Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-19

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% o. called a.on say aaur IT water
as tie fate OF az east ~, v9u <-slVns
pr csy, While enc eaBnos fs,ss ~
furnish tai the rate o. t@4t snis
amount AZ al enssoser, masatain
, tl@l u . csse4s.ss - sssa-ns sesA a.
raistses wssAcas msklaz Aa-a1Ais tso-
v.s.oa 10 sse<s tAem.
The Es.srssss <ysssm-
Tomake ths ssf- provision 81 ksls-
] mAzco . exceedingly easy sni WE
I. sEs Improvement would m<ko every
thing safe. ani In the highest degree
sfnesert IA ssery efapsh al We pabs'e
and private service. & woasa ~ Toe
same tsais greatly reduce no coal 10
the taxpayers
A. kslamaxoo, with water
snpply Of s.5oo.ooo per day ADD
. pnapng capacity of c.vy1.vve. !. .
not possible 20 exceed the osooV,eo' rate
Tor even angle bali nour Tor any or All
service With Il rage reserve, such
as the natural advantages At haiama-
zoo will AFFORD ~ the minimu m Of
cost. water ~ the rate of ten o Twelve
million gx.ions psr day could be Al
Ways ~ command 80 Iona ~ any emer-
gency eaiiiag tor A excess - ever
likely 10 last, and under such arrange
meat every branch OF the service viii
10 lweompsrabiy superior TO wat u .
possible To make Is nos, ana All dan
| ger OF water famines will forever dis
appear.
feet ILLUSTRATION Ut the truth OF all tins,
ana every feature there mas been fully
nj. Ixf -
licar Use. lpsi.anli has IN excellent
pubic supply of 1000, 900 gall Ms of
water per day. She has ouly one
fourth the popu alton Kalamazoo. yet
IN three years time che mas 100 per cent
more water takers, in proportion TO
population, than has Kalamazoo At the
end OF twentyfour years, and her use
of water 10 IN excess 10 the
sams proportion. Ypsilanti has
Ia maximum pumping capacity
Of only 1000, 900, gallons per day, yet
At any time. and all the time, whether
the pumps are running or idle. lpsi-
lanti has always ~ command water st
the rate of 5000. oc0 gallons per day.
for any and every emergency, for 90
Ions time ~ such emergency 10 ever
likely 10 last. Every gallon OF the
water is always under 100 pounds
pressure TO the square inch. at pump
station, and 10 thus available At any
and all time for the highest and best
effect in every branch Of the public
and private service. These works nave
reached . self-sustaiuing basis IN three
years from date OF completion.
Pressure In tho MAINS.
In the Kalamazoo and Jackson sys-
TENS the water pressure IN the mainl
never exceeds an average Of thirty
pounds unless especially called for and
worked up after the alarm 10 given
This low pressure 10 never efficient OF
satisfactory IN any branch OF the ser.
vice. In these works II the pumps
atop single moment, at any time, the
entire service In every branch 10 in.
ktantly dead until the pumps star
again. In the vpsiianti type OF works
!. the pumps may stop 1T any time fol
Elk or eight hours IN every twenty
four, and yet every branch of the ser
vice goes on precisely as II the pumps
were running. Indeed. this 10 pre-
ciscly what does happen every day al
Ipsilanti. At night the pumps
are always shut down ana tn,
entire pumping power Transferred 4
the electric dyuamos. and thus run
the street lights Of the city.
The Ypsllanti type of public watel
supply" as tar surpasscs the Kalama
roo and Jackson types IN economy q,
IN efficiency. Tho Ypsilanti eystem
with its perfect service, reaches a pay
ing basis IN three years. Kalamazo,
and Jackson, with not better than /,
fifth-rate service, are still, at the END
of twenty-three years, $50, 900 benin,
each year.
These casesoughtto convlncingly shov
: how very important and necessary IL !
TO ADOPT correct principles in the plan
: ming, construction and management o
. our public works, ADD especially as re
lttes to "public water supply" Ups
lAnti. ~ the end of three years, i
!. directly supplying rs per cen. CT he
; entire population with waite
from the pubic works AM
everyone is satisfied with tn
service IN every branch. Ii
. kalam AGO and Jackson, after twenty
, three years, only 50 per cent OF th
people are supplied from the publ
: source, ana very few of these arc eats
: ned With the service. These case
: : ought to clearly show the importsnc,
! and necessity Of good engineering sns
: good management IN this field of pub
: lie work. That Satisfactory results ar
not otherwise possible, have freely
used the three above-named cases IL
illustration, because am perfectly &C
: qusinted with every detail IN each o
. those cases. and / believe the publ
: interest demands this Information. Ant
that !, Is the clear duty Of the enginec
possessing II, TO furnish 10. In tn
main. all the defective points cited II
1 the Kalamazoo and Jackson cases vii
:, apply to every works IN the country o
a that type, and II 10 the duty OF ever
. true engineer TO do his utmost IN Grad
{ eating these defecs.
c Public Drainage.
!. / believe IL TO be Of the highest i'm,
q portance, and among our first duties
: 10 provide Efficient house drainag
. everywhere in city. IN village and u
Z the country. Surface, or storm dram
4 age, and house drainage. should Away
!. pe Kept separate and distinct. hous
I dram and storm drain combined IL
monsirous blunder. aud hrings endle,
y danger. The true object and ofice Q
2 . nonss dram should SIMPLY CONSIST d
J the quick conveyance Of oil the nit
u produced IN aod about the house safel
. beyond the danger limits.
70 Al house flth 10 comparatively
: hsrmless IN its fresh state, and II df'
4 posed OF before fermentation an
Poulhcatien takes place. nearly a
= danger aaverfsd. Buff we allow tn
n nltn 70 sccnunt.t~ an rsas n0ois prfv,