Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-29
SPECIFICATIONS


The specifications frequently refer ~ tha
plans. but N the 24th inst. the plans were
not on file win the clerk In this article +
cannot touch upon the legal defects in the
specifications. and must be brief in the refer
ences 10 the mechanical part wall only
- inches thick cannot long withstand such
iresnets a. we have had Eight feet above
the undlSturbed surface of the ground is not
above nigh water mark. The effort to work
IN concert with the city and the furnishing
the shoe and the doing the pumping will end
IN disagreement il not in LITIGATION The
Wei should not be round but elliptical with
a nose at least four feet thick np stream.
Ine specifications are as silent as the dead
about the thickness quality and panels Of the
doors. SASH and glass. and about the finish
Pdiltlhg, iocks ooIts, hinges anchors and
hardware generally al TintfU9l-drawn with
less care than the average man would pre-
pare his specifications for an clubhouse. WHY
put a tWo-uOzzle hydrant on a Finch main
Soe feet away from q largar mains No more
water can be forced through the two than
through one II OF decent size. When we
know that ice and wind have made sad havoc
Of many unenclosed StandpipeS within a few
years IL seems to me that 1t Is very danger
Gus experiment to commence with half-fnch
SteSi OF % cover tlgntly IN this cold country.
But Standpipe failures have been. many and
the errors and omissions have called forth
many articles. and il is very questionable it
an unenclOSed Standpipe ought To he erected
IN as cold country as this. The precise
hnes Of the mains have not yet been deli
nltelY liked, II You have any curiosity to
know how much trouble and expense can
arise from uncertainties. changes and mOdi-
ncatons even IN minor matters. confer with
the mayors OF Darlington and Gutenberg
and they viii enlfghten You, And then when
you Gene to testing the efficiency of the
plant, the specifications are as dumb as an
oyster about the pressure at the hvdrants to
be selected and about the size OF hose noz-
zies. the quantity of water. and the vertical
and horizontal distance to be thrown at any
given MIGRANTS to be selected The specifi-
cations say that any leaks or defects in ma
terlai small be remedied at once and made
entirely satisfactory to the city council be-
fore being accepted. but the council will
nnd that they must accept if the plant is put in
according to plans and Specifications As the
council has determined to accept light pipe
what. ii on the first unusual strain (os even
necessary trlaD pipe should burst VINO
must replace the pipef Net the contractors
unless you can clearly show that the pipe was
defective. cannot 60 through these speci-
ncatlons and point out what 10 me are de-
fects or omissions. close by saying COM
pare these specifications land plans If they
are yet completed and aCceSSible) with those
where tests are required to be made nv pres
sure at the engine and by pressure at several
MIGRANTS to be selected by the council at the
time, ana by the streams to be thrown from
noZzles OF given size for given distances hor-
lzontally and perpendicularly for several
| hours designated in specifications) and All
al the same time, and then repeat all these
al given times months afterwards and say if
| your interests have beeu protected and If
these specifications have been carefully pre-
pared And further; nothing is said in the
specifications about the class of pig-iron out
| OF which the pipe and the steel plates for
| tank are to be made; nothing about the
auiouut Oh phosphorus In the plates; nothing
about the plates. when cold. bending nat upon
themselves without showing any signs of frac-
ture. and nothing about who make the tests:
about the quality of the metal and many
more that cannot call attention to in this
article. It is also said that another reason
why deep well cannot be used is that an
engine so constructed as to lift from deep
we'll cannot be used as force pump. l am
assured that such pumps are made and used
entirely in deep well parts of the country,
and that smaller one is now being used In
PotOsi. JOHN @ CLARK
| August 18th, 1895