The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-02
BrOOkhaven will Hereafter Have
An Abundance of Both.
THE WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT ABOUT READY
TO TURN OVER TO THE CITY.
What the City VIII Receive for Its A4O,-
600 iu Twenty-Year Bonds-Light
and Water Rates, Etc.

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also been tested, and the work of tap
ping the mains for supplying watel
to stores and private residences is vel
under way and being pushed as rapidly
as practicable. 1t is now expected
that the Mayor and Board of Alder
men will formally receive the principal
part of the work from the contractors
this week, probably at a meeting
Thursday night, accept the water
tower and tank which are under sepa
rate contract and in course of con
struction, but not yet completed.
In this connection THE LEADER con
siders it timely to give to it's readers
somewhat in detail what the people ol
the city are to receive for the $4,000
bond issue voted for these improve
ments last summer, the names Of
the contractors who performed the
work, etc.
PIPE LINE.
There are about six miles OF
cast-iron water mains, ranging from
10 to inches in diameter and weigh
ing nearly 500 tons. There are As
double-nozzle "Corey" fire-hydrants
and 80 valves on the line.
WATER TOWER.
This is located near the Power House
Its object is to give supply of water
at good pressure when the pumps are
not running. 1t consists of steel
tank % feet in diameter and 25 feet
high, supported by a structural steel
tower 105 feet high, giving total
height of 130 feet. The capacity Of
the tank is 10000 gallons.
POWER HOUSE.
This is built of brick, with cut-stone
trimmings. Dimensions, 54x77 feet.
The metal roof is supported by steel
trusses. The building contains Dyna-
mo, Engine and Pump Room, 36x51
feet; Boiler room, 36x37 feet Office
and Store Room, 14x26 feet
Toilet Room, 5x10 feet; and
Vestibule Sx10 feet. There is ample
space in building for future enlarge
ment of boiler, pumping and electric
lighting capacity.
MACHINERY.
The Boiler Room contains 2 60 inch
by 16 feet, horizontal tubular boilers
of eighty horse power, each with 70
feet of metal stack, manufactured by
Casey Il Hedges, of Chattanooga
The Dynamo, Engine, and Pump
room contains two Worthington Du.
plex compound non-condensing pump
ing Engines, capable of pumping "a
million gallons of water each per day
a Knowles Sx10xl2 duplex compress.
ser with air-receiver, etc. Filler 4
Stowell l4x32 100 horse power Corliss
Engine, with 13 foot, "a inch face
double crowned pulley directly belted
to two dynamos, one a 35 light direct
current arc-machine for the street
lamps, and the other 60 Kilowatt AL
ternator for incandescent service. A
Stillwell Feed Water Heater and Du
pick Smith Vaile Boiler feed-pump
There are also an EXETER for the in
candescent dynamo and polished mar
BILE switch boards for the electrical in
struments.
RESERVOIR.
Just in rear of the building is the
Reservoir, 26 feet in diameter and 2.
feet deep, from which the pumps draw
, water to supply the mains and water
tower Capacity of Reservoir 100000
gallons.
| WELLS.
The Reservoir is supplied from tive
six inch non-fowing artesian wells
160 feet deep. The Bacon Air Lif
, System is used for pumping, com
pressed air being forced to the bottom
of the wells which in escaping to th'
surface raises the water into the Res
eryoir at the rate of over 200 gallons {
minute, or nearly 100000 gallons daily
The reservoir is also supplied with al
Air Lift by means of which compressed
air may be easily and quickly applied t.
the reservoir for cleaning purposes.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
There are2 81 2000- candle-power stree
lamps, and orders already for about
800 incandescent lights. Incandes
cent lights will be turned on as rapid
ly as they can be connected to th'
circuit.
TEST.
The test of pipeline for severa
hours with continuous pressure o
: 125 pounds per square inch develope'
only two small leaks and which wer
repaired in few hours. This is proc
of an exceptionally good job of pip
caulking.
PROMINENTLY CONNECTED WITH TIL
WORK.
Saunders & Porter, Consulting En-
gineers, Louisville, KY; Granber
jackson, G. E., Resident Engineer O.
Construction.
RI General Contractors for hydrants
valves, pipe-laying, building, reservoir
pumps, boilers, engine, dynamos, ant
electrical construction, Guild & White
Chattanooga, Tenn; personally rep
resented here by George M. Guild, o
Nashville, Tenn. I; Contractors for Pip
and Specials, Howard Harrison Iro
ICo., Bessemer, Ala; Contractor 70
Wells, Ike Feitel, New Orleans, La
iContractor for Air Compressor an
lair Lift, Knowles Steam Pump Work.
New York; Contractor for Waite