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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
Mnnx Mains Needed.

AS compared with Omaha's fifteen ana
one-third miles OF mains per /, 900 services,
Harrisburg represents the greatest dem
sity of population with three and one-half
miles per 1.00. and ST. Paul the least, with
twelve and four-hfths miles. out OF forty
or nifty Of the principal cities having less
than 100000 people. In none of them haa
It been necessary to lay as much main per
service as In Omaha.
In addition, Omaha's mains are Of larger
average diameter than those OF other cities,
partly because necessitated by long runs
and partly because the water company
has been liberal I'm providing for the flu
ture For instance, the average diameter
OF all water mains in the Omaha system
is ten and one-fourth inches while in Kan
sas City the average is seven and eighty
six-one-hundredths inches.
Figures have been recently published
TO show that the Kansas City Water works
are worth s. 100000 TO Si20OOOOO. Anyone
who knows the two plants must inevitably
conclude that II the Kansas City works are
worth anything like 1900, 900. the Omaha
works are certainly worth not less than
SIS Co.,
What, with larger mains, Of at least
equal mileage. better and larger pumps.
better pumping stations, immeasurably SUI
perior settling basins. the comparison IS
greatly In favor Of Omaha. The Florence
system Of settling basins is recognized as
the most efficient In the country.
Kansas City has no excess pumping ca
pacity, while the Omaha Water company
has duplicate pumps for both services. The
Florence station alone has a daily pump
ing capacity OF 100000 gallons high serv-
ice and 100000 gallons low service
The Omaha system pumps water against
the unusual high head OF 307 feet. which
is the elevation OF Walnut HIN reservoir
above the river. What this means may
be understood when comparison Is made
with such cities as Detroit and other lake
cities, where water Is pumped against less
than 100 feet head In Detroit the pres
sure in the business district is about TWEEN
ty-eight pounds; in Omaha it is over 100
pounds
The present officers OF the Omaha Water
company are: Theodore c. Woodbury.,
president; e. NJ Fairfield general man
ager A. b. Hunt, superintendent; Henry
Rustin. chief engineer; Stockton Heth.
treasurer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
Fine View. Possible.

On the reservoirs may be had one Of
the finest views in this part of the country.
Away to the south arise the bluffs, while
the big Muddy is tumbling along below.
To the north lie more bluffs, though one
can see far up the winding river. On the
west is the pretty little city of Florence
with her wealth of trees. And down in the
valley, close to the river, stands the pump
house from which comes the soft musical
throb of the monstrous engines which
send Omaha her watef supply, in a solid
stream three feet in diameter and six miles
long.
There is a history to the reservoirs, and
as ono stands at their sides, one little
realizes that 1t almost cost several mems
lives to wrest from nature the secret of
purifying water without the aid of chemi-
calls and filters. AS one looks at the five
immense storage tanks, with the water
gently flowing from one to the other in
thin sheets over what seem to be miniature
falls, one wonders why this form of con-
struction Is used. The question may be
best answered in the language of Captain
Frank Reynolds. the late chief engineer Of
the company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

back to the top OF the cylinder.
This engine was, in great part designed
by Captain Reynolds. His brother was
for many years at the head of the Allis
company at Milwaukee, which built the
machine Captain Reynolds after running
the old Holly pump of horizontal compound
pattern for several years, arrived at the
conclusion that pumping engines were be-
ing built on the, wrong principle. He de-
signed the present machine and sent the
draft to his brother to figure on. When It
was returned as satisfactory the company
purchased the engine, which cost about
S125, 600 without any of it's connections
It was installed twelve years ago. and
the perfection of the mechanism is such
that it has run almost continuously ever
since. making between fourteen and six
teen revolutions per minute 1t Is OCCASION
ally necessary to stop the engine for the
purpose of taking up a little wear in the
valve motion, or inserting a new piece OF
packing ir one OF the cylinder glands, but
It has never broken a single part, and 1t
has never been necessary to shut 1t down
for repairs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

II was with no little degree OF care,
therefore. that the officers of the company
inspected the entire river bank. from the
Burt street station TO a point some miles
above Florence. When the examination
was complete. one valuable bit OF knowl-
edge had been gained. At Florence was
the only point on the river where a per-
manent station could be erected with any
assurance that II could be maintained there.
The company at once bought large tract
OF land and began the installation of the
present magnificent plant,
The pump house was designed to be built
OF cut stone, situated near the river and
capable OF being added TO as time should
require additions to the plant. The river
was riprapped along the west bank to pro-
teet Il from eddying currents. On the hill
great reservoirs were laid out.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
Mains OF $50 Miles.

