Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-27
satisfactio ws do not


advise Its use.
What we do advise and recommend
II that for the present, At least, the
water works station remain where It
ID. That at poina- about 1000 feet
north or northwest Of this station
twenty-one six-inch wells be sunk to-
the rock. using brass strainers six
inches in diameter and twelve feet
long. AT the present time the upper
ends Of these strainers would be about
twelve feet below the water line. That
these wells be placed Ave feet apart in a
line running north and connected with
a cast-iron suction pipe twenty inches
In diameter at the south end, and small
Eer at the north end, each we'll being
supplied with q CUTOFF valve. At the
south end of this pipe line q plain brick
pump house be erected and SO CON
structed that overfiows can not enter.
In 1t place a low pressure tryplexpowers
pump. capable of handling easily 1000,
600 gallons of water each twenty-four
hours, also suitable boiler and engine
to drive this pump. That from this
station a twenty or twenty-four-inchi
cast-iron conduit pipe be laid six feet
below the surface and connected with
the present old gallery north Of the
river.
Th:; completes The work we would
recommend for this season and 1t canbe
installed ready for operation, including
the right-of-way, for approximately
$4,000. The expense to maintain this
plant would be one-fourth of I cent for
each 1000 gallons pumped. This is
standard work and can be installed by.
the city and operated by ordinary en-
gineers. If. however, more water is
wanted, the capacity can be doubled,
with an additional outlay of only about
5000, and reduce the cost of pumping
to less than IL done by air. Later the
present water works station may be
moved to the point Of this sub-station
tif such was found advisable. If not,
then the conduit line referred to can be
connected to the present pumps, or If
for better fire protection or to remove
the small amount of iron the analysis
shows reservoir was found necessary,
l5then, and in that event, no unnecessary
expense has been made. In either case,
1.-The old gallery would be abandoned, and
your committee think the perplexing
water question at Marshalltown satis-
Ifactorily and permanently solved. =
The estimated cost of the new water
supply is as follows:
| Land l5OO
Building and fixtures ............. 5065
Wells and main suction ........... 5472
Main to old galleries .............. $500
4 Incidentals Observation-Disclosures. 143
Total ..l....l.....l. 900
After the report had been filed Mr..
Benson moved its adoption, but the
council felt that would like to have q
l4little more time to look into the mat
ter. The water supply therefore will
| be the main feature of the meeting next
4 Monday night.
Another resolution was turned down,
being that introduced by Good, asking
that one block of sewers be laid in each
ward
Harris introduced an ordinance re-
lpealing a certain portion of the scales
sordinance recently passed and the
rules We're suspended and the ordinance
passed to its second and third readings
and declared adopted. The only change
lis that it allows the city three scales in
stead of two. Several new candidates
for weighmasters We're presented. in
1.-The persons Of George Nyden, William
Il G. spratt, j. ]. Welsh, George Echter-
sI8nacht. ID. %. Schenick, p. Hemmingser
4 and d. w. Dean.
4 The council adjourned at 10 o'clock tt
meet next Monday night.
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