The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-06-23
WATtRWoRKs CONTRACT LET
Contract Awarded to J.. L. White of
Sioux Falls for S235O

SIOUX ais JOr SGJSO
The mayor and council wound up
the waterworkS business at another
special meeting Il week ago tonight by
letting the contract for the improve
ment of the system to j. l.. White of
Sioux Falls for $3.50. The contract
and specifications call for a 32-horse
power Fairbanks-Morse engine, trlplex
q cylinder) power pump of 245 gallons
capacity per minute and capable of
putting a pressure of 200 pounds per
square inch, air lift to bring the water
out of the we'll into the elevated tank
and all pipes, connections, etc. The
engine will be mounted on a founla-
tion of concrete six feet deep.
1t was the original intention Of the
council to put in a 2O-horse power en-
CINE and duplex z cylinder) pump and
an air compression tank OF $4,000 gal
Ions capacity, but as the lowest bid
was $4,000 for this kind Of an outfit it
was decided to dispense with the COM
preston tank and air compressor to go
with it and increase the size Of the
engine and pump. Under the propos-
ed plan direct pressure will be put on
the mains at certain hours per day for
the use OF lawn MIGRANTS and such
purposes and Of course in case of fire.
The engine and pump will have
power enough to send two streams
over the highest building in the town.
Another thing which prompted the
council TO decide upon a large engine
is that if it was decided at any time
to. put in an electric light plant the
engine will be large enough to drive a
dynamo.
When the plant is installed pipes
and connections will be put in for at
tachment to IN air compression tank
if in the future it should be advisable
to buy one. AS the plant goes in it
follows the plan Of the one recently
installed at Plankinton, except that
they take their water from a reservoir
instead of from an elevated tank.
One Of the most radical changes will
be in the method of getting the water
out of the we'll. At present 1T is
pumped out with a brass 6-inch cylin-
der about + feet long which hangs
in the we'll IS feet below the surface.
The friction and sand cuts out the
valves IN thirty days during the busy
season at the we'll, beside the danger
of an accident at any time. The
cylinder dropped down the we'll last
year one day. And the capacity of the
pump is not much better than % gal
Ions a minute, less than enough to
supply the daily consumption outside
of any lawn hydrants--the latter of
which are practically useless Since
the plant was installed many addi-
tional taps have been put on the
mains and the engine and outfit is SO
nearly played out that the town is
liable to encounter a water famine
any minute. By the new system the
water will be forced out the we'll by
driving air at a high pressure down ar
inch and a quarter pipe, another 6
inch pipe taking it to the top of the
elevated tank. Once installed there
is no monkeying with 1T, the air Gem
pressor and all working parts beine
above the surface.
The contractor agrees to begin TIN
work July Is and it will probably take
two weeks time to do the job.
Other bidders on the same job wer
the Des Moines Bridge Co, S212S for
2O-horse engine, s2253 for a 25-hors
engine. J. Thompson & Sons bid $3.50
y on a 20-horse engine and Henry Herr
2 lein s2l4S for the same. Whites bi
was s2o5O, $3.50 and s235O for q 20, 2
32-horse engine respectively, and, as i
will be seen, undertaking the other
, from s75 to $3.50 on tine same size er
> CINE.