The system OF the Omaha Water COM
pany has over $50 miles of mains and about
1900 services The large mileage is due
to the very sparse settlement of our mu-
nicipal area. Omaha has much more
scattered population than most cities.
The mileage of water pipe is sufficient
to serve two or three times the present
population, as is seen by comparison with
other cities. Here It has been NECESSARY
to lay fifteen and one-thrd miles of main
for every 1000 services. Kansas City has
but eleven miles per thousand. Omaha,
therefore, has 40 per cent more main per
service than Kansas City.
The two cities have been built up in
much the same way but the population OF
Kansas City is more condensed. 1t may be
partially due to the wider streets of
Omaha. More than half of the territory
covered by the plat of the city proper is
taken up by streets and alleys, without
counting parks and public grounds. If
Omaha had as many water services per
mile OF main Kansas City we would
number population of 10000 or more.
st. Louis has 9.S7 miles of main per 1000
services and at this rate Omaha ought to
have 10000 people to show for it's go miles
of water mains.
Los Angeles gets along with five and
four-fifths miles of water main per 1000
services, while Omaha requires 1874 per cent
more II we had as many people per mile
OF main as Los Angeles our present popula-
ton would be $4,000
Erie, Pa, has nine miles OF main per
1000 services, which ratio would give
Omaha a population Of 100000 Harrisburg.
Pa, has 1000 services for each three and
one-half miles of main. If the Omaha
mains did as well as this we would have
moro than 10000 people-much more than
Cleveland, Cincinnati or Buffalo. We
would have a city almost as large as Bal
timore or Boston.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

7HEN the heart OF a man stops
~ even for a second his life goes
out. A great city, like Omaha,
n2CfSA is no less vulnerable than a man.
N1=SS It. too, has its heart which
pu;sates ceaselessly, night and day. Every
second it is throbbing. sending its life-giv
ing current through its wins. Should 1t
cease operation for brief time the metrop-
oils of Nebraska, with its $4,000 people,
would, under certain conditions, perish.
Omaha's heart is made of brass and
steel The fluid II forces through the veins
and arteries is water. Sixteen beats to the
minute is its \record, and at every one
more than 1900 gallons rushes through
iron network OF pipes which penetrate to
every portion OF the city. 1t is wonder
full heart. For over fourteen years this
one has been beating with scarcely a rest.
Sometimes 1t stops, but before 1t does, an
other one takes its place. and the city
lives on.
The magnificent water works system, OF
which this immense steel heart is the cen
ter. will soon pass into the possession OF
the city, II all goes smoothly. The city
has begun proceedings to acquire the plant
under the original contract and the APP
praisers have nearly finished the valua-
ton.
II is not boast 10 say that as a water
rlant its like does not exist in the country
today. Perfect in every detail, adequate
with the new additions made in the last
Ave years, to supply the needs of Omaha
for years, II is a marvel of the architect s
and designers art. Concededly the finest
plant of the kind in the world. Omaha may
point to It with the usual pride" so ia
Vored by the political platform.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
Pumping the Water.

The water is taken from the river and
pumped direct into the first reservoir,
which has a capacity OF 100000 gallons.
Here IL settles thoroughly The bottom
OF this reservoir, and. in fact. all OF them.
Is provided with mud gate. through
which TO flush out the precipitated matter.
That this is a very necessary precaution
will be understood when It Is stated that
there are 100 tons OF sand a day pumped
into this first reservoir with the river
water. Were IL not emptled frequently. the
reservoir would become filled In a few days.
From the frst reservoir the water nows
into the second also Of 15.OOQ.OOO gallons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

although 1t is now being extensively
copied.
The Minne-Lusa pumping station, as 1t
has been named, is one of the favorite re-
sorts of Omaha's citizens on Sundays and
holidays. The interior of the building Ia
cool and scrupulously clean. The grounds
art
Although there are 1N acres in the COM
pany's plot, 1t is kept with the same care
as the millionaire's lawn. Flower beds
may be found here and there over the
smoothly mown lawn. adding a bit of
brightness to the expanse of green sward.
Trees, trimmed with the most exacting
care, dot the lawns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
Other Machlnerr Needed.

