The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-26
VIEWED THE STATION.
Tho Pleasant Trip to the clsy's
New Pumping Station.
The WATER BOARD AND GUESTS
Spend an Hour Interestingly Mt tho
Water Works Pumping Station
Above tho cIty-a Banquet a, tho
MoLurc, Followed With an Accom-.
paniment of Speeches by Several
Gentlemen.

Last evening tho viewing Of the new
city water works by the mombers Of tho
water board, Mes'rs. Henry Jones, J.
II. Hall and A. @. F. Ebeling, took place.
Tho board was accompanied by a large
number Of citizens, including members
OF council, board OF county comtni..E <
sionors, board OF education, and tho
other city boards. Tho party number.
ing probably one hundred gentlemen
were conveyed to tho pumping station
above the city on a special train on the
Panhandle road, which left the Water
street passenger station ut 7:45 o'clock
p. IN. and arrived Mt its destination a
few minutes afterward. A walk Of q
few feet brought the party to tho north
entrance OF the magnificent pumping
station buildings.
The first apartment reached was the
boiler room where the party. did not
long linger. Tho lower half OF the
building, used as the engine room, was
the spot most attractive to the visitors.
The most attractive objects in this
apartment werc the two immense
pumping onGines. description OF
which will be found elsewhere. The
large double section we'll, forty feet
deep, containing the massive and
powerful pumps with capacity OF I
pumping 250 gallons Of water every
revolution, were inspected with great
interest by tho visitors. Many went
down the winding iron stairway and
got q closer view OF the machinery. A
feature OF the fifteen-inch steel piston 4
rods OF the pumps is that thew arc
hollow-a new thing in water works
machinery. fl92f45
The building is well lighted from an
electric plant designed by Mr.. Dave
Tappan, and constructed by Harry
Sands. The capacity ia $50 sixteen
candle power incandescen lights. There
are also several arc lights from the same
plant i
8f Tho INTELLIoEScER has before given
thorough descriptions OF the new pump.
ing station, but the following was OBJ
tanned from Secretary John L. Schell.
hase and contains much interesting in
formations:
z 'In the spring Of 1891, after the COM
pletion OF the new reservoir, the water Z.
board realized that tho system of water
works OF the city was very deficient in
two particulars; first, the pumping
plant was not OF sufficient capacity to
supply the new reservoir with the
quantity OF water required by the city,
and second, the quality of water fur.
nished from the old water works station
at the foot OF Eighth street, was not Of 1
o satisfactory character. To remedy
these evils became the next object OF 4
the board, which then consisted Of NJ
Pollack, H. F. Jones and John II, Hall.
"To secure sufficient quantltyto sup-s
ply the city became necessity; to i'm
prove the quality was extremely de-
sirable. With both these ends in view
thorough investigations were made into
NIL the possible sources OF supply, with
the result that tho most desirable pro- A
ject presented was to build a new
pumping plant complete above the q
city, connected with the now reservoir
by suitable force main. Estimates by.
expert engineers, employed for the pur.
pose, placed the cost OF this improve.
ment ut so high figure that it was not 4
deemed prudent or expedient at that
time to expend the amount OF money
required to construct and com plete
this work. The question then resolved i
into procuring additional pumping ma
chinery to belocated at the old stations
and the board made several tours Of in