The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-27


consult the voters of the village before
urging any action upon the Council.
1t is most certainly true that Mr..
Wean's sentiments were
NOT CORRECTLY REPRESENTED
in the article in question, but neither
did he correctly represent himself. Very
many beside myself have distinct re
membrance Of vain attempt to convict
Engineer Chaplin Of q mistake. He as
serted as a deduction from the statement
that the rate Of flow was thirty feet per
minute that as the time necessary for
the water to travel from the reservoir to
Square was seventeen hours every citi-
zen would be seriously incOnvenienced
by having to wait seventeen hours for
water after opening his hydrant. He
also dilated upon our deplOrable cOndi-
tiOn under those circumstances in case Of
fire. 1t may have been Mr.. Wean's pur-
pose to make the engineer responsible
for such an egregiOus blunder, but his
language made him assume it for him
self greatly to the amusement of the au-
deuce. His own friends admit that they
had the same understanding of his re-
marks and are entirely unable to ac-
count for his blunder. Engineer Chaplin
made no mistake in this particular.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained that
just previous to the question of rate of
flow, he had been discussing the possible
daily consumption of water which he
placed at 10000 gallons. Now as the
rapidity of flow depends upon a variety
of conditions and none were stated, he
had a right to assume that the question:
er had in mind its ratio to the daily CON-
sumption as estimated, which would Be
thirty feet per minute. Moreover, q
speed Of thirty feet per minute in le-
inch pipe would have a pushing force Of
over 5000 pounds which would have
some considerable effect upon any OBJ
structiOn in the pipe.
Of course it is understood by all that
the rate of flow depends upon the con-
sumption. With the main wide open
a pressure of seventy-twO pounds to the
square inch will cause the pipe will dis
charge 855 gallons per minute, 81, 300
per hour, 1,231, 200 per day. The clean
ing of the mains, if ever necessary, is a
very simple matter.
Probably more was expected Of Mr..
Chapins answer than he was aware and
he failed to give complete satisfaction
on this point because the information
desired was not specifically stated. Not
all had The same difficulty with his state
ment and this ought to count for some
thing in his favor.
There was no intention on my part tn
report what Mr.. Wean meant to say, but
rather what he did say. The general ac.
curateness of this may be verified by con,
sulting the short hand notes of EditOI
StOddard.
SOME WILD FIG URING.
In view of the ease with which Mr..
Webster lets the pond water out OF my
exposition of the financial part of tht
programme, | desire to re-eXamine my
contention for fear there was a lack Of
clearness.
1t will be remembered that the village
stands committed to an investment Of
$35, 600 for waterwOrks with an annua
expense of 1,750 for interest and run
ming expense of $500, total annua
outlay of $3,250. These gentlemen VIII
now oppose the gravity system have u
to date conceded that the corporation
can easily meet the obligations that thi
project would place upon it provided gOOI
water is obtained.
We propose now a series Of calculation
based upon the following conditions:
THAT in all matters pertaining t
racticability, to revenue, to purity o
= ter, etc, the two systems shall stan,
w., an equal footing.
must be borne in mind that tn
...,r. the village almost unanimOusl,
ao,,,,,;tru themselves to an inyestmen
~ CO. oooA VI waterworks with an an
mai expense FOR operating of $1,5OO. l
understand M Webster and others wh'
have gone upon record during the re
cent meetings, the ' have not recede'
from their position o. last summer.
Shaving the present endorsement o
the opponents of the graN ~ system upon
the feasibility of power plant there re
mains privilege Of comparing ihe cos'
to the taxpayers Of the two plans and 9
right to claim for the gravity system any
advantage that can be demonstrated
First PrOpositiOn-The cost to the cor
poration during the first five years WheI
the entire burden Of interest and Operat
ing expenses must be borne by the lax
payers, is less than that Of the pOwe
plant, =
Power. Gravit
,,, ,r,orest .. sl,75O $2,J
) Operating expenses ..''' l'oW
| rot.l $3.50 $50
Balance In favor of gravity SYSTEM 81
v Saving of gravity system for fve years sl'I
9 Second proposition Assuming thattI
~ honds ore cancelled at the rate Of $40