The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-06-13
TIC c,,x water SUPPLY.

The CITY Water supply.
The fire engine was taken TO the arte-
sian we'll n week ago tonight and the
suction hose attached to see what effect
it would hayPon the we'll. Contrary to tho
expectations OF many the well couldn't
be pumped dry. To the surprise of some,
however, tho water could be lowered.
Funny wasn't it. The largest pump
which could be placed in the we'll would
be a single action pump with a 4-inch
cylinder and IS inch stroke. The fire
engine has a double acting pump with
six inch cylinders, and if worked to lts
full strength it has more than double
the capacity of a single acting pump of
the same size cylinder. pump which
would furnish all the water Kimball
can use under ordinary conditions and
the same restrictions as are applied to
the consumers OF water IN other towns
wouldn't throw Il stream OF water five
feet. So much Tor the value of the en-
CINE as a means of testing the well. 1t
should be borne in mind. too, that the
suction hose was not placed over six feet
in the well. Couid it have been lowered
to a point where the pressure CORES
pended with the amount OF water re-
quired by the engine the water would
not be lowered beyond that point. For
every 21s feet water is raised it takes a
pressure OF n pound. At a certain
pressure it is easy Of calculation the
of a certain size. If q column of easing
could be erected LOCO feet in hight it
would require a pressure Of 400 pounds
at the bottom to force water to the top.
For the first fow feet the water would
rise with tremendous rapidity and force.
gradually Stacking as it neared the top
exactly on the same principal as a rifle
ball shot into the air. The water in a
LOGO foot well which barely flows cannot
of course fill q vacuum made in the up
per ten feet as rapidly as It can be made
with a powerful pump. 1T is necessary
to go lower to meet the conditions de-
mandcd by the pump.
Apropos Of what was said in the
GRAPHIC last week about an aermOtOr
and storage tank, it has this further sug-
gestion 10 offer; The principal expense
attached to a plant of this kind is in the
tank and its foundation and substitute
ture. The aermotOr and tower are cOm-
paratiyely inexpensive. Let the city
take away the house over the well and
put up a steel tower and aermotor and
pump the water into the mains. The
cost of the outfit would not exceed two
or three hundred dollars, and we are
greatly mistaken if it would not be
worth all 1t cost--if only used until we
got another artesiaa well. 1t would not
only put more water into the mains than
they have had for years. but would at
the same time demonstrate at small cost
the actual capacity Of the well. If it
was found, too. that the water was there
in plenty a storage tank could afterward
, be put up in order to have plenty of
water on hand for fire purposes and in a
3 dry spell. Or the experiment could be
made at much less than the price named
BY putting up a smaller wheel and
(, pump. The mains Will not hold much
J water and it would not require a large
pump to keep them full. We think $3.50
would paw for such IN outfit.
9 The advantage Of buying al aermotor
and pump Of the largest capacity would
! be that in case it was decided to retain
I the system and not sink another well we
would have already erected just what
t was wanted so Tar as it went unless the
expense OF the heavy tower necessary
+, for q 16 foot wheel was TOO expensive. In
plants of this kind it is customary to run
l the tower above the tank with its sup.
4 ports a part OF tils ~substructure. II a
| temporary tower and small aermOtol
were put up it could probably be disposed
l of at half price and the convenience 0
having plenty of water in the main.
t would, as said, would be worth all i
! cost even il used but a year.
!, The GRAPHIC believes that it is only q
question Of time when the plan it has
sugg ested for supplying the town witt
t water for tho time being will be carried
! out. There will be considerable monkey
lng-around and discussing this idea ant
3 that one. but see if we're not right.
Awarded
Highest Eonors-tVcvId's Fair,