The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-03
THE WATER SURELY AL RIGHT,
Plenty of Water If Consumers Would
Close Their Hydrants.

Plenty of Water If Consumers Would
Close Ihsir Hydrants.
Few people in Savannah have ulder-
stood why they have not been able 10
set water in the second stories OF their
houses during the last week. and COM
plants have been numerous at the
water works. Supt. Manning has been
kept busy answering inquiries. One lady
notified the superintendent yesterday
that she would leave Savannah IL she
could not get water in her house.
Morning News reporter went out to
the water works to inquire into the
trouble. There is, It seems. no blame TO
be placed upon the water works or those
in charge. The fault is with the consum-
ers who have neglected to close their
MIGRANTS. The statistics, taken from the
records at the water works, show that ev-
cry EFFORT has been made to supply the
city with water. Taking an average day,
when the pressure is of during the night,
the supply well al the works contains
eight feet of water at o'clock in the
morning, and with the usual day pressure
1t is reduced about two feet, but the
opening Of the valves during the past
week throughout the city formed sieve
on the ground level. and as there was no
resistance, the water went to waste, in
stead of going 10 upper floors.
At o'clock a. m, Dec. Is, the morning
of the hard freeze the wen had eight
feet of water, and by constant pumping
II was reduced to five feet by o clock
p. m. At u o'clock midnight ii was down
to S.9 feet. Saturday at Z a. m. there was
only three feet in the well, and at y
o'clock midnight the records show only
% feet; during the twenty-four hours
S,5l4,ll7 gallons of water had been pumped
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the figures
"a a hTn 11a rs of Saturday
There was lao overflow, and not a drop
Of water was wasted a the works. The
closing Of some of the valves in the city
yesterday enabled the water works TO
get on more pressure, and the majority
of buildings were supplied with water in
the upper floors. At ] o'clock there was
four and one-half feet of water in the
well, and the pressure was thirty-fve
pounds. The engineer remarked that or
dinarily the pressure would be increased
to seventy pounds, If it were not for the
outlets in the city. In comparing the
amount eff water which has flowed
through the pipes, the record of Christ
mas day was taken. on that day 225,1O6
gallons of water were pumped The aV-
erage is 6,50O, 900 gallons day. Dec. 2o the
commencement of the freeze, 7,l3Ln5 gal
Ions were pumped. The next day the
amount reached S,6l4,117; Dec. 80 1t was
7,69l,3S3 gallons; Dec. 81 $685. gallons
and Jan. / 7.776.527 gallons.
The system for keeping the records Is
plain, simple and complete, and can be I'M
derstood by anyone who Will take the
time to visit the water works. When II
is considered that about $500 gallons per
minute is pumped into the mains, in the
the middle Of the night, when 1t is sup
posed that little or no water is used, IL
is a wonder where all Of it goes, but when
there has been an average Of $40 gal
Ions a minute pumped during the last
week there is reason to believe that the
leaks have been greauy increased. There
is one other point which shows that ev-
cry endeavor was made to give a sufficient
supply of water. During the intense
warm weather last June, when everybody
used water to sprinkle streets and lawns,
the wells were reduced TO four ana one
half feet at night, while at CLOCK IN
the morning they had regained ther us
ual eight feet, at which point there IS an
overflow During the past week there has
been no nightly repenishing. as the waste
Of water has continued and the flow OF
the wells has been used to ill the mains
both day and night.
Il wish you would inform the public,
said Can't Manning, "that l am not the
boss plumber of this city. l am not re
sponsible for the condition Of pipes il
private houses, and the city has nothing
to do with mending these pipes People
telephone me every minute in the day
about their water pipes, as If they eN-
pected me to mend them"
Capt Manning said his life is being
made a burden by people who ask him
when he is going to get the water pres
sure up again.
Say. captain" said friend, who came
along just then, when are you going to
get the water on my second floor? lily
old lady is raising Cain about it,
The superintendent reply would not
look well in print in a family journal
like the Morning News.
There was plentiful supply of water
on the third floor Of the Morning News
yesterday.