The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-29

dry track and street TO swallow all on
one trip their peck OF dirt, and 10 swal-
low IL without a murmur.
There is a promise of better things for
the coming summer. however, for the
Union Railroad company has made ar
rangements for sprinkling cars to be run
over the different routes of the company
throughout the city, cars something like
the sprinklers that have been In use In
Worcester and which have given such un-
bounded satisfaction.
Early In the present spring Manager
Potter of the Union Railway company
held a conference with Commissioner OF
Public Works Smith In regard to the mat
ter OF street sprinkling. and an under
standing was reached whereby the COM
pany and city would work in unison In
the matter.
Manager Potter agreed for the railroad
company to furnish sprinkling cars and
to run them during a greater part of the
season, or until quite late In the fall, over
every line In the city. The city agreed TO
furnish the water for the purpose free OF
charge to the company and in addition
pay the company Is cents a mile for ev-
cry mile OF street watered.
THREE CARS ORDERED.
]. q. Brill company Of Phiiadelphia for
sprinkler cars. with instructions to hurry
them along with all possible speed, and
Manager Potter said this morning that he
fully expected to have the cars by Me-
mortal Day. and in a letter received from
the Brill company on the 10th OF The pres
ent month he was Informed that the cars
were all ready, with the single exception
OF the steel tanks. and that they were well
along near completion, adding that the
work OF installing the tanks In the cars
was nothing TO speak of.
A second letter that arrived the first of
the present month. however, dashed Man
ager Potter's hopes TO the ground, for IL
stated that owing to the non-arrival OF
some OF the steel plates at the works
where the tanks were being made that
there was an unavoidable delay. and that
" could not be stated when the tanks
would be finished and the cars delivered.
General Manager Potter has sent Inn
perative orders for every means possible
sprinklers, and he hopes to have them
here and running by the time the pleas
ant June days come, so as to make riding
as agreeable as possible.
WET THE ENTIRE SURFACE.
The cars will be constructed so as TO
water the entire street, from curb 10
curb, and the water can be so controlled
by the man I'm charge OF each car that
IL will wet down the entire surface OF the
street, no matter how wide or how mar
row, and keep the water OF the sidewalk.
An auxiliary cylinder is located In the
car flled with compressed air. which will
be connected with the water tank in any
degree OF force wanted on a very wide
street a full head OF air will be let In,
the volume TO be decreased on narrower
streets. while on the narrowest streets,
like Westminster, the force OF gravity will
be sufficient to cover the street from curb
10 curb.
The tanks in the three cars ordered are
of 24O0 gallons capacity each, and Man
ager Potter thought that each car should
water a mile OF street surface with one
loading. Standpipes will be placed at
convenient places for loading the cars,
with long arms attached TO swing over
the street 10 the top OF the tank.
other cars will be ordered later and the
long suffering public can al least look for
ward to a rest from the clouds OF dust
and dirt that have made life a burden
during the summer months