Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18

L.,riotion Of Fort Worth's
'waterworks System.
HIsG ABOUT 100000.
vi Have an Adequate Supply Of
,,,sslsn Waller at a Greatly Re-
sucsd Expense "Details OF
tho Plant

watcrvorks plant is now
NV .on,nleted and The Gazette
ali3 ~ prespnting the following
4 . and carefully prepared descrip-
r. purposes and constructions
wORTHS NEW WATER
WORKS.
49, DAYS nearly every family In
v.'b may make connections with
~ ,tster mains. and obtain their
4 nure artesian water without
s,dintv aud expense contingent
7, ,e. MY weeks all Of the parts of
system. except the pumping
have been completed. and
tmes win suffice to finish the
of the engines.
a osoplp In the city appreciate the
a .g'ng TO the community that the
fireworks will make. Formerly
4 .te custom for a house to use the
.,sr and buy an extra supply Of
wofer for drinking aud culinary
This entuilcd an extra OK
Il "A from $50 to 500 per year On
y N me smaller ~ these figures,
"a 6ruring thntNhpre are 1000
mai viii eventually use the new
simply and purchase no other
.Nis apparent that the community
kspd 100000 per annum ON THIS
h,r on &c will be shown that the
,nmps-with their steam-saying
will make possible an additional
amounting In n year, Of many
nis of dollars.
the American Wntcrworks COM
Omaha and Denver began max
tnrrs to the city Of Fort Worth.
and operate n system OF water
nracticllly indentisnl with the
n completed. Il became apparent
broader minds in the then city
that if private capital saw In
feurisc. such factoring prospects
nftablc Investment. the city itself
take steps to make the improve
N ana save the profits that would
.6nr into private pockets. They
nfr0ntpd boy apparent obstacles to
sanee of bonds chat would mort
M paut. but The city attorney de-
. bond that mungagcd the revenues
vaitrworks gud met the approval
snte comptroller.
Verc drawn under the direction
an Edward Kruger of Denver,
nnnccr of the American Water
bmlony, and as result, thirty
1ercut bidders, representing the
horks fraternity of the United
N made tenders for che work.
- much controversy az TO which
lowest and best bid, the city
late IN December, 1891, entered
mntnct with Macarthur Bros. Of
10 for the construction of all the
" except the furnishing and erection
pumps, which was awarded TO the
Manufacturing company OF Lock
y.
the bonds had been voted aud
q u. still due TO the uncertainties Of
ND registration, it was decided
Ia 10 begin the work until the
was actually in the Possession Of
~ Hence active operations were
lmenccd until sometime In March,
IN construction began, Mr., WILDER
ives, G. n. of Denver. was employ
constructing engineer, and n reso'
passed the council making him
aginccr Of the work. This reso-
vas vetoed by Mayor Paddock
theory that the city engineer was
I By the charter the chief engineer
improvements. Consequently. Mr..
N although disclaimiug any knOwl-
f water works matters, was placed
rse, and Mr.. Halves was retained
capacity Of construction engi-
for pump-house OF different
irDm that originally contemplate
efe prepared by Architect Dnw-
p,her with Mr.. Halves and Cap
w Scoble The change In plan
rendered necessary by changes In
nount aud kind of pumping ma
new system comprises first, a
of thirteen artesian wells, each
fles IN diameter and 1000 feet
cased with "tlush-j0inted' wrought
nlng, perforated for a length OF
ft where 10 passes through the
sand rock. which carries the
. supply, These wells We're drilled
IA Panhandle Machinery aud lm.
company of Fort Worth, and
+ llIer company Of Chicago, sub
| dors, and, while many serious diff
81 Mere encountered during con
ME-, they We're all overcome by
ri enterprising firms. When the
& AZ trst struck I'm each well II was
dnbly stronger than after the wei
efn completed and had stood I'M
~ couple of months. This fact
calamity hOwlers opportunity e
"A llat the first well would stop How
~ pore the last one was drilled, Dul
nas proven differently.
Ia decreaec was found, on investi
I 90 be due, not 10 the fact thai
\ al' had been weakened by each ON
% hlling up, by sand, washed II
low from the porous, SpOugN
~ stratum Tho flow of any on'
~ undoubtedly affected by all th'
hqf the sand pumping now g0inl
sl0Wn by its effect on well NO
TIE dlminuuon Is very siehi
i,le ne combined how Of the thir
.slls viii not be thirteen times az
Y That Of the first drilled. there j
" ~ Tor believing that the we'll
fapsung on that they VIII IN the 10
eAhNst the supply Of the nrtcsill
. y which they tap
li other streams, the artcsial
n'es lts strength from rainfall
~ and according to the rain
*a me uptuned edges NJ tlfi
VA nalnm, at some point far Yves
AZ worth, go win this artcsian SUP
10y, aud. as The capacity of an
AAsht be taxed with sulhcien
~ made on IT, so viii the arit
When its capacity Is Ovei
40 Signs of overlraught ar
.tatent aud il Is quite pr0bahl
gh the increase ga population
W, located a sufficient distanc
my be drilled TO meet the d,
~ msny years 10 come.
r1sslan wells are connected b
s4gt- weight east iron pipes, (
Dtinch east iron conduit pip'
W the intake well. Althoug
uN line has been severely crit
account Of It's great diameter
~ as'piy wise 20 build II Ike
% save every ounce OF fri
Mus augment the amount q
A,eg can be forced 20 alm0'
~ When IL Is once lifted inf
ff 'mfty feet Is the utmost
~, W slcuon. SO the aliglltei