Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-13
INSIST ON GOOD WORK.
-gr IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE VERY BEST
PLUMBING.
NJ. n tbs New Reservoir viii Increase the
Pressure on the Piping System From
Forty to Ninety Ponnds--B'nshs
Which VIII Accrue.

The fact that WOIh uPOu OuV nc"
,irg machinery for the water
r,,.s is we'll advanced, and that it will
aot he long until ground is broken for
=. rsmodling aud enlargement Of the
Srr5ipes at the foot OF Eighth street,
..,lls 10 mind the fact that the use Of
~. new reservoir, which will begin
s,,stime before the expiration Of the
c,rrept year, will subject the mains Of
aha water department and the service
80 ~ an unusual strain, which, in
~ yerv nature OF things, must
Hesitate a good many repairs where
$50 lie old, or where, through
~ Tse NJ cheap work, 10 Is apt TO be
sa5ectjve. It's none 10 early to call at
tsntion to this matter, and 10 urge an
i,sDection Of service pipes and connec'
tlo6s. but especially and particularly
,bo,Id the warning, 20 have none but
80 hast OF plumbing hereafter done, be
Lss-5 and needed. Work which would
snswer an the requirements under the
"a and existing order Of things will not
Joat an under the increased pressure
v,bicb will result when the new reSer-
,.oir is mt 10 use, and those erecting
bBi'ding or making alterations and re-
,sirs should bear this in mind when
baking contracts for water service.
Tbe Uresent pressure In the hydrant
ssrvice pipe ranges from nothing along
~. biII.side streets, in such localities as
roH north OF Eleventh, Twelfth above
ebarles. and the cross streets on the
south Side east Of EOfI, TO about forty
Eve mounds in such low points as the
Island. along the wharf, and In certain
districts on the South Side. VITA water
tgrDed on from the new reservoir, there
will be an increase in pressure Of nifty
ropnds 10 the square inch all over the
e.tv. which means that those localities
now having an extreme pressure
NJ forty-hye pounds Will be IN
creased to about unety-hye pounds;
those which have a pressure Of twenty
i've pounds will be increased three-Ioid
20 seventy-fve, and so on, until
bydrants where there is now practically
no pressure, and water can only be
drawn az night when the reservoir Is
full. will have q pressure OF at least
fity pounds greater pressure than
now obtains In any portion OF the city.
The result Of this cannot but be dlSaS-
trous on defective or cheap plumbing,
or piping which has been in service for
years. and all new work should be Of
the best character, 70 be able
20 stand the increased strain. The
new pressure will bring Wheeling up 70
about the line Of modern water pres
sures, she having been tagging at near
the bottom OF the list for a good many
years. Even Martins Ferry mas, In the
lower parts OF town, a water pressure Of
something like one hundred and five
pounds per square inch; Allegheny City
has a pressure OF about one hundred
pounds, and Pittsburgh nearly the same.
Some cities run up as high as one hun
bred and twenty-five pounds, and few
fall below sixty pounds.
The Increased pressure will be great
blessing In many ways 70 our people.
Aside from the aid lt will give the fire
department, which will be enabled TO
reach a fourth floor with a plug
stream" with ease, whereas now il can
only throw water over a twO-StOry
house, even in the lowest parts of the
city, it will give the hremen a good
pressure all along the hillside streets,
where the grades makes II
impossible TO take engines at
present, and where there IS conse-
QusntIy little protection from fire. But
the main benefit will, as a matter Of
course, arise from the additional water
supply ts the resident district Hun
dreds Of dwellings are now located 50
high as 70 be above the point reached
by the present delivery, and the occu-
pants, as a result, are i'm a somewhat
preCariOus position as 10 water supply.
Many others are Just on the level, and
as result they get water or don't,
according TO the height OF the fluid
IN the basin. The new City Hos
pital Is a case 10 point,
they only having water now
Do the basement rooms. a
circumstance which is very inconven-
venient. With the new reservoir in
use, the water will be available even on
the top door. Another great benefit
will be- the impetus which will be given
20 building along the hill-SideS. In such
localities as Klein a Stiiers addition,
the Bevedere addition, White Il Filan's
addition, etc, water is now at a pre-
MUM. IL will hereafter be as plentiful
there as il is now on comparatively low
ground.