The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
CEMENT WATER TANK,

CEMENT WATER TANK,
ure or larger, filled up all the holes
with coarse sand and gravel wet this
well with water and tamped it well
to get it firm. l put two layers of
stone this way, then placed smaller
stone well laid together and slushed
this with cement made of one part Of
portland cement and two parts Of
good plastering sand made the
foundation about twenty inches thick
and cement about half of the depth.
l then made form of rough lumber
of eight sections for the inside. each
section being two feet eight inches at
the bottom, two feet nine inches at the
top and thirtyone inches wide. The
ends were beveled to fit tight and nail
ed together, except one section, which
was fitted so that it could be taken
out easily when the tank was done.
For the outside form made each sec
ton three feet seven inches at the bot
tom, three feet five inches at the top
and thirty-One inches wide, beveled at
the ends and nailed together. Put out
side, this formed Il space seven inches
at the top and eleven inches ut the
bottom for the wall. The forms were
well stayed 50 they could not move.
l put i'll layer of stone of uniform
size to suit the space, filled the holes
with smaller ones and slushed this
with cement, filling all holes so as to
get it solid
The form should be left on about
forty-eight hours or less if the wealth
er is hot and dry. The form should
also be taken loose from the wall, but
left around it two or three days so it
will not dry too fast. Let it dry
about week (be governed by the
weather., then give two coats of &C.
ment on the bottom. inside and out
side. The sand should be sifted for
this. Let it dry week before using.
Make such pipe connections as you
wish, but have the overflow pipe so it
can be easily taken out for cleaning the
tank
If TIE above directions are followed
the tank should be about seven feet
in diameter at the top. two or three
inches less at the bottom on the III
side and thirty-one inches deep and
should have capacity of about TWEEN
ty barrels of water.
l am unable to say how much freez-
ing this tank will stand. l have a
70 MI 70 INF in, xxyf1
take no risk.
The material used was about ten
perches Of stone, one load of coarse sand
and gravel one load of cement sand
and four barrels of portland cement
says writer in Farm and Firesidc
A Quotation Well Used.
! Few have ever forgotten the cyclone
of cheers that burst over the Repub-
lican convention of 1880 as Conkling,
tall, majestic, imperlous in his bearing,
strobe upon the platform and faced
that great audience of 10000 souls.
| Conkling was there determined to Sc.
| cure the nomination of Ulysses S.
Grant as president for third term. 1t
WAo blNSSu LllllulGo btAOlt lS IOllu Dt
heard. The mighty thunder of those
10000 threats, from friend and foe,
rolled and crashed and rumbled on. At
length Conkling, swinging his arms
above him, brought them down, down,
down. by graceful moves as If to soothe
the tempest. He did this a dozen
| times. There was silence at last In
voice broken by four days Of battle
in committee rooms and on the floor Of
the convention, yet sonorous in its very
hoarseness, he began his speech by de.
claiming:
And when asked what state he halls from
our sole reply shall be,
! He halls from Appomattox and its famous
apple tree.
No scene in any national convention
! of either party since has rivaled that
which greeted Conkling's use of Miles
O'Reilly's famous lines. 1t was half
an hour before he could proceed, and
through IT, all the multitude cheered
and roared its interruptions.-Ever
body's Magazine.