The record-union., 1899-09-18

necessary to hold discharge pipes in
place The maximum lift for the
pumps to be about % feet, and the
location of the plant to be west OF
Front street about 100 feet from river
levee. The discharge pipes to be laid
through the leyee near the top there
of and to descend into the river TO a
point below low water mark. The
siphon principle to be availed of for all
lifts above surface water in river. Each
bidder shall furnish detailed plans ana
Specifications for the pumping plant
complete, including sump, and shaIl
state lump sum for performing the
entire work Each bid must be ac-
companied by a certified check made
payable to the order of the City Clerk
for an amount not less than ten per
cent Of the aggregate of the bid.
| In further proof of the unusually high
price demanded by the contractors bid
ding for the construction of the pro-
posed temporary sump, I here quote
from the estimates given in the New
berry specifications and estimates:
Steel pipe made of 3s-inch steel, o6
inches in diameter dipped in and thor
oughly covered with asphaltum, S3.oO
per foot, sixty feet of which would
only cost S210
These are all good and sufficient rea-
sons why this city should not this time
enter into this contract for the con-
struction Of the proposed temporary
sump when we know we can have
substantial, permanent sump built and
good dry building to receive the mo-
| tor, boilers, engines, pumps and all
( oh 6iSnOS6l
of all sewerage and drainage of this
city for many years to come, and which
will occupy no more time and can be
built for less money than the temper
ary sump now proposed to be construct
ed at a cost of $4,000.
The actual description of the perma-
nent sump proposed by Mr.. Kent is
herewith given, and the man who pre-
pared these plans is one of the most
Ecapable and responsible builders in this
State. He is ready to execute the
work here outlined to it's completion
for a sum not to exceed $4,000, and
certainly a growing city of the I'M
portance of this should not consent to
make temporary Improvement when
we know we can have a, permanent one
for the same cost or less.
| The space allotted for the pumping
plant is 30x40 feet square. The area
under this to be excavated "a feet deep;
below this excavation 12-inch piles to
| be driven about three feet on centers:
over these piles 4x12 sills to be laid,
and the entire area planked three inches
thick, thus forming a level bed to re-
ceive the 30-inch concrete monolyth
forming the basework for the main
structure and sump.
/ The outer walls to be 30 inches thick
to the level of the pump floor, and
above the same two feet thick, all
formed of concrete. The machinery
or pump floor is formed by a series OF
| 1S-inch brick arches, which rest upon
the main walls and have intermediate
bearings upon two division walls in the
substructure. thus forming a sump
about ten feet deep under the pump
| floor, the machinery floor proper being
concrete. The outer walls near the
surface of the ground to be skirted
with channel iron, to which latter steel
'sI'' beam -girders are secured, spanning
the aperture in both directions, form
/ ing braces for the walls.
The superstructure is to be of frams,
| covered and enclosed with corrugated
/ iron. The boiler annex to be 16x30
I feet. floor of same to be 1S-inch con-
crete monolyth resting on piles driven
! four feet on centers. The enclosure OF
| the annex is to be a continuation of
main superstructure and similar in
/ construction and finish.
JAMES H DEVINE.
| Sacramento. Sept. II, 1899.