells which will not ele
vate the water into stationery tanks but
will run hydraulic ram we use No. &
ram.
We have one team sprinkling four
miles day on the line of the San Jose
Water company's pipe line, which sup
plies the water.
Our wagons and tanks were most OF
them built by the San Jose Agricultural
works and Globe Carriage works. San
Jose, and cost $3.50 complete. Tire 4
inches wide.
We pay $40 per month for team and
driver, he boarding himself and team.
1t requires good solid team to do the
work Studebakers, also the Miller
Knobock Wagon company, at South
Bend, Indiana. manufacture sprinkling
wagons complete with valves at the con-
troll of the driver, regulating the guam
tity of water used or to sprinkle on
either or both sides.
Before our county authorities took to
sprinkling the roads. it was done by
contributions. We found this money
well invested, as it saved washing Of
vehicles and harness, setting wagon
tires, cleaning horses of sweat and dust,
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