The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-04

Work at the city water works pump.
ing station above the city ia progress
ing at satisfactory rate, aud the Holly
compauy's superintendent says the cop'
tract that ons engine be going October
l will be fulfilled, A large force OF men
is employed there. and work going on
in all branches, including wood, brick
and masonry work, and on the tunnels
to the river and equipment Of ma
chinery.
Yesterday afternoon an %INTELLIGEN.
CIR reporter was shown over the new
pumping station and grounds by Super
iutendentYarney aud the Holly's super.
lntendeut, Mr., sChapley.
The large brick building which will
cover the we'll and contain the machin-
cry equipment 10 fast nearing compile
ton, the brick work being nearly done.
The foundation for the one hundred
foot brick stack, at the north end, has
been completed and brick work on the
stack proper will commence this morn
lag, The foundation Is Of stone, Of q
very solid character; at the bottom the
stack will be thirteen feet in diameter,
gradually taperlng to the top. The hue
hole will be Ave feet in diameter.
THE MACHINERY.
The boiler equipment will include
three batteries Of two boilers each, and
come from the Holly company, where,
IN fact, all the machinery comes from,
The boiler room is large and well ar.
ranged, at the upper end oil the build
ing. The boilers are OF the return tub.
ular pattern.
The pumping machinery is very
elaborate and includes many new do
vices in water works machinery recent
" perfected by the manufacturers.
There will be two pumping engines in
the we'll, the latter being forty feet
deep, with q twelve foot stone and con-
crete foundation, and walls ranging
from nine and n half to five feet thick.
The size OF the we'll is forty.!hree by
eleven and a half feet. Two twenty-tour
inch inlet pipes bring the water from
the river, while two twenty inch out
let pipes carry 1t to the big thirty inch
mains which are to convey 1t to the
reservoir. Tho two tunnels from the
river bank to the bottom OF the we'll
are now nearly completed. in one of
them yesterday afternoon there re-
naming but three feet OF excavation
yet to be made. 1t is expected that
connections from both to the we'll will
be made to-day, probably late this
afternoon. Work along this line will
be pushed as rapidly as possible, as tho
present low water may be a thing Of
the past at most any time now. After
the pipes are placed
IN THE TUNNEL,
which is ninety feet in length, other
pipes will have to be placed a hundred
feet out from the mouth Of the tunnels
into the river. In this connection
arises one of the advantages OF the new
location for Weddings pumping sta
ton, which is that the water there is
very deep, and that the bottom is COM
posed OF rock aud gravel, without any
mud, so that it Is mot expected there
will be any trouble with pipes filling
with mud when the new station is oper-
ated.
There will be two pumping engines
in the well, which Wilt be amply
enough to supply the entire city with.
out ~overworking. There are four
pumps, which are supplied with eight
valve boxes, each valve box containing
.hity-six valves. To form an idea of the
amount OF expensive machinery now
in the well, it need only be stated that
each valve box Weighs eighty tons, and
the total amount OF machinery now
there weighs more than 450 tons; and
the engines are not yet placed in posi-
ton.
The first of the
TWO HOLLY ENGINES
was shipped from the works at Lock.
port, N. Y, this week, and it is
expected to arrive here early next week,
when it will Immediately DO put in
place. This engine vas shipped in adj
vance OF the other so that the Holly
company's contract that one engine DO
ready for use October l be fulfilled.
Wood Brothers, the woodwork con.
tractors, say that the roof Of the build
ing will be put on within two weeks.
Hamilton Brothers are pushing the
brickwork forward fast, and will have 1t
completed in a few days. Work on the
boiler foundations will be started early
next week; each OF the six boilers occn-
pics a space 51x16 feet,
sta, Il 'q vii i Bo ii i5,o SSS H0g gal Ronsp pof
day, equally divided between each Of
tho two pumping engines, and it Is
thought the works will not need to DO
added to for twenty years, taking into
consideration the past aud present in
crease in population. II the capacity
ever proves limited, tho works are 80
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