Evening journal., 1903-12-15
CITIZENS URGE
CHANGE OF SITE
PHILE1fMA CHANDLER WOULD LIKE TO
SEE GREEN HILL SELECTED WHILE
WILLIAM BANCROFT FAVORS THE OLD
SCHENTZEN PARK OR LANE AT ROCK
LAND

lpreciaton OF pumping machinery and FIX
tures.-if the estimate shall show such
half 20 be less than cents.
believe that you can do a very great
deal better than TO put your filters on the
Weidin farm. ! think she elevation Is too
great, and Ct is not on tho side OF the
Brandywlne where an but a very small
proportion OF the water Is now used.
would urge that you should try TO get AL
location for filters on the southerly side
OF the Brandywtne and at an clevationl
not much greater than that OF the cool
Spring reservoir. I suggest the tract OF
land known as sho scheu,zen Park. or
perhaps poniions OF It and other lots near
a. The Scheuizen Park contains. 1 under
stan1, abou, twenty-five acres. Its elcva-
tion above city datum Is about 10 feee
when Cool Spring reservoir Is fun, un-
derstand that uhe elevation there is about
i45 feet. The pumps might be put on the
south side OF the creek. jnst above the
head gates Of Joseph Bancroft g. Sons
Companys race. The lint from that dam
60 the proposed location would be about
100 feet. From THE sumo dam 10 ahe well
Sin farm IL would be 30 feet. Tho distance
from the pumping site suggested to the
Scheutzen Park IS not much more than
half as far as from the Rockford dam TO
the Weldin farm, and almost entirely
over city street or over land owned by
the city. The distance from Scheutzen
Park 20 Cool Spring RESERVOIR Is hut half
that from ahe Weidin farm to Cool Spring
and the main would not have 70 cross ahe
Brandywine. Such an arrangement as I
suggest would keep the pumping stafion
tiers and main reservoirs all on the south
side Of the Brandywlne, where / imagine
three-fourths OF the water will always be
used, thus avoiding whatever risks there
would be in carrying the main supply
across the stream.
But hope THAT you may do even better
than TO put your pumps aa the Rockford
dam. I understand that f. /. DUPONT De
Nemours e. Company consider that they
cannot 10 advantage continue TO make
powder at the lower powder yard. They
are willing to consider a proposition for
the city to buy the land now in lthe lower
yard and that opposite tt on the south side
OF the creek below the Kentmcre branch
OF the Wilmington &, Northern Railway.
with right to dam. so as to have on one
set OF wheels the fail now used In the
lower powder yard and that at the old
factories just above the high bridge. In
Ian there is II fest fall. II the city could
arrange to make such a purchase tho
pumps might be put on the south side Of
the creek at tho proposed dam. The ii6,
from such a dam 10 the Scheuizen Park
would be about 50 feet. believe THAI
there would be sufficient power durine
tho greater part Of the time to pump NOR,
: water than the city now takes without
( using steam at all. OF course some steau
: machinery would have TO be Installed q
E there are times when the water power O
S the Brandywine amounts 20 very little
5 Botll 81 the locations thor 7 araye suE
e gesied above,-'that last mentioned an,
: that just above The Rockford head gates
{ ARE close to the railroad. so that Goa
, could be delivered without any hauling.
E The length OF main required n 70,
+ should do as suggest, no matter whicl
pumping site shall be chosen. will be re-
. quired u you use the Weidln farm: 500
; feet al $3.50 per foot. would cost $1,000
900. Respectfully.
William p. bancroft.