Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-03
THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.
Salem Authorities Investigate the
Cribs in Willamette River.
The SUPPLY Is PURE AND FRESH
City Engineers Report and a Card
From the Company.
To the consumers of water:

To the consumers of water:
In view of the Importance Of correct
ing an erroneous impression produced
by certain newspaper attacks upon the
Salem Water Co In the form Of false
statements in regard to the quality of
the water pumped from the river into
the mains, the company. addresses to
the city engineer certain pertinent in-
terrogatories, which with the answers
given are embraced in the report of
that officer appended hereto, aud
should settle to the satisfaction nf all
fair minded persons, the ques-
ton of the wholesomeness of the city
water supply.
We have only to say that ii 10 in
keeping with what is right and proper
that whenever there Is any complaint
in regard to the service of the Water
Co., in any respect whatever, that the
complaint be made at the office of the
company. We are always glad to give
our consumers all information possible.
J. Nj. WALLACE, President.
THE ENGINEERS REPORT.
The substance of City Engineer Cul
yer's report, which is on file with Re
corder Edes. is as follows:
DEAR SIR:-In accordance with re-
quest, L made an examination of the
crib at the end of the pipe.lin which
brings the water from the Willamette
river to the pumping station.
re-submit the questions as asked by
you, and below each one submit my re-
ply:
Q. What is the depth of the water
on the top of the crib?
A. l 20 feet.
Q. What is the depth of the water
north of the crib?
A 80 feet.
q What is the depth of the water
east Of the crib?
A. s. feet.
Q What is the depth of the water
south of the crib?
A. 5. feet.
Q. What is the depth of the water
west of the crib?
A. 8. feet. These measurements
were taken ten feet from the crib.
Q. What is the velocity of the water
oyer the cribT
A. Forty feet per minute.
@. What Is the velocity of the cur
rent at the mouth of the crib cbanrel?
A. Two hundred feet per minute.
Q. What is the distance between
the old and the new cribs
SavantU fact hofWpaD the Oan-
ters.
@ What is the distance from the
crib to the bar on the north3
A. From the center of the crib, $50
feet.
Q. What is The distance to Minto's
Island?
A. To the nearest point from the
center of the crib, 125 feet.
Q How far does the bar extend be-
low the crib?
A. Two hundred feet.
q. IL there any possibility of the
water from Mill creek or from the
slough, reaching the crib?
A. There is not.
O. What is the distance from the
center of the crib to the lower point of
the Island separating the slough from
the crib?
A. Seven hundred feet.
The river is now 10 feet above low
water mark. The crib seems to be In a
good state of repair and the water
around it, is, in my judgment, of about
the same depth as it has been for the
last two years.
At the bar at the head of the crib
channel the water is about $50 feet
wide, twenty-five feet in the channel
from either bank the water is ! 80 feet
deep, and at the center two feet.
These measurements were made at
the shallowest place on the bar.
This point Is about 800 feet above the
crib, ard the center of the channel
deepens from two feet as given above,
until it reaches the crib at depth Of
six faet.
The volume of water now passing
through the crib channel is slightly
over $50 million gallons in twenty-tour
hours.
The center of the current in this
channel passes over the north end OF
the crib. The bar at the mouth Of the
crib channel is Of loose gravel forma-
ton and II deemed necessary at any
time, could be, In low water, deepened
with a small expense.
(Signed) w. j. CULVER.
City Engineer.
The Twenty Fourth Oregon.