The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-12-19
COST OF WATER WORKS.
PROPERTY BOUGHT OFOLD COM
PANY AND NEW WORK DONE.
An Item zed Report Read by Secretary
Magruder to the Winston Alder
men-Business Transacted by
the Board Last Night

The Winston Aldermen met in reg
ular session Monday night, Mayor Gray
presiding. The following Aldermen
answered to the roll call: Go-rell
Walker, Brown, Franklin, Snipes and
LATHE.
Col. Gorrell reported considerable
work done on 4th, 5th, 9Th and Chest
nut streets. The sidewalk on 4th
street has been delayed somewhat by
not getting the material in time The
force is now at work cleaning up the
streets and will continue until the
same are put in good condition.
THE WATER WORKS AND ITS COST.
Secretary Magruder read the report
of the water committee, showing the
property bought of the Winston
Water Company, amount new work
done and cost of same:
Property bought of Winston Water
Company, viz: 64f acres of land
around Belo's pond, on which are To-
| Gated two large wells with daily
flow of 100000 gallons of water.
Water power pump and fixtures, ca
Reservoir and one lot fronting 100
feet on Eighth street and running
North about 240 feet.
Four and one-fourth miles.of wate-
mains laid.
Fifty-eight hydrants and "a gate
valves.
New work done since October /. '94:
Storage pond North of Belo's pond;
capacity 1000, 600 gallons. into which
| there is daily flow of $50, 900 gallons,
at low water mark.
2 000 feet Of IN inch Cniral rivatod
| pipe from storage pond to pumping
station.
New brick pump house.
Two so horse power boilers.
Two Smith and Vale steam pumps.
each with a guaranteed capacity of
500, 900 gallons per day.
One Warren mechanical filter. with
| daily capacity Of 100000 gallons,
| through which all the creek water is
| run before it reaches the pumps.
One 10 horse power engine to oper-
| ate filter.
The old reservoir walls have been
made 81 feet thicker from the bottom
and raised IA feet higher. thus it,
| creasing the water pressure Is feet, or
90 pounds per square inch, 1t was
| considered unsafe To fill the old reser-
voir above ,polut 6 feet below the
| top of the wall.
Four and three fourth miles Of new
| water mains.
| Total amount Of new pipe laid is as
| follows: 9 900 feet of 6 inch pipe;
10.S67 feet of inch pipe; 2 433 feet of
10 inch pipe; $40 feet of II inch pipe;
8S4 feet of inch pipe-44 miles.
| Hydrants, 80 gate valves.
| COST OF PLANT.
Old plant fixtures and fran
chise. 1900. IS $4,000 90
Storage pond and pipe to
pump house. 2,7o1 81
Testing driver wells on Mil
| lers land .. 49,. Ill IS
Pump house. ............... 1850. So
| Pump house, foundation and
setting pumps and boil
| ers and steam pipe con-
Meeting same . - 2,1se.2C
Two t1fty horse power boil
ers $500 ISL &C
Two pumps, feed water
heater and boiler feed
pump ....... 1.S51.5C
Filter. ...... ... 3,250.O(
| Ten horse power engine to
operate filter. 125 OF
tect water shed 2.O57 OC
Lead and packing ~ 1277. II
Valves and hydrants. 2,4l3 A
Water pipe and specials.... 11.l94 g
| Laying pipe. 1850 u
Work on reservoir. .. 12,447 Y
Hardware and tools. .... 1872 l:
Miscellaneous expenses. -. 5SS Oh
Total. .......... 1902, 4OS 81
Less the following amounts:
Old engine sold. 1892 %
Hydrant SOLD. ...... sc S5
Packing sold. ....... 825 1907 2