Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-01

thursday WAS devoted to the eXalni
nation OF another expert civil engineer
on behalf of the water company J.
Herbert SEedd Of Providence. Il. l. In
general results his testimony differed
little from th;t of Mr. Allen on the
previous day. and his estimate of ne
total value Of the plant, exclusive Of
land, 2llateri;l on hand. rights of way,
and services was $2S1.g36. On cross eX-
animation Mr.. Shedd waveYeI at some
points. The testimony as to the local
consumption and waste of water was
particularly Interesting
The first witness of the forenoon ses-
sion Of J. Herbert SheGd of Providence.
Il. L., who testified in substance as fol-
lows: Have been Il civil engineer since
1850. Have been engaged in the con-
struction of about % water works, in
Guiding the systems of Providence and
Lowell OF which | was in charge. In
this State was in consultation in the
! building of the works in Old Town.
Bath. Auburn. Brunswick. Falmouth
| and elsewhere. Was in consultation in
this city i'll 1886 as to general distribu-
ton system and as to location and ele-
reservoir WAS found faulty | reinforced
it, the following season. Have recently
| IMAGE special examinations of this
system in I'LL its departments. l find it
| we'll adapted for service in all respects.
Some street mains should be larger.
The reservoir is good and of proper
capacity. The same is true of the
pumps. The system is entirely ade-
ia.
inch mains go HydrantS are used on
4-inch and 3-inch lines, but 6-inch pipes
are much better. The 400 feet of 4
inch mains in this system are all at
ToSus. In this city there are no nlait.
less than G-inches on which hydrants
are placed. AT Togus the 4-inch main
is reinforced by the stand pipe. The
fire pressure here is remarkably good.
particularly i'm business section. Have
made a careful estimation OF the repro
ductiOn value of the different parts OF
the system at the present time L
placed my cost OF the pipe as those rul-
ing March l. 1863. l put the cost of de-
livery and distribution of pipes along
the trenches 1T 81 per ton. The cost of
digging the trenches here is ut least
expensive as the medium. Have al
lowed - per cent. for interest and en-
Sineering contingencies. This is the
usual allowances. though occasionally
| il is higher The depreciation on east
! iron pipe is very little, even i'll a. years.
Nobody can state definitely the life OF
| such pipe. IT Is certainly much beyond
| 100 years. Sill a pipe loses in
| efficiency through differentiation. Much
depends on amount OF iron in the
water. Should say the cast iron pipes
| here have MOI deprecated more than
per cent. Evidently the water and soil
| here are very free from agencies that
! injure pipe. Prices of pipe were very
, high iii early months Of 1903. In my
estimates have ciassed al sizes of cast
! iron pipe as of the same prices $33 90
| per ION. though the smaller sizes when
bought independently cost more per
ton. Have put the depreciation of the
/ wrought Iron Pipe at 70 per cent. Esti-
| mate the total present value of the cast
iron pipe laid ut 1854 and the
wrought iron pipe at $9.1I.. ! pat tie
| cost of rock excavation. 1913 yards, 1T
Sc per cubic yards. For the 1912 yards;
1T ChadWiC hill l estimate the cost ut
s.. The PA hydrantS are worth now in
/ place $21 each. or $4.%Sl in al. Have
l"prlied Il depreciation of ; per cent. il
case of these hydrants. The gates are
| worth $i.l1G and the gates boxes ana
attachments; s1.22%4. The specials reach
a total weight of $500 pounds worth
now S2,3s0. The buildings | estimate 1T
| 50, 946 Have taken Hlr. Noyes' figures
and deprecated them from per cent.
to - per cent. on different structures.
| The reservoir is on Il site selected by
myself and | designed its shape and
tcanacity. Would not change these. to-
day. Think it is well suited to present
use. Holds as large Il supply as it
would be profitable to build. tn"
structure is safe ana reliable No
! reservoir with earth embanknent can
safely he filed to top in winter. Should
| he filled not nearer than 5 feet to Top in
winter. The embankment IS wholly
safe. This was built in very thorough
| fashion. The leakage of the first year
WAS not serious. hut was promptly re-
! pared. AS reinforced it had 1853 yards
Of clay puddle. Should make q few re-
pairs on the reservoir now. if it We're
under my charge. Estimate its re-
| placement value at $34.3S2. It's original
| cost was more than this. but cannot
state il exactly. The specials through
out the whole system including many
kinds. are worth $3.50. Have put a de-
probation OF per cent. on these The
older pump Il the pumping station. in
use since 1885, seems to be in good con-
dition. The new pump showed some
leakage but this is simply a matter os
keeping the packing in good condition.
/ The loss of water in either pump is not
material. Put value of pumping ma
chinery at present time at $2G.S.2. The
stand pipe at Togus is worth $685.. 1
figure the total value of the physical
plant Of the company, exclusive of
land. rights of way. services. service
boxes. at s2S7,93G''
| The afternoon session opened with
Mr.. ShcGd still upon the stanG under
direct examination. Il figure the per
capita consumption in this city to be
100 gallons daily. This is Very large
and indicates much waste. A COM
nunity of this kind ought to be liberal
~ supplied 18th 60 gallons daily per
c1uit., An extra ordinary amount