The\ machinery at the Florence station,
while the principal part Of the pumping
plant, is not by any means all that is
owned by the company II is comparatively
simple to pump water from Florence to
the city-that Is, the lower sections OF the
city-under high pressure. But when IL
comes TO serving such sections as Walnut
Hin. HanscOm park, Benson and Dundee.
the big pump is not strong enough.
To overcome this obstacle the company
still maintains its Burt street station,
where there is a low service engine OF
100000 gallons capacity; one high SER
vice engine OF 100000 gallons and one OF
100000 At Twentieth and Poppleton there
Is high service, triple expansion engine
Of 10000 gallons capacity. which pumps
the water into the high service mains when
necessary.
at Walnut Hm is stn another pumping
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

All these improvements were completed
In 1889. and August OF the same year. the
new pumping station was thrown open 20
the public. II Il was handsome then Il Is
perfectly handsome now No smoke has
dimmed the dressed stone from which Il Is
built. The floors are just as clean today
as they were sixteen years ago; the brass
work shines even more brightly. the
grounds have been Oeautihed until they
have put many a city park to shame. and
the machinery In the station is a marvel
TO all those who SEQ It. Hydraulic engineers
Of rsDuts say Il has no equal In the world.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

Description of the Engines.
The engines are radical departure from
the usual form OF pumping engine. Instead
of being Of horizontal construction, they
are upright, and are almost exact dupli-
Gates of the engines in the steamers New
York and Paris, plying between American
and European ports. A feature of these
machines is that they are of condensing
pattern, and there is no exhaust of steam
into the open air. BY this means the atmos-
pheric pressure in the largest cylinder
the engine is triple expansion-does as
much work as the steam In either of the
other two.
The high pressure cylinder is forty inches
in diameter. Steam is fed to this at
pressure OF 100 pounds. From here It is
exhausted into the second or intermediate
cylinder, which measures seventy inches
in diameter. 1t is here expanded the sec
ond time, and is exhausted into the low
pressure cylinder OF 1O4 inches diameter.
Here it works the piston and is then con-
densed into water. The vacuum resulting
allows the air pressure to bring the piston
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

station, where there are three high SER
vice engines; one of 100000. one of $4,000
and one of 100000 gallons capacity, re-
spectively. Ordinarily, this station is run
continuously, and is able to take care Of
the higher parts of the city without the
assistance of the Twentieth street station
but steam is kept on the boilers at the
last. named plant which can be started
at a moments notice II necessary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

Enlarged Demands Inhabitants Our Rapidly Growing City and Its Adjoining SUBJ
How the Supply OF Water for Omaha
Consumers is Brought from the
Missouri River, Filtered and
Then Distributed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

Size of the Machine.
The size of the machine may be imagined
when It Is stated that the main shaft,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
The Omaha Water Company Up-to-Dae Plant at Forenc
Everything Enlarged Demands the Inhabitants of

of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01

HEN the heart of a man stops
even for a second his life goes
out. A great city, like Omaha,
is no less vulnerable than man.
1t, too, has its heart which
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
STANDING ROOM ONLY.

Mark Twain in his lecturing days reached a
small Eastern town one afternoon, and went, be-
fore dinner to a BARRIERS to be shaved.
"You are a stranger in the town. sir?' the
barber asked.
Eyes, I'm stranger here was the reply
Were having a good lecture here tonight,
SIR" said the barber. "a Mark Twain lecture.
Are you going to ito"
"Yes. I think I WILL said Mr.. Clemens
.e4aye YOU got your ticket YETI" the barber
asked.
mo not yet" said the other.
.'Ihen, sir, you'll have to stand
Dear met" Mr.. Clemens exclaimed 1T seems
as if I always do have to stand when hear
that man Twain lecture"
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
SWEARING AND AFFIRMING.

cult Court, talking about the difference be-
tween swearing and affirming.
Whatever the difference is" he said "it is
assuredly not what certain old coored man
understood it to be last week.
"Ths colored man, entering the witness box
said he thought he wouldn't swear. He thought
he would just affirm
'Erastus,' 1 said. how is this? month ago.
when you appeared before me, you consented
readily enough to swear. Why is 1t that you
will only affirm now"
"'Well, yo' honah,' said Erastus, de reason
am dat specks 1 amt quite so sure about de
facks O. dis case as wuZ O. de odder.'"
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
SNIP REQUISITE IN THE DRAMA.

