The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-08-10
FARM WATER SUPPLY.
How to Plan and Construct a Servicenble
Waterworks system.

to the vital point in the windmill water
works system, which is the reservoir
or storage tank. 1t must not be ex-
pected that windmill will run all the
time. A tank or reservoir should be
provided in which the water may be
stored as the windmill pumps it from
the well. This reservoir should at
least be of capacity to contain four
days supply of water. 1t should be To-
Gated at a height that will insure good
head or pressure at the points of dis.
charge. If intended to use for fire pro
lection it should be located near the
top of the highest building. For wash
ing buggies, sprinkling, etc, ten feet is
high enough, although the higher it is
placed the better satisfaction will be
given and the stronger the flow of
water, thus rendering the pipes less
liable to clog up. 1t is not necessary to
elevate the tank, as it may be set on
level with the troughs and the water
will run into them, as water always
finds its level. But job is more COM
plete and satisfactory to have the tank
elevated.
If there is an elevation near the well
it is the better plan to construct a
cistern in the ground, the bottom of
this cistern to be above the point where
the water is to be delivered. 1t can be
conducted through pipes to the house,
the garden, or the ,troughs where it is
n no l1Gn1 Watar t- liant p1tnl, frag bar
and cooler in a cistern beneath the
ground, than in wooden tank above
ground. However, when it is not prac-
ticable to use cistern, a wooden tank,
hooped with iron, should be erected
| and from this water conducted to the
| points where it is needed. In locating
a tank it may be placed at any conven
lent point where it can be packed in
the winter to prevent freezing. If it is
placed in barn be sure that there is
sufficient strength to support it, as
water in large quantities is not a Eight
weight" by any means.
If not convenient to place in build
ing, tower may be built outside and
the tank placed on that This should
be sided up and covered 1t is well to
make double wall, and also inclose
the tank with siding at about three
inches from the tank. These form all
spaces and render the tank less liable
to freeze. AS an extra precaution the
tank may be packed outside of the in.
side air space with sawdust or clover
chatf. The pipes leading from the
tank to the ground may be inclosed in
a long box with air chambers. and
packed, although there is another
method to prevent these freezing,
which will be explained later Have
the top of the tank covered with q
tight cover in which is placed trap
door.
For conveying the water from the
pump to the tank, pipe of not less than
one inch, inside measure, should be
used. and for long distances or large
sized cylinders, larger is better. As
has been said before, the pump used
for this work is called three way
pump In this the tank discharge
branch is located, about four feet be-
low the platform. Avoid all elbows OF
turns possible in this pipe. Let il
leave the well on level with the point
of discharge, and then gradually slope
upward to the desired depth of the
trenches in which it is laid. A unior
should be placed on this pipe in til,
well, so that in case the pump needs re
pairs it may be readily detached from
the pump Run the pipe to directly un
der the point you wish to enter tn,
tank, where an elbow must be used
Into this screw piece of pipe. Cut
long thread on the end OF another piec,
and screw into the bottom of the tanl
with lockout and leather washer
both inside and outside of the tank
Join the two ends of these pipes with
union, Should it not be desired to us,
a regulator for automatically shuttin!
off the windmill when the tank is full
tee may be placed on the pipe at tn,
bottom Of the trench under the tank il
place of the elbow, and the waite
) drawn from the tank through the SAM
pipe by which it enters, thus saving tn,
necessity of cutting another hole in TIN
bottom of the tank.
Should no regulator DE used, it i
well to run second pipe from the wei
to near top of tank, for an overflow
pipe. This pipe need not be over three
! fourths of an inch in diameter. Tn
bill of complete windmill outfit call
for regulator to control the mill whei
5 the tank is full, and allow it to pun
when it lowers. There are many dill
ferent styles, but the principle is tn
same in nearly all, and exactly tn
same iii all hydraulic regulators. The
are placed in the well on the tank pip
by means of tee. In the tank on tn
pipe is placed a valve with float a
tached by wire. When the waite
raises it carries this float with it an
closes the valve. AS no water can CT
, ter the tank and the mill still continue
: to pump, it is forced into the cylinde
or reservoir, as the case may be, of til
regulator Here it raises plunger, c
| diaphragm, which pushes up one end {
: lever, bringing down the other, I
, which the wire of the windmill is a
n tached, and pulls it out of sail. Whe
p water is taken from the tank weigh
/, on the plunger end of the regulate
forces the water out of the regulate
into the tank and allows the mill to 9
to work. There are other regulator
t but it is needless to describe them her
i as the intending purchaser can inforl
!, himself of their merits upon investig;