Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25

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out W. pumps and two boilers and a
tank that will hold several days sup
ply there Is no sufficient protection
against fires.
Again the friction in pipes Is great.
In pipes 1000 feet long On a given vol
umn OF water per minute it is s times
a. much in a inch pipe as in a 8 inch
pipe. And in a 8 inch pipe it is 1
times As much a. in an 5 inch pipe.
And in an s inch pipe carried to It's
highest capacity OF 80 cubic feet per
minute it is times a. great as in a 10
inch pipe of the And : ten inch
pipe viii deliver 80 cubic feet PEI
minute with - Of the friction that an
s inch pipe viii deliver 80. Therefore
no main that supplies the others in
this city shoHld be less than 10 inches
and remember that here our 5 inch
main is to ne over 10000 feet long.
1t IS the same with water as with
smoke only in a larger degree. Every
body ought to know hat reduction of
size and angles retard the flow. The
losses OF head and of energy due to fric-
ton OF pipe-wall and to resistance of
d3Z4CNs 1null dtiiOl@. tlGs littitdSt
with the square of the velocity and
they occasionally consume so much of
the head that a very small fraction of
the entire head only remains 10 gene
rate the final velocity.of flow" Fan
ming P. 276 and .'if a pipe is l foot in
diameter 1000 feet long (ours from
tank to court yard will be SCOOP and
flowing with a free end and under 100
feet of head the loss at one 80 degrees
bend whose eXial radius of curvature
equals four diameters will be ~ feet
of head"p p, 272 and further bends in
crease the loss of energy and of flow
and in $ inch pipe the loss is still
greater. Eng. News June '95 ..Itis
a common mistake TO make the pipes
or mains too small. 1t is not unusual
to find them only four inches in diam
etero or less when supplying extensive
territories. In ease of a large fire the
draft upon such a pipe is so great that
the pressure and the supply become
seriously deficient p. 500, The
flow can only be one way through the
s inch pipe. The hydrant streams in
case of fire is so cubic feet per minute
when the pipe is 1000 feet and static
head 150 feet--a 4 inch pipe cannot
furnish 2-an s inch pipe can furnish 8
and a 10 inch pipe can furnish 5
streams, For fire purposes a city has
no use for 4 inch pipe except when it
is very short and laid under the most
favorable circumstances, and then
when a dead end it is almost certain to
be frozen when you want to use it
most. For domestic purposes a 1 inch
pipe will supply water but not for fire
P lrposes unless you wish to encourage
The fire by the spray.
There are many questions that cannot
now be considered such as the expense of
maintaining a station 3 miles away and the
question of a pressure and friction in
over ; miles OF pipe besides those incident
ally referred to before and the necessity of
two pumps and two boilers and that an en-
CINE that can just do the work costs % per
cent more 70 run than a more powerful en-
CINE.
Water works has received as much atten-
ton for a wear as health would permit and
more than business would justify and it is
thought that careful investigation will lead
good business men TO believe that in all the
are correct. The men who are to paw the !
taxes should look before they again take a
leap, When commenced, 60 days clear
weather. ought to see the last dollar ex-
pended and but few men can expect to get
20 days work and they cannot afford to take
that in question in considering so important
a matter. Ny friends VINO carefully read
and consider this will understand why l re-
fuse 70 90 off in support of a chimerical pro-
july =. 1875 JoHS G. CLARK.
Beet sugar production in California
this year promises to be larger than
usual in spite OF adversely in the
form Of governmental frowns. Ac-
cordir~ to the Pacific Rural Press.
the Ch.uo company have 100000 tons
OF beets under contract. which is
nearly double the mount worked up
in any year under the old bounty
system. The factoay has Just re-
ceived ) 1000 sugar sacks from the
East to be used in the shipment of
the product OF the sugar factory this
year. 1t is said that probably ten
times that number will be required /
for the shipment of the entire pro-
duct. The factory counts or going
ahead without the bounty by paving
growers less for the beets and by paw
ing workmen less wages. Those who
can see III protective or promotive
governmental measures only advan-
tage to capitalists can take a look at
this proposition. The farmer and
the laborer are the parties who have
to take the force of the blow. If the
manufacturing capitalist cannot push
off the conclusion on to these bumpers
he simply pulls himself out of the
vicinity-Current Topics.
Wankesha Despatch: Poor old An
thonv Comstock, censor of public
morals, always looking for something
to harrow his chaste soul with, is now
directing his bitterest diatribe against
the woman on the wheel, and especi-
ally against the new costume. which
he characterizes as half mannish, half
nondesdript, wholly unwomanly. Mr..
Comstock's views on this subject will
probably not deter anyone from ~
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