At a meeting of the Actors Fund of America
Daniel Frohman talked about piaywriting.
ITO succeed" said Mr.. Frohman. "a play
must have snap Literary men. when they
rite plays forget this fact They create
dramas OF literary but Of no dramatic worth
Snap is everything.
"A literary man asked me the other day to
tell him what snap described a play to
hirn-a one act piay-that was full OF snap.
'eI-his play opens" explained lin a draw
ing room. with man and woman seated side
by side on a sofa, embracing each other passion
ateIy.
~Jnto the drawing room stalks a man with a
xrtp and an umbrella OF course the husband
UNEXPECTEDLY returned
.Tyhe husband no sooner sees the couple on
tho sofa than he whips out revolver and kills
Them both-her first. him afterward
.arhen he puts on his glasses. and. looking
about him, suddenly gives great start
- coed heavensr he exclairns 4 IN on ule
wrong ffoorr
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
Tx-rOENCE AND DIGNITY

A certain Judge has a nVe-seaf.o" . ~
=, ,, 8, very proud A few days ago she
80 ,o hin, and said, with very serious a,r:
-ITncle. there is a question about law want
to ask you" .,o
~WeH dear, what is its" patiently inquired 'he
.I|.o,o ., q man had a peacock. and II went
,r.o .nother mans yard and laid an ess' u
whom would the egg belong.
The Judge smiled induigentiS and repiieo
why, the egg would belong 10 'he "a.ns ina"
owned the peacock, but he ccnio pe ~
for trespassing if he |ent ONO "ie
property to get 1t ,~,,,c, interested in the
.rnlanation. and then observed. innocehI nsacock
-Uncle. did you never I'm. ln.hs s,o11es. lie.
suaIIdn't lay an egg! -tooOis -
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
TOO POOR IN ACTOR.

An American in London attended recently
dinner where Henry Arthur Jones told story
about Beerbohm Tree.
Mr. Tree" said the playwright, met friend
of his afternoon in Regent-st
"The two stood and conversed a little while.
and then Mr. Tree said:
"'Have you been down TO see me act lately,
my boy?'
mo; too poor said the other.
""Too poor Mr. Tree exclaimed Why, you
spend enough on wine and cigars
But the other, nettled, interrupted.
81 don't mean I'm too poor. / mean you're
too poor, he said"
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

vited to the house OF Jennings's pafentS- The
Jennings family being English one, the lone
Iy boy from Kidderminster was welcomed
Young Jennings and young Weaver were not
the kind of boys to spend their evenings al
theatres or on street corners Every night was
devoted to lessons in shorthand. Jennings being
teacher and Weaver pupil Weaver became
proficient shorthand writer, and from 81 week
at Wanamaker's he rose to the dignity OF
shorthand position in law firm. Then, nat
urally, he look round for better quarters
The mother of young Jennings had by this
time to regard Weaver almost with the
same affection she felt toward her own chill
dren. 1t suggested that John Weaver be
taken into the family. Jennings, senior, OBJ
jected the ground that his wife was already
overburdened with her own cares A room WAS
obtained however from friend Of the family,
a woman, like Weaver, from Kidderminster.
John went to his new home, but the pro-
spectiye foster mother had failed to provide the
extra bed required and John sought refuge for
the night at the Jennings home He slept with
his chum that night. and somehow or other ne
remained in those quarters until all talk of his
going had ceased. Nor did he leave the Jen-
nings home until years after, when he hurried
from the front door amid a shower of rice and
old shoes. bearing his arm his bride, the sister
Of his chun.
owes his success in life he viii probably say:
ITO the devoted care and guidance of her who
is now my mother -in-law." 1t may not sound con-
ventional, and it is rank heresy from the point
of view of the comic papers. but the mother
in-law of John Weaver has been his best friend
through life. John always a steady boy,
but cfurns would call for him and seek to take
him out for the kind of enjoyment that is styled
fun by the youth of the period On these
occasions Mrs. Jennings would say, mo, John.
you must not CO." and John would obey his
foster mother readily than many boys do
their real mothers.
1t was work, work. work with John Weaver.
He studied law, he plodded along at the office,
earning golden opinions from his employers, he
strove and saved and pushed his way up until
the stepping stone to the Mayoralty, the office
of District Attorney, was reached. NOW he Is
talked of for Governor of the State and his
present popularity is wide enough for any goal
Every Sunday John Weaver teaches Sunday
| school in the Tioga Baptist Church. He will
never talk business on Sunday. Reporters have
ceased to bother him on this day, for they know
his lips are sealed, no matter how urgent the
demand. He is pious but not ascetic- The
Mayor loves a good dinner and good cigar.
He owns a gasolene boat roomy enough to ac-
| of the Seaside Park Yacht Club He is en-
thusiastic motorist, and has recently essayed
| to learn to ride a horse He drives spanking
team, which was presented to him by un-
| known admirer and lives with his wife and
suburb of Philadelphia
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

