The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-11-14

In compliance with the request of the
Water Works Trustees the City Council met
in Joint session with that body Monday eve
ming. The object of the conference was to
look over the situation with reference to
putting down additional wells at CrystalLake
with view of concentrating the water plant
at this one station.
Our readers are already familiar with the
history of the project that has developed one
four-inch well at the main pumping station
and the reasons advanced at that time for
adding this source of supply to that Of
Crystal lake, are likewise familiar to the
public, and are just as cogent and applicable
now as then. OF course in the discussion of
such proposition, detailed comparison of
the system now prevailing and the proposed
! substitute was necessarily involved. 1t was
| shown that from April IL, 1894, to Nov. 1st,
the water in Muzzy lake had been lowered
4s feet, an average of over one-fourth inch
per day. 1t was also demonstrated that the
cost of pumping the supply from this lake
is $3.50 more each day than would be the ex-
pense of pumping the entire supply from
| Crystal and the wells. 1t will be remember
| ed that Muzzy was not intended to be used as
direct supply station at the time it's waters
were piped to Crystal, but the enormous
| increase of consumption has rendered such
use necessary. This, however, has been at
tended with manifold difficulties and imper-
fections, that will increase each year. One
of two things confront the people of Raven
ma. They must take up the 6 inch pipes now
in use between the lakes, which are entirely
inadequate for such service, and replace
them with 12inch, or they must provide some
other way to increase the facilities and ca.
pacity of the present plant. The question
now before them is choice between the con-
tinued use of Muzzy as a direct supply sta
ton and the concentration of the plant at
Crystal by putting down a number of wells.
| Without reviewing the details of the esti-
mates submitted it is sufficient to state that
the estimated cost of putting down two addi-
tional wells of 8 inch diameter and putting
in the necessary equipment for operating
this new source of supply would be 1885,
The approximate estimate for re-laying the
main between the lakes is $500, and the
total outlay for putting this station in first
class condition for direct supply will, it is
claimed, be in the neighborhood of $26, 900.
|
must be done, and after looking over the
situation carefully Council seemed to be
unanimously in favor of putting down the
wells Indeed, the difference between$3, ,85(
and $8 ,500 the cost of the wells and of re
laying the main between the lakes. would
seem to leave no room for difference OF
opinion and when compared with $26, ,00(
further remarks would be worse than useless
1t is estimated that the test well already
drilled, which is inches in diameter and thu
two inch ones proposed, will furnish a
least 500 gallons per minute Attention wa
called to the fact that relaying the main a
talked of would not decrease the cost of pump
ing from the two lakes except slight saving
in coal, and while this would enable tn
pump to supply pressure for domestic ser
vice, steam would have to be kept up at tn
Crystal lake station to provide against tn
breaking of the pumps at Muzzy.
An idea of the growth of the system anC
the increase of consumption, can be had b,
reading the following statement:
The number of water takers in 1886 was SO;
and the number at present is 939. The nun
ber of gallons pumped each year from 18S
to 1894 is as follows: 100000 $4,000 ,O0(
74,OOOO 900, 73,6OO 900, SOsOO, 900, 1O2, 800 OOC
1S,7OO,OOO 137, ,S41 300, and 1894 to date, 156
O75,OO The average increase each year
% 1-3 per cent, 1t has frequently been th
case that more water was pumped in miC
winter than in midsummer.
1t seems very probable now that Counc
will authorize the issuing of bonds to pr
!, vide for putting down and operating the re'
l uisite number of wells, which it is thougl
7 will in no case exceed three. At all even
o the meeting was profitable one, and put Il
Council in possession of vast amount OF il
;. formation relative to the water that was III
u known to them before that evening.
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