The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-14
hAorourh Inspection Made of All The
Details Of the Work.
4 1plp TO THE FILTERiNG BEDS
..,.. a. the Magnitude OF the Work.
/ rs,io.ers Potter and Macintosh
80 link the Filtered Sewage.

x,r snr aldermen devoted nearly
.,iro day Yesterday 10 an inspection
now sewer plant From 10 a. IN.
4 .,u noon the time was spent in an inspce-
~ =, fine pumping station where Mt
E,..r,o,n who furnished the machlnerg
Il NJ representative Mr. Payne, and En-
a ,..ors Potter aud Macintosh. the designer
~. svstem and his assistant. were all
-, 70 onlighten the council upon any
#.ss,ical matters concerning which they
4, .,iroi 10 he advised
Tno cumplng machinery consists of one
i,ob centrifugal pump aud one twelve
IN centrifugal pump. the registered or
8rnsrontecd capacity Of the ono being 1000
#rco Gallons for twentyfour hours. and OF
otbor 100000 gallons rcr twcnty-fcur
II o,rs INT the smaller of these pumps has
H AN RIM ia capacity Of 100000 and the
..ror 70 capacity Of 100000 gallons
49, numps work against total head
Z. serentv feet Part Of this pressure being
Il centred TO lift the sewage and part to
80 II through the long line Of twenty
fsonr.pch pipe 10 the filter beds. The
Il INNS were especially designed for the
- and are built Of the best material
2.,.orohopt the runners being made OF com.
troslton brass.
a Tho engines are Of the duplex, compound,
E.,ndonsIpr. automatic type and run Mt n
ssroed Of $50 revolutions per minute, The
a rrmrz are designed to run at the same
,neea md both the engines and pumps
IT, directly connected together on the same
&hc6nate The engines are first class In
scr4rv respect and are provided with an
H,rtomstic luhrlcating system. The high
2rressnre cylinder Is placed directly under
Sthe low pressure, the piston rods OF both
abelng connected to the same crosshead
(which makes the engine very compact.
s. The advantages sought and obtained In
2.te design of these pumping engines were
( great compactncss and economy Of floor
&srscc freedom from friction loss due 70
4beltinr or other indirect connection he
Rtwcen pump and engine and economy due
H. the special design and slow speed Of the
Apnmp and the high grade Of the engine
Hrsad
n The numps show an efficiency Of GO per
Hcent. which is regarded as very satisfac-
HfNry. inc UlHl4NflN 'hl l'lN Wv l''f't'' '''
Aresterdnv ran very smoothly without any
&,sr or unnecessary friction md the test
N,ppeared tn he satisfactory. The pumping
&ststion IL yet IN charge Of Mr.. Johnson
who is the engineer for Hctmann Co..
hint Mr.. A. X Marks has already been en-
&rsged by the city as the engineer at the
humping plant and nc will take charge as
Tsoon as tho city accepts the plant. Mr.,
MARKS was formerly an engineer at the
fconsumers Cotton oil company
II N J.
81 Tie t.oFt Interesting feature Of the In
&spectlon was that made Of the filter beds
4in the afternoon These beds are located
lon the north bank Of Buffalo bayou about
flour and half miles from the city
Preached by the Texas Transportation rail-
&way on It's way to Clinton. and through
1.-The courtesy Of the Southern Pacific com
many an engine and two coaches were
Eplaced yesterday at the disposal Of the
Hcity IN order to facilitate the inspection
Iof the beds.
d This train left the Grand Central depot
|'at p. M with eiChty-dve people on board
amons who were the following well known
&citizens: Mayor John d. Woolford and
SAdermen Robinson. Miller, Thompson
&fhomas, Rue, fluffy, O'Leary, Aubertln
&Bennett, Halyerton and Mueller, A. Upper
#clty secretary; II w. Garrow, president
&Houston Cotton Exchange Horace Booth
&agent International and Great Northern
#George T. Brown, secretary Business
HLesguc B. A. Riesner, chairman board o
public works; Jules Hirsch, Judge Il. IL