The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20

step by ssep az the population increased;
pumps and mains mad been added 10
meet the necessity s.,. 60
ne,r after numerous surveys ana exc
anil .ticns recommended site ana plhi,
Tor a new reservoir. which was adopted
by the Council, and constructea unier
his directions during me ysar ,o.t an'
tcan about one mile west OF the old res
ervotr ard two-thirda OF mile from the
river. conveniently situateh LOT NV
puoa location. which would nave 70 ue
seleeted The a neg Contains Contains 100000 gal
Ions being divided into two equal com
na,t,nenfs by a division bank The banks
are twenty-four feet high. and are COIN
posed Of good oansIp,i nddsit BY rolling with
earruaated rollers after being spread ~
thin layers The inner, SLOPE ~ t w "
one. the center one ana ons-nhli W onI,
snd csref,f,iy tnrfcd, The inner slope IL
a nav Win 'bricits laid on edge IN hy-
drsuiic cement on the top OF the banks
there is a gravelled roadway, twenty
feet wide. margined on the water she
by granite coping ana IRON c i1mes six
,nrbes thick which 10 from three TO four
fect lower than the floor line 70 the CITY
and has a gradual fall TOWARDS the cen.
I've NJ the northern bank, where. TWO cast
IRON waste mains I-ass through the
In the division bank there are con-
structed two chambers or wells. Inc N
Nncnt chamber. near the south Dank.
&c h,,llt If brick and stone, and the gates
are So arranged that the water can pc
pumped into one or botn compartments az
Inc bolt IN. or allowed 10 rise anu now
into either basin GOVT alo sso'e Fran this
sbarnher two 20-inch cast-iron mains pass
through the southern bank. the ei1uei;; ,
chamber, near the northern paiIn, o" ~,
of brick and stone, nag thros gaies on
osch eidc with scrcens). at different ele-
yations onening into the two company
menfs Two D-inch mains pass from tnis
chamber through the northern bank. the
floors Of the infuent and enuent cnani-
hers are three ana TOUR iees aDoo rov LA
| Inc for a large settling space in each Da-
! sin on the outer slopes OF both banas
| there are stone vaults in winch are piac-
'rr,n surface OF the water is thirty-seven
| feet higher than that OF the old reservoir,
| and rariy-two feet above the hiEhes'
| J0int in the city. A 2i-inch main. pass
| INC alongside the old reservoir. leads 10
| The old pminD. and is connected by sep
| arate connections with the old reservoir
| and the twenty four-inch main TO the
| CITY. In order that II may be used eithel
as Dump or supply main. FROM inc
| north side Of new reservoir a @-inch main
| having a gradually descending grade, II
| laid 10 the city. and along this main are
| numerous valves and branches, providing
| for future extensions.
Moai PUMPS NETDEp.
The reservoir was completed and put IN
use January, 1919. -Four years ailer ns
ed 10 $50 &4 gallons, and the rate pei
| capita per day was " gallons. Moro
gmInps were needed. the present pumps
| being In need of repairs, as the TAX upoI
! them. humping through long ana ton
I n the TfECrNOiT. WAS
! very heavy. Surveys for new pump
site we're made by Colonel Cutshaw. ane
! Al Was ascertained by him that TO supply
/ the reservoir by gravitatlon, condui
| costing several million dollar, and from
| 20 70 ~ miles long, would nave 70 Do
| built SO this idea was abandoned. ~
finally recommended location for I'M
new pump works, on the James Rivel
and Kanawha Canal from which powel
would be gotten two miles west OF tn
old pumps and two-thirds OF mile iron
the new reservair. -,
plan. and under his direction the worl
was commenced and finished. AT thu
! point there were two locks near together
each having a lift OF ten feet. A new
channel was cut around the locks, which
gave "A head of ~ feet. A channel wa
also cut around third lock. about tw'
| miles further west, and bead-walI an'
gates put IN. The canal channel wa
deepened and widened for distance
westwardly six and one-half miles; an
"A feeder at this point, leading from tn
canal to the river was also deepened an
widened. The feeder entered the rive
about 900 feet above Bosher's DAM
substantial dam already built and use
by the canal At the junction Of tn
feeder andcanal a granite Read-wall witt
gates was erected. The area Of the chan
mel was enlarged to a capacity OF 80
cubic feet per second. \ substantial
stone pump-house Of Gothic design wa
erected. and a head-wall. with waste
gates, built at the lower end of the fore
bay. The flow of the canal is nearly
three times the quantity required for IN
| present pumps.
After careful examination of vari
Gus competitive designs for pumps an'
water-wheels, combination submitted b.