The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-28
SPECIFICATIONS
Of the Mains, Pump House and ~standpipe
for the New Waterworks Have Ar
rived-What They Gail For.

rived-What They Gall For.
Auditor Sheridan to-day received the
plans and specifications of the proposed
waterworks system for the city, drawn
up by Engineer Reed Of Chicago. They
are drawn in elegant design and minute
detail and are, on their face, the worke
an experienced hand. The specifications
provide that the contractor shall furnish
material and labor OF the best quality
necessary TO the complete and substan-
tial execution OF the work.
The pamp-house, which 10 to be loca-
ted at the old brick-yard, near VIM.
Whitmore's, is to be q frame building Is
by 50feet, 16 feet posts, on sold stone
foundation. roof and sides covered with
sheet iron. IL will contain two boilers,
return tubular type, IA feet long and 54
inches in diameter, constructed to resist
a pressure of 100 pounds to the square
inch. All work in this and other ma
chInery must be subjected to a working
test before final acceptance.
There will be two horizontal, COM
pound, duplex, non-condensing pumps
used. having a capacity of "a million
lbgallons each in "a hours, at a piston
speed not exceeding 166 feet per minute
working against q head OF 200 feet. The
high pressure cylinder will oe 8 inches
in diameter, the low pressure IL inches;
the water plangers. 81 inches in diam
eter and the stroke 10 inches, u The
pumps shall stand a steam pressure at
the boilers of 80 pounds and withstand
water pressure of 200 pounds.
ptFhea well TO be drawn on by these
pumps shall be 20 feet 10 diameter, walls
IL inches thick Of brick masonry laid in
Portland cement mortar, resting on a
hardwood shoe; the we'll TO be sunk not
to exceed 20 feet from surface Of ground,
to be curbed two feet above ground and
covered with conical roof of rafters and
shingles.
The standpipe, which is to be located
near the corner Of Stella and Chicago
streets, On block 2, Clark & Mckinnon's
addition, near O. 8. Jones' residence. is
to be IA feet 10 diameter, 100 feet high,
on a heavy foundation OF masonry laid
in concrete. The pipe will be construct
ed OF rings. or bands, of Open Hearth
steel, 5 feet wide and varying from 4-16
OF an inch thick at the top to 4 inch
thickness of plate at the bottom. The
tensile strength of this plate will be Co.
600 pounds per square inch of each Sec
ton. :r
The cast iron pipe for the mains will
be in lengths Of ~ feet, 2 or 4 inches.
OF the various kinds there will be used.
10-inch pipe, 3,4OO Ineal feet, weighing
102 tons; Of 8-ineh pipe, $500 feet, l19
tons; OF 6-inch pipe, 5000 feet, 80 tons;
OF 4tinch pipe, 1870 feet, l73 tons. The
pipe will be required 70 stand a pressure
OF 300 pounds TO the square inch There
will be 11,OOo pounds of special castings
and forty 4inch, double-nozzled by
drants. The depth of the trenches will
be 61s feet below grade. ,@'
The contractor shall give a certified
check OF $500 with his bid that he will
enter upon the contract within Ave
days after receiving it. After couple.
ton he shall also operate the plant at
his W expense for 50 days to prove
that it is in good condition and working
order; shall give a test of $50 pounds of
water pressure for one hour; shall throw
three streams of water by aid of pumps
from three separate hydrsnts so feet
perpendicular and 100 feet horizontal.
through 100 feet of 21S inch rubber
hose and Inch ring-nozzle in still air,
besides furnishing a quantity test OF the
supply well.
The area covered by the system is on
the street south of the railroad tracks
from the pump-house north on Chicago
street to Stella street, east on Stella
to Egan avenue, north on Egan avenue
to street south side OF Normal school
ground, east on this to Washington
avenue, south on this to street south of
railroad tracks, and on all territory
within these bounds.
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