The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-16

/ @'ANStas mum oLdle 10 SKIN last
I = streets along with some of the >
| Y cross streets.
Steamer No. of the fire depart =
J ' ment soaked the asphalt over sew
! = en- blocks OF the business section.
/ = Ten sprinkling carts viii go over =
the business section today. getting
! y their water through steamer No. ], =
! = a portable centrifugal pump and >
! + fumes.
! y BY tonight all the business sec
| = ton viii be sprinkled and part OF =
! = the residence district. In all this =
/ = work no water viii be taken from >
= the mains. y
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iAI ATER soaked into thirsty streets
w yesterday afternoon. and last
evening ran over sun-dried as
phalt. Mayor Richard P. Morris had
solved the sprinkling problem. and a
| goodly portion of salt Lake got an OBJ
! ject lesson as to the effectiveness of the
| solution before midnight. Sprinkling
[ carts viii spray thorOughfares from
I now on, and viii not draw a drop OF
water from the mains.
Incidentally, Fire Chief Joseph e. By
| water showed a card he has held up his
| sleeve during weeks past, demOnstrat
/ ing the ability Of his department 10
/ tight any fire in the business district
| by drawing on the city's bitches.
Three hundred gallons TO the min
| ute, choked into a bullet-swift stream
| hard as d steel bar, water flew from
| the nozzle of a thTee-inch hose whose
squirming kept three men busy hold
/ ing their footing. To the accompani-
ment OF the steady drOning roar from
| its safety valve and the fiery shower
| of sparks vomited from its exhaust, the
I oldest steamer from headquarters sta
| ton sucked greedily from the ditch or
! the east side of State street And while
men fought with the hose nozzle and
i the pumps worked under full steam
| pressure. ditch water ran on in undi-
/ unfinished volume over the sacks Of sand
used as a dam.
Water Enough For Fire.
There's water enough I'm that one
| ditch 10 fight any fire ia the business
| district" said the fire chief
| Water there was TO wet down the
| entire street and a gOOdly portion Of
/ upper Main street The mayor plan
worked out in detail without a hitch
| Crowds watched the IRE engine at
work. 1t was simple enough and Yet
it brought wonder.
The steamer was borrowed from the
department. II has been held IN re-
serve, without fire in its box. It's very
use lent efficiency to the fire depart
ment, for with steam no and a pair OF
the water departments horses at
tached, IL was ready for instant use al
any time an alarm might come in
| With the steamer the chief lent one
man to the water street and engineer
ing departments. who have combined
along with the mayor To solve the
sprinkling problem. In this mans place
another Was put on duty al headquaT-
teTs station.
How The Plan Worked Out.
span of street department horses
drew the steamer TO the corner of State
and First South streets. Across the
gutter where the curbing rises high on
both sides at the corner a sack of sand
was thrown. The big suction pipe was
dropped in the damned up water 4
line of hose was run out. The pumps
were started. And from the nozzle
leaped a kissing, tearing stream
1t spurted high in the air, the full
width OF the street. The men at the
nozzle fought with the wriggling hose
and detected the point. The water tore
its way into the cracks and crannies
along the car tracks. II threw bits OF
rubbish and sprayed out on the smooth
asphalt The pumps IabOred hard-and
the ditch water ran on over the dam,
enough of it TO supply four more en-
gines
Working their way down the street
the men at the nozzle wet every inch
from curb to curb and dragged the hose
after them. From time TO time the EN-
CINE was shifted alonx the gutter side.
And in this manner a good part of the
business section got its thirst
quenched.
This plan of street sprinkling. de
cided on largely as the result Of Mayor
Norris study>Of the matter. is cOmpre-
hensive. Yesterday it was proved TO be
practicable. And now the city officials
of the fire, street and engineering de
partments are positive that Salt Lake
streets will be sprinkled from this time
on.
Grass and Trees Get Water.
The plan is. in brief this: Getting
water from the gutter bitches. These
in turn get their water from the canal
And this water viii be used for street
sprinkling. wetting down the city and
county building lawn and Pioneer
square. and giving moisture to trees.
Steamer No. /, "a p3Tt&h!e hydraulic
pump and portable fumes are to load
This water into the carts The steamer
will also wet down the public lawns.
Crowds watched the operation Of the
steamer last evening. This morning it
will take water from the gutter at the
! corner of State and South Temple
streets.
The portable centrifugal pump will
help it supply the spTinklers today 1t
did similar work all yesterday after
noon So dit the portable fumes. These
are laid on grade. starting near the
upper end of a dOwnhill gutter and
carving It on to the level of the top
of a sprinkling cart In a similar man
ner an iron pipe and standpipe viii be
used today.
From these sources ten sprinklers
will get their supply. They viii tray
erse the entire business district and a
part OF the west and north ends
During an interim this morning the
steamer from the fire department viii
spray water over the city and county
building lawn; and in the afternoon If
will do similar work on Pioneer square.
It viii be kept in service as long as Il
is needed.
Fumes Work TO Perfection.
The efficiency Of the movable fumes
was well proved yesterday afternoon
when one of them filled a700-gallon
sprinkling tank in four minutes.
The officiays of the water and street
and engineering departments were busy
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