The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10
Water Works For PENIS Grove,

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wealth which our people are creating.
Water Works For PENIS Grove.
Some weeks ago Churchill Hunger
ford, Civil Engineer, of New York,
was in town and made a prospecting
tour of the surrounding country as to
PENIS Groves water supply, in case
water works were ever needed He
sent the following communication to
the Mayor and Council, with the COM
ment that II have made my figures
high IN order that when the accurate
estimate is made they shall not he eX
ceeded and thus aust people to believe
that | mis-represented the facts in or
der to get the work started. They are
sufficiently Close, however, to give you
something to work on until an accur
att. survey is made. l have not devOt-
ed much time to the artesian supply as
you will lever cease to regret it if you
use it,. No manufacturer will ever
locate in your place with such Il sup
ply"
70 the Honorable Mayor and Council of
Penn'S Grove, N J.
GENTLEMEN:-After an examina
ton of he territory surrounding your
town and a careful study of the geode
tic and geological surveys made by the
State, am enabled to give you the
following facts and approximate figures
concerning the construction of a water
works system at Penn's Grove. =
SUPPLY-The first thing TO be con
sideied is,the supply. The Delaware
River is unsuitable as il is brackish or
otherwise polluted at all times. The
most available supply is that which can
be obtained by means of artesian wells.
AT an approximate depth of 235 feet is
a stratum of water bearing sand,
through which flows a supply sufficient
to meet all the needs of Penn's Grove
for many years to come. This water
is clear and cold when first drawn from
the wells and were it not for the large
amount of dissolved mineral matter
would, without doubt, be the best pos
sible supply that Penn's Grove could
obtain. Salts of lime, magnesia, iron
and silica are the principal impurities
and these exist in such large quantities
as to render the water unfit for any but
domestic purposes and would not give
complete satisfaction eve for the lat
ter.
There are many natural advantages
that Peun's Grove possesses which ulti-
malely should cause it to become a
manufacturing town, and If a good
supply of soft water with adequate fire
protection were guaranteed there would
be no dltlirulty in inducing manufact-
uTers to locate here Fortunately, there
is a stream about three and one half
miles from town which is ample in
quantity, is soft, and with the excep-
tiouo being a little muddy in rainy
weather, meets all the requirements of
a first class water supply. The muddi-
ness, or turbidity, Is a matter very
readily
The stream referred to is called Two
Penny Run and at the point where the
WoOdstown road crosses 1t is a dam,
the spill-way of which has been cut
out, but which otherwise appears to be
in good condition. There is also an
abandoned mill at this site, known as
Dancers Mill or the Old Brick Mill.
With the exception of its distance from
town, this is a particularly good site
for the location of a pumping station.
PUMPING STATIoN-As there is not
enough fail TO Z i've sufficient head by
gravity, it will be necessary TO use a
pump. By Tar the most economical
and satisfactory method of doing this
would be- by employing a gasoline en-
CINE to operate a power pump. While
the use of the gasoline engine in this
capacity is comparatively new, it is by
no means an uutried field and sixty or
more water works systems in this coun-
try ale using it with the greatest salts
faction. Its advantages over steam
power in Il small walter works system
ale many. In the first place. the ex
pense OF delivering coal at the pump
ing station would be much greater Than
delivering its equivalent III gasoline In
the second place, when the pump is at
rest there aie no fires to be banked and
no ashes to be disposed of. In the third
place the pump is always ready to ~
at a moments notice, all that is requir'
ed to set it III motion being a turn OF a
valve, a half turn of the fly wheel and
a pull on a lever and the pump Is run
ming at full speed. A steam plant ie
Quiles an experienced engineer and even
though She pumps are not operaLed AZ
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