The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-12
MORE WELLS AT SPRINGFIELD.
CITY WILL DRIVE TWO TO SAVE
RUNNING OLD WATER WORKS.

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placement of All Globe valve and
Hopper Closets, Is Believed to BE
Solution to the water Problem.
Alderman Bacon to OfFer His Globe
Valve Ordinance for Passage at
Next Meeting-where. and when
the Ordinance VIII Go Into Eject.
Alderman Bacon sees a solution TO the
water question in the ordinance against
the use of globe valve closets, which he
expects will pass at the next meeting of
! Council. and in the authority given the
water committee to drive two additional
wells at the Springfield pumping station
The intention is to have these wells
driven at once, the committee having al
ready advertised for BIDS.
The additional wells will give the city
an ample supply of water at the new
station, and will relieve the necessity of
operating both the old and the new plants
when there is a slight increase in the de-
mand At the new station there are now
twelve wells, with capacity of about
100000 gallons of water each a day, and
when the two proposed wells are added
| it is expected the supply will be such as
to give the authorities little uneasiness
of running short
| 1t was the understanding when the water
committee was authorized to spend enough
to drive two wells. that a test should
! first be made to ascertain whether the adj
dilions would in any way interfere with
the flow of those already there. desire
was expressed to comply with this, bur
the committee felt that the only thing to
do, in view of the fact that more wells
were recommended by an expert some
| years ago, was to make the test. While the
bids will have to be submitted to Council
| for its ratification, it seems to be reason
| ably sure that these facilities for an in
creased supply of water will be added 20
| the station in the near future. 1t is estl-
mated that the wells will cost from 1920
| to $500 each. A large saving will re-
| suit to the city even at these figures, il
the old station is not be operated daily.
Driving artesan wells is an interesting
process. Iron castings, twelve inches in
diameter, are sent into the ground in
lengths, one being attached to the other
as the conduit is formed until water IS
reached below. 1t requires a depth Of
about 500 feet to reach a solid stream The
| flow to the surface is then natural, the
| pressure forcing the water to the top OF
the artificial conduit
THE water committee feels that it has
about solved the problem of a possible
shortage in the wafer supply" said Alder
man Bacon. with the increased supply
we intend to create, not only by the ad-
diuonal wells, but by the removal of globe
valve closets and other sources of waste
the city's safely in this regard Is assured
| There is no doubt about this being the best
| and cheapest way out of what threatened
to be a dilemma for the city. The ordinance
against the use of globe valve closets will
be brought up at the next meeting of
Council, and I do not think there is any
doubt about its passage"
The ordinance TO which Alderman Bacon
refers is the one introduced at the last
meeting of Council, providing for discon-
| tinuing the use of globe valve and hopper
closets, and to require their displacement
| with approved tank closets within a pre-
scrlbed time II is provided that these clos
cts shah be displaced for modern flush
| tanks as follows
I'm the territory between the northern
line of the city limits and the northern
| line Of Oglethorpe avenue extended east
to the eastern line of the city limits and
west to the western line of the city limits,
the said globe valve and hopper closets
| shall be taken out and approved tank
closets substituted therefor within two (2)
months from the passage of this ordin-
| ance; in the territory between said north
ern line of Oglethorpe avenue extended,
east and west, and the northern line of
| Jones street extended east to the east
ern boundary of the city and west to the
western boundary within four () months
! from the passage of this ordinance. In
the territory between SAID northern line
| of Jones street extended east and west,
and the northern line or Huntington
| street extended, east to the eastern bound
airy of the city and west to the western
| boundary, within six months from the
passage of this ordinance; in the terri
tory between the said northern line of
! Huntingdon street extended, east and
west. and the northern line of Henry
| street extended east to the eastern boun-
dairy of the city and west to the western
boundary, within eight months from
the passage of this ordinance; and in the
! territory between the said northern line
of Henry street extended and the south
ern boundary line Of the city of Sayan-
nah, within ten months from the mas
sage of this ordinance.
Should the substitute herein provided
| for not be done within the time mentioned
then 1t shall be done by the city of Savan-
nah through its proper officers and Ar the
expense OF the property owners.
AFTER the time mentioned il shall NOT
be lawful for any person to use globe
valve and hopper closets in the city of
| Savannah and any person violating This
| ordinance shall be subject upon convic-
ton i'm the Police Court of the city of Sa
! vannah, to a fine not TO exceed S25 and i'm
| prisonment not 20 exceed len days. either
| or both in the discretion of the court for
each and every days violation thereof"
Whether there is to be any opposition
to the passage of Alderman Bacon's ordi-
nance is not known but It seems to be
! generally admitted that its passage Is as
sured There will probably not be an on
posing vote. 1t is recognized that Inc
| present plumbing ordinance provides for
the replacing only of flush tank closets
but the fact it is silent as TO any time
when the old closets shall be removed
makes it altogether indefinite when they
| will be displaced.
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