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

vi HSrc anu tHeFe1 at their pleasure
and then undertake to value either d
trunkless head or headless trunk
That is what we object to. We do not
know of any principle by which part
of man deprived of life can be valu-
able or part of a water system, which
is merely collection of pipes can be
taken ana q standard of valuation put
upon thar without water to be supplied
through the pipes and force to propel
that water to the place of consumntion.
That is our objection in d word. ana
our position also.
Mr.. w. Il. Getchell, cdlled testified
by Mr.. Baker: !
@. What is the size Of the pipe from
Nequasset lake to Bath?
A. 1t is 16-inch pipe from the lake
to the centre of distribution in Bath
and then it is a Pinch main, and from
here it follows on the standpipe in Bath
with still a 12-inch main. and continued
from there out here to the Thomson
brook pumping station. which is an
auxiliary source of supply now
G. And what is the width of the
river where it crosses the New Mead
ows river?
A. 400 feet. And then it continues
out here to the Thompson Brook pump
ing station and from there continues
on to Brunswick with still a 12-incn
main. and then it is distributed through
the town of Brunswick.
Q. You have been over this route
and surveyed it all?
A. Yes. sir.
@. Tell the committee how far it is
from Lake Nequasset to the Kenne-
bee river, the east side of the river.
A. Dividing the force between the
principal points I will say the distance
from Nequasset station, following the
line of the force main I'd the Kennebec
river is 1880 feet. and aeross the Ken
nebec river is 1900 feet&and from the
westerly shore of the river to the Bath
standpire it is 10,017 feet and
from that to the Hardings sta
ton it is 1908 feet From the
Hardines station to the corner of Bath
and Maine streets in Brunswick, which
is close by the college by the church.
is 21,1S0 feet. and from the corner of
Bath and Maine streets in the town
of Brunswick to the Brunswick stand
pipe is 5000 feet, which makes a total
of Is miles of pipe.
Mr.. Wing: | want to inquire what
the size OF the pipe is in the streets of
Brunswick. the size of the main where
it is distributed from thar.
A. 1t is ten-inch pipe and eight inch
pipe: and from the corner of Pleasant
street up to the stand pipe it is a u
inch pipe. So that we have II inch
pipe coming from the standpipe to near
the centre of distribution.
Mr.. Baker: What is the area as ear
as you can state it, or exactly if you
can state it exactly, of Lake Nequassee
which is used as the source of supply?
A. [ have scaled it from the United
States geographical sheet which is the
most accurate method | can get, and
from that | find that the lake is bout
5000 feet long and from 2500 to 5000 feet
wide. which makes almost $40 acres,
which is equal to a square mile.
Mr.. Wing: What is there around
that lake in the way or houses?
A. / never have~-b beer around the
whole shore of the lake. but l have
been on the railroad bridge at the south
end of it and at the pumping station
anu dlSO at lllt cdSIclly Sloc VI The lake
and / don't remember of seeing build
ing around the lake.
Mr.. Littlefied: How high is the lake
above tide water?
A. / shouldn't judge it would h.
more than 20 feet.
Mr.. Wing: Above the river?
A. That is above tide water.
Mr.. Littlelield That is above high
watcr?
\. Yes sir.
Mr. Potter: Do you know the a'ti-
tude of that standpipe as compared
with this one? Indicating on pis,n).
4. l don't know, but | think th;s
one is higher.
G. So that it runs by gravity from
that one? Undicating).
A. If the pump was not in motion
it would run by gravity from that one
to that one. Qndicating).
Mr. Drew: What is the capacity of
the standpipe?
A. The Bath standpipe is 80 feet in
diameter and IS feet high. and each
foot in height contains 1857 gallons, or
that would be total of 539,775 gallons.
Mr. Baker: And the other one at
Brunswick?
A. From the records ] find that that
standpipe is 40 feet i'm diameter and ~
feet high, and contains G5S,000 gallons.
Mr. Wing: Then the Brunswick is
the larger standpipe?
A. Yes. sir. it is 40 feet in diameter
and the Bath is only 80.
Mr. Drew: Can you give me the
pressure at Brunswick?
a. The ordinary pressure at Bruns-
wick is about 81 pounds and at Bath
1t is about So; that is in the Water
Companys office in Brunswick. and
that is on the main street.
Mr.. Baker: AS | remember it, it is
approximately from the Bath side of
the Kennebec river to the standpipe
is approximately two miles or over ten
thousand feet?
A. 1t IS 1000 feet or to be exact
believe Il is 1850 feet. That is do you
mean from the east side or the west
side?
Q. | am speaking of the west side.
A. That is 10,017 feet, about two
miles
q. And then it is a little more than