greatest favor In its gift From errand boy IN
Kidderminster, England, to chief executive OF
the third largest city in the United States'
seems fair cry; but like most successful men,
Mayor Weaver started early to climb the ladoer'
deeming nothing too much trouble to help him
to accomplish his purpose. The life story OF
Weaver the boy and man is far more inter-
estine than that of Weaver the politician Told
by q relative Of the one citizen who has doWneo
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

the whole gang Of the Quaker City, 1t is SUP
stantiay follows:
Landing in Philadelphia steerage passenger
with scarcely enough money left of his savings
to carry him through the week. young weaver
sought work at the store of John Wananaker.
AS he seemed to be bright boy, ana was
neatly dressed, he was employed Ho" ne ih<iii-
aged to keep himself in those early days OF
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

struggling only John Weaver knows, and he
will not say word about it BE first BIOS
somed into the view of Philadelphians when ne
became the chum Of his present brother-in-law.
then a fellow clerk In the Wananaker store
This young man, Jennings by name, was a
stenographer Stenographers In those days COM
manded what now seems like big money. The
friendship between Jennings and young Weaver
ripened to tho point where Weaver was In
New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
4 RING SM4SHER.
Sketch of Mayor Weauer, Phitadet-
phia's DeHUerer.

When the destiny of John Weaver. Mayor OF
Philadelphia led him to away from home
and come to America, it bestowed upon him the
, 1905-06-05
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining
Of the Eustachian tube. When this
tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re,
stored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an inlamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars free. F. ]. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
' patton.
, 1905-06-05
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
REELECTED TEACHER.

Miss Cora Durnford, a graduate of
the University of Wyoming with the
class of 1903, has been reelected a
teacher in the Evanston public schools
and assigned to the fourth grade.
, 1905-06-05
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

At the Johnson-George A. Buck
land, Garrett; Ccn Hammond, Big Lar
annie; A. T. Trounsell, Walden; Leigh
Kerfoot, wife and daughter, Upland
Cal; w. E. Williams and wife, w. |
william S and wife, Cowdrey, Clio;
E. l.. Voyer, Lookout; G. B. Wheaton
Grinnell, Ia; William Robertson, Kan
sas City; H. w. Pollack and wife, Glen
eyre, Colo; J. w. Logan. Baltimore
Nd; Mrs. n. L%undquist, Miss Edith
L%undquist, Sand creek; Mrs. c. F
Johnson, Augusta II Evelyn Seder
lin, Cheyenne; Miss Agnes Brown
Grand Island, Neb.; Nels Johnson
Richland, Neb.
At the Union Pacific-D. c. Ander
son, Andrew Dingwall, E. c. Hanna
St. Louis; Frank C. Bosler, Bosler
Wyo.; o. L. Seininger, Elkhart, Ind.
D. r. Dean. e. W. Walker, Denver; II
Clayberg, Chicago; w. J. Redd, Santf
Fe route; d. V. Bell, Rawlins; Miss
Dee Harland, Fort Collins; C. w. Yer
million, Alton, Wyo.
At the kuster-Frank auckland
Garrett; Dennis Brennan, North park
E. N. Fairchild, Greeley, Colo; Frank
Mcdonald, ]. NJ. Thompson, Woods.
At the Phillips-Nels Johnson, Buck
land, Mich.