Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-22
WITH AERATED WATER.
A New System to be Tried in
Wilmington.
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PROF oHURCH's AIR COMPRESSOR.

By Combination Of Compressed Air and
Lofty Tower Water VIII be Sup
piled 10 Houses in the Most Eie
waited situations.
Within two or three weeks the water
department of Wilmington city govern
ment viii have in operation an entirely
novel apparatus through the use of which
they hope 90 be- able TO supply water in
abundance in some of the higher parts of
the city whore housoholdors have been
complaining they could not obtain a suill-
cicut quantity above the FIRST floor
AT Twenty third street and Elliott
avenue the department has nearly com
ploied a brick tower which will be sixty
feet In height and upon 10 top of which
will be tank Of $4,000 gallons capacity
This will be- kept constantly full by
wator from the Rodney street reservoir,
which water will be raised TO the tank by
means Of compressed air
The Air Compressor
is the novel apparatus referred TO. and
may be seen In the city mill, at the Bran
dywine and King street. 10 is the
invention of Professor Church, of New
York who Is widely known through his
connection with the famous Croton
aqueduct and the water system of New
York city The agent and contractor is
/ Mr. Gillis. of Now York. son of the
we'll known Commodore Gillis.
By means of this machine compressed
air viii be forced through n three-inch
wrought iron pipe passing under the
/ Market street bridge. aud which is
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distance between the pumping sta
tim and The tower AZ the tower
the air pipe will connect with
the water supply pipe, and with every
pulsation of the compressor the COM
pressed air will raise the water in the
stand pipe 10 win likewise mix with
the water. thoroughly aerating a., and
the stream constantly flowing into the
tank from the stand pipe viii much re
somblc, only on n gigantic scale, the fzz
and foam issuing from the soda water
fountain in every well regulated drug
store, and for which the hard. earned
nickel Is 80 READILY parted with.
This System Of Aeratlon,
as applied TO water works, is new
although in other parts of the countr,
. practically the same end Is reached 10y
/ other means; and a very desirable end /
is. too. for whom thoroughly accom-
, plishcd. 60 removes an Impurities from
: the water, rendering II almost ms free from
4 deletcrious substances as does boiling
/ AZ the S0dom dam reservoir In New York
one of the CrOtOn aQueduct system, th
I, aeration Is accomplished In a simple
. manner Pipes from a reserve reservoir
situated ON higher ground, lead tn
wntor 10 the SodOm dam reservoir tn
4 water. owing TO the incline rushe
through the pipes with great force, ant
s nt the terminus. seeking its own leve
a spouts. fountainlike into the air In
!. stream fifteen 20 twenty feet high, fall
q ing back Co the surface In spreadin
& spray Owing 90 the typographical COZ
"a diiion here, such method is impossibl
In Wilmington but 10 would seem q
q though this new invention OF Professc
't Church. should amply answer the pul
h. pose. That 70 will do so is guarantee,
aud II 10 fails the city win have nothin
g Go pay being out only so far as the e,
ponse of constructing the tower is cor
! cemod. II the success anticipated is mt
with, another tower will be built on Oh
"a crown of the hill above the Rodney stree
N reservoir 80 that residents in thl
d vicinity may have no cause Of complaint
. To the EVENING JOURNAL reporter tl
W new air compressor bore every eviden'
of being the first one to be tried
b. certainly looked to bo only an exper
b mont II Is not in that high state
.e finish which would denote the tried an
IN perfected machine, and some parts, a
though IL has been used but experimen
g. ally. bore apparently serious evidence
q wenr from pounding STILL well-vers'
II men have great confidence i'm &c; but,
Ia IL does not do the work satisfactory
r other means win be tried unit
a. success is finally reached. The wat
department, realizing the Importance
M the city of pure water, is constantly di
-y cussing the best methods of obtaining
a and Is making thorough investigation
S. decide how the desired end can be q
lt more satisfactorily rcached-whether
,n aeration or filtration. IL is not too mu'
ID TO say that the method TO be finally d
,n cided upon will be satisfactory both as
ie efficiency and COST
Bridge Floor Laid Last week.