Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-10

the water come SOi6iy lIOub tAAS AeAse
A. That / couldn't say could always
| be done because there may some extra
occasi happen when they would "ah'
an extra supply of water. FOR ih-
stance, they had firemens muster
sometime last fall or field day ..
Rrunswick. and we offered to let them
have all the water they wanted ioI
nothing. and in anticipation OF that
| extra call we started the station at
Thompson brook and weIewere sure
| they, would have all thatlthey swanted
and would have am extraireseuTcei IN
| case of fire. And in antinipatinnsq OF
any possible iconfiagratior awfa aaWa
start the dumping station nthe nday
before the Fourth, of July fand'fuh u
through the night of the fourth.
Mr. Weeks. Is that water filtered?
a It fiows-I don't know personally
about that because am not personally
acquainted with that part OF II. u
f,ows by gravity from the brook into
sand filter and into kearson ana from
that into The driven wells: and the
driven wells are practically filtered be-
cause II all comes through the sand.
Mr.. Baker: That is all sand above
| there?
A. Yes sir. it is regular sand bank.
Mr.. Smith: Is there any method OF
cleaning out your water mains If sedi-
ment gathers in the mains?
A. There are some methods of put
ting some sort of an appliance inside of
| a pipe and running it along and scrap
ing the inside of the pipe. don't know
anything personally about that. The
ordinary custom in this state is to open
I'D the hydrants and flush out our lines
that way: open the hydrants and let
out all the sediment that has accumu-
lated.
Mr.. Baker: Is that regularly done In
connection with this system?
A. I suppose so.
Q. That is the instructions?
A. Yes sir. that is the instruction at
our plants. to do that.
Mr.. Smith: How far apart are your
hydrants in this Is mile line?
| A. OF course there are no hydrants in
a large portion. The hydrants are SIM
ply in the settled portions of Bath and
Brunswick. On the other side of the
| river there are no hydrants at all, but
| of course there are blow-Outs at vari-
Gus intervals.
| O. Some of the Brunswick people
have complained here that the water
appeared to be milky or muddy.
A. Well. as to mud in the water of
the pond, will say that there is mud
to a certain extent in every water sys-
tenn in the world. So far as the water
being muddy / will say that I have
been to Brunswick frequently on busl-
ness for the past five or six years and
never have struck any muddy water
| and l haven't struck any in the city OF
Bath.
Mr.. Drew: Is there an underlying
mortgage on this plant?
A. Yes sir, there is an underlying
first mortgage on all the property.
q. Then there are two mortgages on
that property or one?
A. There are three mortgages on
each plant. There is an underlying
mortgage of 100000 on the Pejepscot
water company.
Il Q. That comes down to Thompson
brook? ~
A. don't think that covers anything
but the original company, and the un-
DERIVING Bath mortgage is s2lS,000, and
then our blanket mortgage which is a
/ second mortgage on those two and all
|
which is the second on all the plants of
, $4,000.
Mr.. Baker: Is the Thompson Brook
supply now used except as strict aux
Hilary?
A. No sir.
| Q. And are there accidents liable to
happen by means of vessels and an
chors in the Kennebec river to the pipe
line?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Have several of those occurred so
that your pipe line there has been not
used?
| A. We laid that down there in 1899,
or rather 1900, and that has been pulled
up twice; once in the same year it was
built. and then again this last fall, last
June.
@. And when that is done it requires
a considerable time to repair it?
A. Yes sir it must necessarily. If it
happens in November, as it did the first
time, you can't begin operations until
all the ice is out Of the river from Au-
gusta down.
@. And meanwhile do you operate
your supplemental river line in con-
nection with the Thompson brook sys-
tenn?
A. Yes sir.
@. So as to avoid any extra strain on
the remaining river line?
A. Yes sir.
O. That is as matter of precaution?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Are those accidents in any way
avoidable by your company? That is,
/ mean accidents by vessels.
A. 1 think that we have done every
thing that can be done. We are there
by authority of the state and also OF
the United States.
Mr.. Weeks: Are there big signs up
there
A. The United States by special act
of Congress authorized the secretary Of
the treasury to establish harbor limits
within which no vessels can anchor or
move except under command, and those
| limits have been designated by sign
boards which are IA or Is feet high.
| Mr.. Baker: And those precautions
you have taken to guard against acct
| dents?