The morning times., 1895-10-05
NO Lack OF WATER THEN
Test Of Five Million Gallon
Engine Almost Completed.
SHOWS EXCELLENT RESULTS
Residents In Elevated Parts of the
City VIII BE Amply Suppiied-An-
other One of Eight Million Gallons
Capacity Advertised For-SuppIy
VIII BE- Enough for Many Years.


Residents of the high levels in and anout
.,,i,,rt,,, ~ b,,-, ,ssura nce of nlenty
wtS'ns ''ii ~ - rr,;,nt 80 ,rr,.
| OF Wtter dip, t'es>"ie s"ii'''h' " N"ii'
ii where needed.
lhetcSt OF tne tEe'u tNtHlhhoh edhnpeH
CINE recently put IN the street pumping >ta-
ton is Amos, completed, and it shows
that ihemnchipcry W ilIloil : work n nd more.
In adam ON The Sn,,.iT,ca,inns nave been
80 49,, an, h,,, .,,,,.erii.cI for ,no,bcr
li'"uc W on"
pumping NC
gallons uaE. lhis VIII oelh t'iace "i'nin
year.
ORR .i,l,v IeSled wa, made by n milwaukee,
firm and in The words of an enthusiastic
engineer who mas been watching il. service
..ls Ten wears ahead of the times" II is
a,hnga MEG, of machinerv. consisting essen.
tally of three cylinders with three double
co.: ,,nn,ns
isT1ITpr rxrpcy I-rIr ,ypn
IN M H.'i."' F. - -.
Engineers h"o" u az I" '''P'e '"i"'haiuii
engine. Tie steam enters on one Siuc
and passes through each OF the. three
Cylinuers SO that ITS entire energy Is nth
lied lis temperature is 100 degrees when
il goes into tie high pressure cylinder aud
l 30 degrees when IL Iass,S out of the low
pressure INTO the pipe Leaning to the COLI
denser
The three pistons move with greaf speed
as compared with ordinary pumps. At
each stroke about a Hogshead of water rs
dr:lwn from a 2O-inch nam at the level
of the street, and on the other side or
the double pump the same amount OF water
is forced into another main leading to
Mt Pleasant and other high locations.
Steam is supplied by two new boilers
nut in by Il Baltimore flrn, which re
also undergoing a test.
The whole outfit cost S29 600. The
contract calls for the use of IL, 500
pounds of coal each day and the delivery
of 1900 900 gallons or water against IA
pressure OF 1856 pounds to the square men
The initial pressire in the pipe from which
the water is taken IS three POUNDS 70 me
square Inch Each poiier b nas tne eaia a,:
TO supply steam lor 20" non w.
engine; lme eIs III Is ~ "ITv
les ilNu iiS Sai a'ii 49,
The test is being made Dy Coz: James W.
Perry, of the chief engineers office III the
War Department He was assigned to the
, u,s ny Az ra,ord iS n,adc Of what The
enoinn is doirp As the water is deliy-
ere5 int mo mains there is no means to
Sntermine nv a',,I,,I measurement after de-
iSvnr,. me oTantitv of water Dumpt.d The
estimate is made nv measurement of the
,onn.i,,, Of an Of The force nuuns for
o oaii! - Ua ~ tho nistnn Tbcn the nun
har cf Stroles nor minnie is counted. and
H. a,anyiIv G6.iivnred a,h minute Is
rnnpd bv multipiication.
i'ssu cfoct ,nnioaIorS ire attached 70 The
-, d 'r,TirS ~ hi,h would i'm mediately
shnIip INV irpa,s,,Isriiv in The aciion of the
nnynn prrsnre raupes also show how
,,.,,al, ,,rSSrra inch The eng inc is
nue. ~ md rrror,, Of th1s 100
!, W 49,, ~ - ii,n,.@ n ,tav
Is np,S lo1 Ibcst. ohser%stiors unon the en-
,,in'. he vnrls of The hnIlers is noted under
ginr tne ,S,, ~ nv Tpe c,,,i and " ..ier
@ .i',i mi a recnrd is made or The
ar ",t- "a a1b dav Instruments were
p.an l,.:s, -, NV Inc Nor rpnt of Dioisturf
"a, IL 500, mi ,hrSe have IA lied IA shoy
-. -. mi 10 Ipr.S In, hest n nnIiances
go -, 'tn,iirat, III. steam X ansoluiely
M " IL '''i'
AhhAD of nv !. = a ~, -, ~,
Inc results 10 udie ar ouiiiiii.. , - ~