Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-17
A BIG IMPROVEMENT
At LAST IN A FAIR WAY TO BE con-
SUMMATED.
The Water Board Has Perfected Plans for the Re-
mOVal of the Pumping Station Above the City
Limits-The Works Will Defray the
Cost Out of It's Revenues.

and official talk, there is prospect that
the water works pumping station will
be removed north OF the city limits.
Asis we'll known the Water Board
last autumn entered into contract with
the Holly Manufacturing Company for
the manufacture of new pumping ma
chinery of large capacity, and the erec-
ton Of new power house at the foot OF
Eighth street. The machinery was
figured to cost S1O7, 900, and the new
building, intake pipes, well, foundations
connections, etc, S21,0O more, or
total expenditure of SIPS, 600. This was
authorized by Council, to be paid for in
six years out of the surplus revenues OF
the works, and the Water Board was
relieved, by a formal resolution, from
the payment OF interest of city bonds
during that time. The contracts were
duly entered into and the machinery
has been in process of manufacture for
six months or more.
Since then the Board has been seri-
ously considering the feasibility OF
erecting the pumping station at some
point north of the city limits, instead OF
charging the present plant at the foot
of Eighth street, the inducement being
the removal of the city's supply OF
water above the sewage from North
Wheeling and Martins Ferry, with the
consequent Improvement in the quality
of the supply, and large and important
economies in the operations OF the
works, amounting to something IKE
five thousand dollars per year. Con-
yinced that the present was the time lor
the transfer of the pumping station, De-
fore the new machinery was erected, or
new building built at Eighth street,
the Board had a careful examination OF
the river shore and the channel above
the city made, and as result site was
selected lust north Of what is known as
the "stone house." about half mile
above the city limits, and an option was
taken upon about an acre and hall OF
ground at that point. Then measure
ments, surveys and estimates were MADE
and after the data had been put upon
Daper it was found that the cost OF the
removal of the pumping station would
be from 500, 900 to $4,000, divided as
follows:
Cost OF pipe line to new reseerv oir......S VSOOO
Ten per cent Ior contingencies cocoon. S,3OO
Enlarged building, over Eighth street ooo
plans ........ -. 80. ....'..''.''''''' ''VOO
ro+ol $40, 300
The Water Board was called to meet
last evening with the Committee on
Water Works, to consider the matter,
and the full membership OF the Board
responded, but only two members OF
the Committee, MeSSrs. Farrell and
Hadlich, appeared. After waiting I'M
I'll half-past eight o'clock the idea OF Sc
curing a quorum was abandoned. The
BOARD determined that 1t would send It's
ideas and the estimate directly to Coun-
Gil, for consideration and adoption oy
that body. In discussing the matter
last evening, members of the Board
said they were fully satisfied that the
Improvement could be made and the
cost betrayed without it costing the
taxpayers of the city dollar-in other
words, that it would be met out OF the
snrplus revenues of the works, just as
the present improvement and the ex-
pense OF the new reservoir was met.
Mr.. Jones, of the Board. said
at will cost no more to erect the
building a half mile above the city linn
It's than it will at Eighth street, but II
we build it up there, W here we have
more room, we will make it large enough
for machinery capable OF pumping TO-
$1,000 gallons per day, with founda-
lions complete for additional machinery,
as soon as it is needed. That Will. aou
about five thousand dollars to the cost
Of the building as proposed at Eighth
street. The main item of expense VIII
come in the pipe line. Exactly two
miles OF thirty-inch pipe will be re
ouired. That line will follow the
county road from the pumping station
TO the Ravine, and will there strike up
onto Coal street, and follow that and
along Market to Seventh, where the
pine will climb the hill to the new
reservoir"
'What effect will this removal OF the
works have upon the time when water
can be had from the new reservoir
ut will not increase the time. our
contract calls for the pumping OF water
| from one engine into the new reservoir
| by Novembe next, but as matter OF
! fact, we would not throw water into II
at that season Of the year, for the rea-
son that we expect some of our old mains
to let go, and that would be a bad sea-
son To have anything Of that sort hap
pen. The only way we could utilize the
new machinery in November would De
TO throw water into the old reservoir.
Now, if the removal of the pumping
station Is authorized we will go ahead
| and put up the new machinery up there,
and will be ready to throw water into
the new reservoir aud supply the city
with river water taken from north oil
the city limits by about the hrst
of May, 1898 That is about as
Quick as we would be ready to open
the high pressure service II the
works are not removed. / am satisfied
that if we put the new machinery at
the foot of Eighth street, it will only
be short time until the people In that
neighborhood clamor for the removal
OF the station as a nuisance, and then
it would be an awful job to tear every
thing up and move, and it would cost
a great deal of money, besides. Now Is