The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-11
MR.. ZELL.S PLAN

i NIX. LEAA , PLAN
To Give Lafayette q System OF
Waterworlks and Eloctr1c
1 Lights.
The people of Lafayette will soon
have an opportunity to say if they
want waterworks and electric lights.
At its last meeting the City Council
adopted a resolution auth orizing the
committee to advertise for bids tor
the construction of the proposed
plants in accordance with the plans
and specifications of Mr.. Robert r.
Zell, the engineer whose services
were engaged by the council some
time ago. We understand that the
committee will act at once and will
lose no time in advertising for bids.
At its next meeting it is very likely
that the council will authorize the
mayor to issue call for an election
to obtain the sense of the voters
as to the levying of the special S.
mill-tax for two years which will be
necessary to raise the required
funds. In the meantime the COM
mittee will be at work on the bids
and it will be in a position to fur
nish all information in an intelli-
gent and comprehensive manner.
The system of waterworks as de-
signed by Mr.. Zell is what is known
as both direct and storage. There
will be a compound pumping en-
CINE that will lift the water from the
wells and pump it direct into the
ater-mains underneath the streets
and also into the water-tower to
which the mains will be connected.
This tower, which will be built of
steel plates riveted together, will be
IL feet in diameter and 125 feet
high; it will hold over 100, 900 gal
Ions, giving a pressure of IS pounds
per square inch, which will throw a
stream of water IS feet from the end
of ~ Inch hose nozzle, but this
can be increased when the pump is
delivering direct into the street
mains. There is to be AZ patent fire
hydrants with two 2H-inch hose
connections on each hydrant. Mr..
Zell has laid out the location of
these hydrants SO that all parts of
the town will be protected, as can
be seen by the maps on exhibition
at the post Office and at other places
in town. The maps furnished by
Mr.. Zell are very we'll gotten up
and show at they were drawn by
The specifications are
also carefully drawn.
The electric light plant will con;
sist of two direct, connected high
speed engines, drawing two 80 -kilo
dynamos of capacity to furnish
both arc and incandescent lights
from on@ system of wiring. Two
safety boilers of 7o-horse
power each will supply the steam.
The combination of the water
works AMI electric light plants will
reduce the cost of operation, as the
engines operating the plant can
pump the water-tower full every
night, the boilers supplying both
engines with steam at the same time.
The cost of operating a combined
plant will be half Of what it would
be if the plants were run separately.
With this system of waterworks it
will only be necessary to have hose
to put out fires. In other
towns the people have successfully
fought against fires with plants SINH
lar to the one which we hope to
have in the near future. The mains
will be constructed of standard iron
coated with asphaltum.
The facilities for the supply of
water will be excellent. The water
to be had here is of superior
quality; it is pure and soft, and for
washing and culinary purposes it is
Mrs. G. E. Won Hofe and little
Olive, of New Orleans,
no IN Iof,veffe within the next