Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
4 HAS THE MERIT OF TRUTH
important Business Matter Politics
Inhude.
) l,xl Of City Attorney POwOIps Opinion and
vh, h Could Moi 30 Made Moro Explicit
fhe Difference Between The CITY
and the Contractors.


and con of the new waterworks, the
N work Of construction the question of
~ settlemcnt that. 30 clear away some
ftc intentional or accidental befog-
i4 review Of the whole matter Is
~ pertinent just at this time, to data
ing Found In the records Of r. CoY
X Of access 60 all. Sks IN
SOME HISTORY. 1sD
The heed for new wnterwOi.
cQuate 10 supplying the deman~ :
Dopulation Of Che city of Fort Worn.
cda|f 50 plain In 1891 that it was de-
IN 10 construct a new system.
lhIs decided, the question OF plans
. "a presented itself and the subject
n Brought formally before the city
uncl by the then waterworks com
ttee. Aldermen Mes, Montgomery and
ements, and contract was finally
. lde with the American WaterwOrks
.npgny for a set of plans for Il pump
n4d. n reservoir and a system Of pipe
ifIbhtion. for which plans the city paid
0U0l All these proceedings have the
bf,ement of all the aldermen by their
THE AMERICAN COMPANY
oht plans and specifications for dis
button from two points, the old or
ostut pumphouse and the new location
| lnlhre pufnphouse on the Clear Fork.
l4le set Of plans called for three TO-
.QtOD gallon per diem pumps, with sue
b bid discharge pipe lines Of forty
| IH Inches.
| ln The advice of competent engineers
|nIIInr with hydraulics, these plans
~ 10 modified that the pumping ca
lilp was reduced TO two 100000 per
tn pumps, with suction and discharge
Is Of thlrty-six inches In size
NJ the average daily use Of water in
rl Worth is about 100000 Of gal
a the wisdom Of the reduction will
lfco be called In question.
Irhi6 reduction of service capacity be-
dked. the question of location was
. cnased In all Its bearings, and after
|hAustye debate, for several reasons,
locutiOn for the new pump house was
| "a upon, where the building now
SOME OF THE REASONS.
|Vronl the new LOCATION the cost was
aud TO be S2S,OOO less than from the
4 for IL as made thereby possible TO
nc old pipe lines now in ON the
rllit side of Front street, with some
diltbns. for the main or conduit line
6ood the distribution lines about the
IddIe Of the system and less pressure
u teddirea TO force the watCr north
atd south TO the stnndpipe.
|Another and this was really the decisive
lson. General Kruger who was made
nsulting engineer, by unanimous vote
the council, IN the most emphatic
rms objected TO the use Of the West
ord water for It's impurities. The
tel from Rolinsou's branch flows into
Clear Fork and this latter short
fance belew Joins the West Fork,
MIG the Trinity river. General llu-
gave an additional and yet stronger
ssnn. for be said anyone n mere tyro
reology will see that the seepage
iter from the new cemetery drains into
\ Nest Fork. The soil of the cemetery
pofous, sandy or grayelly and under
ne rs a hard pan with dip towards
Nest Fork. Therefore the water
lt falls on the graveyard percolates the
a. leaches out the disease germs from
dead bodies therein inferred and thus
nraf laden finds its way into the West
ltk4 This Is che kind Of contaminated
,lcf the advocates Of the old or West
ri locations wanted to serve up for
|nilng purposes to the people Of Fort
THE ORIGINAL PLANS,
| tb possible 100000 gallons Of
.er daily, contempt lted an outlay or
100. 600 and the reductions in pump.
11pucity to 1B,0OO,00O daily reduced
tbSt 70 less than half and q single
Of the pumps now being put in can
nlcle work than double the present
. Nv duty demanded of the wnterworkS
n'Is These changes We're made with
s noviee Of the wpterworks superih-
ldent and the consulting engineer.
lht fight IN the council after the re-
cllon Of cost was decided upon was re-
wed on the question Of location and
VIPER, or Clear Fork (the new pump
use locationl, was selected because
IRE was the best possible chance to
40 abundance of artesian water, or
ling Ia that, a full supply Of the
rt4t flowing water available, that of
olear Fork, above all city contami-
Me upper location had the appreciation
every hydraulic engineer and every
acleal and experienced wNterworls
Whom the question Of site was pro.
unded TO General Ruger he was so
.pgchensive the city might make the mis-.
le of selecting the lower location lie
red Mr., Mes, at that time chairman
| ihc waterwOrks committee, urgiug tho
onllon of the upper location by Oh
nns, and then as speedily as the mil
p'N briag II, supplemented this tele-
ni BY letter giving some of the rea-
FOR the preference.
hese documents are on Ole and any
Iepded citation of General Ruger, the
Nnung engineer of the city In tha
attuction of the new waterworks
tpthority for obieeting 20 the upper
.on Tor the new pump house, is
oI9 iluasinaiion.
eeral kuger's terms are uneguiyO-
pc very much to the point, one cx-
HNon being the upper location is
Qnly sensible one" and that upper
on Is where the new pump house
stands.
pas been suggested that statements
10 effect that the new waterW0rks
No failure because Of scarcity Of
M would come with more Dropriety
III the test has demonstrated this 10
fact II has not been so demon
~. statement Of this kind. In
apce Of the test cannot hut be herm.
ID The city.
THE CITY is USING
iny about 100000 gallons Of water
The thirteen artesian wells av-
by actual measurement. 2s5 600
'tps per day, aud this Is the measure
Of Captain Scoblc, the very M
aud efficient superintendent az lie
works This gives 3,005,OOO gal
excessive precaution suction nina
been laid 70 a crib hult ia tho Clear
ny and II the wells 40 not supply tbe
10 required, more wells can h. sunk
ine Clear Fork water can be used
again quote that eminent authori.