Evening journal., 1904-09-09
WATER PLANS
NOW COMPLETED
Bids for Construction Of New
Plant Will be Asked for
on Monday
WORK OIVIOEOIN SEVEN CONTRACTS

Plans for the new water plant to be
built at Rockland on the Brandywine
have been completed and bids for the
construction of the work will be asked
for on Monday. The entire work will
be sub divided into seven contracts as
follows:
Contract No. Instrumentation basin.
21,OOOOO0 gallons capacity six filter
beds about hve acres. and pumping sta
ton.
Contract No. 2-22OO feet Of ~ inch
concrete conduit. $500 feet Of &C inch
concrete conduit; 1850 feet of Sc inch
conduit in tunnel; 1870 feet Of AS inch
iron or steel pipe; intake crib and gate
house.
/ Contract No. S-Two 10000, 900 gall
Ions centrifugal pumps and engines;
two 200 h. ,. boilers and all other ma
lchinery.
Contract No. Supplying about $500
tons Of cast iron pipe and specials. and
alternative bid for 3SOO feet OF 40 inch
riveted steel pipe
Contract No. 5-Supplying Ss gate
valves sluice gates and special valves
from inches to as inches.
Contract No. 6-10,OOO,0OO gallons
clear water reservoir.
} Contract No 7-One custodis stack
125 feet high. Each Of the several
proposals must be accompanied by
certified check of the following
amounts:
Contract No. 1. $4,000: contract No.
p, $4,000; contract No. 3. $4,000; con-
tract No. 4. $4,000; contract No. 8.
/ 81. 900; contract No. 6, $4,000; contract
No Z. $500.
Plans Prepared by Local Talent.
The plans for the new plant were pre-
pared by Chief Engineer Theodore Lei
sen, of the Water Department, who had
the advice and experience OF Allen Ha-
zen and Samuel NJ Gray, well-known
hltation experts. to assist him i'm this
important undertaking. Mr.. Leisen now
have five assistants working on draw
ings and his Office presents "a busy
scene. The plans of the United States
Sand Filtration Company which were
based on the Weidin farm idea. were
not made use Of by Engineer Leisen in
preparing the plans for the Rockland
70 plant This concern now has a suit fOl
e S65,O00 pendingg agaiust the city foi
n plans, and In the event OF Il winninl
d out. the Water Department will have
d on its hands a S65.0O0 set OF plans fo
~ Whlch ~ VIII nave no use.
d New Plant Will Cost Ss0o,0o0.
e The cost Of the new plant Is estimated
at 100000. The plans and specihca-
tions can for everything OF a substan-
s tial character. with a view to durabil-
d ity
e The locatien of the plant win be about
o 1000 feet south Of the Rockland paper
mills. Water will be taken from the
i, headgates at Rockland dam and piped
TO the pumping station.
The plant viii consist of pumping
station, two reservoirs with a combined
capacity Of 21,OO0.0O0 gallons, and six
filter beds with a capacity of $4,000 00O
gallons per day.
The plans call for six additional filter
- beds when needed. but at present six
: lwill be entirely adequate TO meet the
demands Of the city They will be ar
l ranged side by side along the bank OF
. the Brandywine. Back of them will be
r located the two reservoirs which will
e be triangular In shape and Immediately
n alongside of the filter beds.
The pumping station will adjoin the
filter beds. The water from the Bran
dywine viii run to the reservoirs by
S gravity and from the reservoirs into
. the filter beds. From the latter the
n water win be pumped TO the Coo
e Spring reservoir. which win continu,
}. to be the storage for the filtered water
e Part of the new project is to con.
}, struct a new high service reservoir tS
n take the place of the Rodney stree
@ basin. 1t will cover the entire blocl
e. bounded by Eighth, Ninth. Rodney ant
v Clayton streets. and will have a ca,
# pacity of about 100000 gallons
e whereas its present capacity is onl,
e. 100000 gallons.
This new reservoir will increase tn
storage capacity for filtered water from
4l.5OO00O to 50000.000 gallons. Coo
Spring reservoir having a capacity o
900 gallons.
While there may be five or six con
|, tractors, the work of constructing tn
Il new plant will be done entirely unde
j the supervision Of Chief Engineer Lei
sen. Bids for the work will be openel