The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-07

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~ construction Of thenew fourteen
IA cast iron main has reached a
..Int an Broadway about three hum
s,d feet south Of its intersection with
rSIou street. This renders all later
I. q. and north of Union street, and
4 n west Of Broadway, and on north
,ljIuiou, practically ready for use Is
az ss they can be connected TO tine
SsIas This connection will be COM
,s.ad IN the course Of the next few
i,ys and in case OF these lines and
mmulng station standing a satisfactory
mt this part of the system will pe
6rned over to the city, as will other
I,rts Of system of laterals as fast as
hey are reached and connected with.
Before turning over to the city this
rcticn Of the system. it will be Tested
4 thoroughly as possible. The six
lu,h tanks it embraces will be turned
a hin and the amount Of flows REIN
b.eed BY Are hose from hydrant at
HUT and Broadway into manhole IN
MAINS at Union and Broadway, and al
\ IjAed to flow continuously for twenty
mr hours. This test will also neces-
IItste test on the pumping station
mich has been thoroughly overhauled
i'd Is in practically the condition IL
sI be in when the entire system Is
ready for constant operations. l am OF
lie opinion that these pumps will sue
ssaiully stand a twenty.four hour test;
lit when the season Of high water in
liver makes 1t necessary to handle
.pe water as well as the sewerage from
sntire system, necessitating the run
ling Of one or both pumps twenty-four
hours day for several months. ! DO
bot feel SO confident Of satisfactory
result. This pumping machinery con-
ists Of two small high speed vertical
team engines, geared to long, flexible
ihait to rotary pumps resting on bot
iOm Of wells. This arrangement Will
ltQuire the constant attention OF a
c,mpetent and faithful attendant; even
Nith such attention it is quite possi-
hlefor serious mishap to occur TO one
OyhOth machines. The working loose
alA single nut on these high speed en-
glnes could possibly reduce them prac-
loally to scrap iron In few seconds,
snd completely cripple the sewerage
system.
10 order for the sewerage system TO
Inspire confidence aud be Of benefit It
VIII be necessary that service is abso-
.lutely reliable, and additional provis-
lous against break downs may be re-
CURED. l will at . later date, when
more Of the system has been completed,
andresults observed, report fully on
Als and other points, submitting rec
lamentations concerning additional
lnslallations that may be necessary 70
osure safety and economy OF oper-
Allon. The idea seems prevalent
hat the operation of the sewer
age will add very little to the present
lanning expenses of The -tWater.Yorks.
lhlsis erroneous. FIRST, there will
nan probability be an increase OF
aOcut thirty per cent. in the amount OF
saler pumped by the water-works, dfl-
eleasing coal bill in about the same ra-
sO' This quantity Of water, 1t must
Y remembered, must be pumped again
nom the sewerage reservoir into the
nser, In addition TO very considerable
.Page. Sewerage pumping machinery
y iAr less economical than compound
pumps Of water-works, and instead OF
eiaWing on boilers for about thirty per
sSnk additional as ID case of water