Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-25

whole Is ABOUT 20 per cent making
Sa.333f for whole leaving net value Jof
$9.il6 for pump No. /. The second
pump IS Il Holley pump made in 1880,
ard has capacity of 3.059. Sos gallons
Ter day. 1t is a strong and massive
pump. weighing about 80 tons and
would cost at this time about S10, 0,DGO.
Foundation would cost 1880 for
granite. SIG for bricks and $3.50 for cut
granite. The wheel cost about 81 900
The shafts. girders. etc. cost 81 ,S9o.
The gear cost $3.50 and the fumes $3.50.
The labor cost $3.50 and engineering
$S6c. These, and smaller items, being
cost of pump No. , to s1S.5e7. There
has been little depreciation. not more
TINA lo per cent, leaving present value
ut Si6.110. In the filter house there are
four hlterS ana one pump. besides
ether machinery such as shafts pulleys
etc. haFlng a total cost of $130S with
4 depreciation Of about 10 per cent,
leaving SLIT as present value of filter
machinery. The iron foot bridge over
the canal cost $210. This ledas from
pumping station to filter house. The
pump at Togus is Il duplex steam pu,nD
in good condition and is worth about
$500. Other items there, with cost If
installing etc. being cost of pump 10
SSH, which is present value. This
makes total present value of machinery
which ! have examined, S2S, ,392, No
ITEM her" has anything to do with The
buildings themselves"
On cross examination by Mr. Heath:
Pump 1t TOgus is as good as new. rs
it has not been much used. Do nor
know IF any recent drop in price oe
iron. Cost Of pump No. is my own es-
l,0000G0 gallons in - hours. Has to
work against much pressure and should
quotations on these pumps or the Va
ter wheels from tha Inanufac cturers. bu.
based estimate on my own knowledge.
Pump No. . can safely pump 100000
gallons in II hours. Occasionally
times when back water prevents use
Of wheels on the Kennebec dam. Or
binary freshets of spring and fall i'm
pair efficiency Of dam, and there have
great winter freShcts as well. Several
times lam has been injured by these
freshets. Have known the dam since
1869. Shoul3 say there was no surplus
power ut either end. Dam is made Of
timber with stone ballast. There is
not sufficient water power elsewhere
in city to my knowledge, to pump wa
ter to reservoir
On redirect examination by Mr.. Ba-
k"r: present dam was built in 1870
'tnl has been largely strengthened
since Edwards company came here in
1885,
Edwin r. Bean of Augusta. was
called and testified: Have been sani-
tary inspector for the past 10 years and
an also contractor. Have built sew
nrs here and lind construction difficult
and expensive on account of nature of
the soil. Ordinary cost of trench for
water pipes is about Sc per cubic yard"
On cross-eAamination by Mr.. Heath:
Have found most of rock OF east
side of river. Have excuvated about
20 cubic yards Of rocks in about 20 sew
er jobs in past four years. Sewer work
requires nicer work than laying water
pipes, as true grade is required Clay
sol! in most of city except Sand hill.
Have found some leaks in water sys-
tern while digging sewers. Have found
some service pipes only about three
feet under ground, perhaps one-fourth
of those l have exposed. Have found
some nearer the surface than three
feet. Know of many service pipes that
have frozen in the winter. some frozen
from the cellar to the main. Have
thawed out frozen piper every winter:
never so many as this winter Have
thaWed out a dozen frozen service
pipes, this winter. Other plumbers
nave probably thawed out more than
have. Also known of frozen mains
The Pinch main on Green street froze
for 600 feet, this winter. Worked there
for six days. two days for company and
then four days at expense of water TAX
ers there Main on Bradbury street was
also frozen for $50 feet. this winter and
| thaWed this out at expense of $. T.
Stilkey. THESE mains We're 4 feet and
10 iches below the surface. Both mains
burst in freezing. Have seen much
sediment in tanks in houses with
scum and slim on surface This often
fills up the pipes
On redirect examination by Mr.. Ba-
ker: "In sewer construction there is
one price to n depth of eight feet and
another price below that Cannot say
whether the service pipes which have
exposed We're of the Devine system or
of the Augusta Water Co. Would not
call last winter fair test as to freez-
ing of pipes. Have found streets frozen
to depth of six feet. this winter. Do
not find the river water clear in the
tanks. but discol6red and apparently
filed with impurities.
On e-cross-examination by Mr..
Heath: Also thawed out a main on
Jefferson street which was frozen for
50 feet"
Charles w. Trask of Augusta. street
commissioner. testified: Most of rock
i'm Augusta is difficult of excavation
Fair cost is about Sc per yard in trench
work.
On crOss-eXaminatiOn by Mr.. Heath:
Can make more profit on large job
than on small one. IF I could have
whole contract of ledge excavation of
this system would do it for less
Notes.
There will be only forenoon ses-
sion on Saturday.
The hearing does not seem to be