The record-union., 1899-07-20
DEvINE-M WATER SCHEME
THE CITY MAY HAVE IT FOR
100000.
DR.. Van Norden Also Submits q
Proposition for Yuba
Supply.

The committee of citizens appointed
to investigate and report upon the best
method of supplying the city with an
adequate supply of pure water, met
at the Mayors Office last night, Vice
Chairman Grau presiding.
The Secretary, S. Luke Howe, an
nounced that considerable printed mat
ter respecting the water supply of
other cities in the United States had
been received from the Chamber of
Commerce and elsewhere, all of which
was at the disposal of the several SUBJ
committees. He was also in possession
of letter sent to the Board of Trus-
tees by John Fitzgerald who desired to
sell to the city twenty acres of land or
portion thereof, which lies about a
mile east of the city and on which a
number of wells are situated, as a site
for water supply The land could be
purchased for $500 an acre, and the
owner would allow wells to be bored,
provided, in case the water was found
pure, that the city would bind itself
to buy the land. The communication
was referred to the Committee on
Wells.
A lengthy communication from Mr..
Muir, containing plans and estimates
for his proposition of bringing water
to the city from a point below Folsom,
was read. In part, it was as follows:
Having been invited by you to meet
with the Sacramento Water Commit
tee, and after due consideration I deem
it best to make the following state
ment that it may be referred to at any
time. To take the water when dis
charged by the Folsom Power Com
pany and from the American River a
canal to have capacity of 1OS square
feet to l foot of canal; dimensions, 20
foot top, 10 foot bottom, feet deep,
grade l foot per mile, carrying ca
pacity about 5000 miners inches. Hav-
ing looked over the ground with a view
to carefully estimate the cost and prac-
t1cability of the plan, I submit to you
my conclusions with liberal estimates
of the cost. The end of canal would be
this side of fifteen-mile house, esti-
mated the storage capacity Of canal is
about 250, 400 cubic feet. To get the
storage room it requires the removal
of nearly double the ground, which
would be 100000 cubic yards, at 20
cents per cubic yard would cost to re-
move the same $4,000 The five filter
ing ponds, l acre, S feet each, contain
ing 1,142, 400 cubic feet and about Co.
600 cubic yards, at 25 cents per cubic
yard, and cost to eXcavate the five
filtering ponds, S15,250. Thus we have
storage capacity to draw from o.
92,60O cubic feet. The greatest storage
capacity of the Folsom Power Company
is less than 100000 cubic feet, and the
greatest length of time it would take
to fill their storage capacity would be
four hours. Thus you see the storage
is nearly three times greater than the
Folsom Power Company, and having
plenty storage capacity to meet all
needed wants. The filtering ponds
would take about 1000 square yards of
concrete cement at Sc per yard, $4,000
to place the same; the sand, gravel and
rock for filters, $1,000; pipes, 80 inches
in diameter and 80 pounds per lineal
foot, castings for gates. and steel pipe
would be about 2,217,6 900 pounds at 6
cents per pound Thus connecting
pipe to city mains on east side of city
at pumping plant, $133,O0O; to cut
trench and lay pipe, 81, 800
Electric plant can be put in for
$4,000, consisting of 1000 H. P. for
sufficient for the present, under this
system, thus doing all power pumping
required. We will raise the estimated
price to $4,000 and for pumps and
sundry expenses 100000.
The plant would cost:
For canal ......... Sl0.0UU
For filtering ponds :. ..... il, 250
Concrete in place =. :. :. :. 12.000
Sand. gravel and rocks :. .. 5000
Gates, castings, etc.. E. :. =. 1873 900
Cutting trench, etc.. :. :. .. 10000
City water-total.. :. =. 80. $3.50, $50
Electric power plant :. :. .. $4,000
Pumps, buildings, etc.. =. =. 100000
Iotal .SfOo, ,ZoO
The cost Of running a similar electric
plant, as taken from the books of the
expense, including everything needed
for running the same for one year, for
$4,000. This improvement takes the
place of the present pumping at Water
Works, of sewer plant and lights,
which cost the city S76,40629."
The remainder of the report dealt
with the character of filter, etc. The
report was placed on file.
DR.. Power of the Committee on