Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-05


has made no provisions in regard to this.
II any one doubts these statements, the
water board would be more than delighted
to have them go up and LOOK Tor them
selves
Members Of the board have taken meas
urements every day for a long time on
the Halliday BROOK system and also on
the Sunset Lake system. The Halladay
brook system has been running on an av-
erage about three times as much water
as the Sunset Lake system.
On the 18th OF September, wnen these
streams were both measured by ten diff
ferent business men of Brattleboro, the
Sunset Lake system was running 1885,
900 gallons In "a hours, which would last
the village of Brattleboro using one line
Of hose, one inch and an eighth nozzle
under S5-pound pressure Is hours. In
other words. the whole amount Of water
running would not supply one line OF
hose The Halliday brook system, at
the same time was running 100000 gal
Ions. or exactly three times as much
Mr.. Crowel has stated to the water
board that the people Of Brattleboro use
500, 900 gallons Of water in "a hours.
Figuring on this basis. he would have
to pump 264 900 gallons from West river.
while, at the same time with the Halla-
day brook system, we would have 9O9,'
900 gallons running to waste. These
figures illustrate that the Halliday brook
therefore does not dry up.
Mr.. Crowel will tell you, and 1t has
been so stated In the paper, that II the
water board had allowed him to go on
and complete his reservoir that he would
have had plenty of water. NOW, as
matter of fact, since the first of July,
when he was ready to begin on his res
ervoir 1t has been impossible for him
10 get his present reservoir here In the
village supplied with water and 1t has
been constantly lowering until he was
obliged to start his pump on West river.
Perhaps, IL this reservoir had been put
in last winter, so as to catch the spring
thaws and rains, we would have had
water enough to last through the sum-
mer, but do the people Of the village OF
Brattleboro want TO drink In august
and September water that has been stored
since last March and April in an open
reservoir with the surroundings there
are in Pleasant Valley? II they were
obliged to do this, We are afraid there
would be some hard kicks coming. But
they are not.
For the water Of Halliday brook. no
one has raised objection as to its purity.
The water board know what they can put
in the Halliday system for and they do
not feel that the village can afford to
buy the Sunset Lake and Pleasant VAL
ley system for three reasons: First, the
| quality OF the water has never been
| day brook and Mr.. Crowell himself does
| not claim II is, but says It is all right for
| village purposes; second, the supply OF
water during the dry time. when we need
it the most is only one-third as large as
| that from Halliday brook; third, II we
own this system, we have got to put In
| a large dam at Sunset lake and there
will be an extra expense OF looking after
and maintaining five dams, which are
| situated all the way from FIVE to ten
| miles from Brattleboro. This cannot be
considered and the people could not az
| ford to take the Sunset Lake system and
maintain the same II II were given to
them as a present and the quality OF the
water was all right, and the only grounds
ON which this could be purchased would
be to do away with competition, which
the water board thinks would not be
very extensive, unless Mr.. Crowen Sc
cured a better class of water.
Now what has Mr.. Crowell got to ar
bitrate? There are very few pipes II
the village OF Brartleboro that are OF tho
| size required TO conform with the insur'
| ance rules for village OF this size. o.
| course, Mr. Crowell will say that tbs
pressure on the hydrants is all right II
the village OF Brattleboro. but the onl!
way they test this is with one line o.
hose Now II we had a fire in Smith
Hunts factory or Holden & Martins
their outside sprinklers would be opened
there would be at least six lines of hos
put on from the nearest hydrants. an'
the result would be that with the sizes o
pipe he now has there would be no pres
sure fit to fight fire.
Now in case OF a fire in Esteyville
Cemetery hill, North or Tyler streets
and several other sections of Brattle
boro, the fire department would want L
use from four to six lines Of hose. Pu
on this number of lines in any of thes
places in the village and you Will nm
that the pipes are so small that the fric
ton will reduce the pressure to such a
extent that II will be practically useles
for fighting fire. This is the way that
! system should be tested to ascertd
whether the pipes are of sufficient siz
, for the use of the village. But when thi
was suggested the chairman of the boar
, OF bailiffs Immediately said, why 20
mustn't do that. because you will scar
the insurance companies and they wi
, Immediately raise your rates"
/ Nearly every street would have to b
relaid with larger pipe. OF course. som
Of the present pipe could be used in tn
r outlying part OF the village. Probabi
in time nearly all Of 1t, and II we bougf
this system and the pipes were foun
3 strong enough to stand the pressure, tn
. water board would probably not chang
all OF the pipes at the present time. bl
competent engineers say that Mr.. Grow
els pipes, which We're originally OF ligf
weight, and have been In the ground Il
g a long time, will not stand the extr
!, pressure. At any rate, che village woul
Z have to lay new line of pipe ON Froi
a and Flat streets and there should be
a line OF pipe laid through Swedeville
q | Western avenue. They would have
= buy and lay a 16-inch main from II
a | village to Sam Sargents place. The
= | would then have to build a reservoir
. Pleasant Valley, II they bought M
- Crowelrs system, and also the dam
/, Sunset Lake. so 1t Is safe to say that
: the village should buy Mr.. Crowells syI
\ tenn at his price OF 1926. 900, even II Il
\ water was all right by the time they g
1t completed. It would cost them at lea
, $3.50, 900.
: The members of the water board fe
) that IL they could buy Mr. CTowelPs sy
/. tenn at $3.50 900, which is $125,OO mo
e than IL is worth for the village OF Bra
+ tleboro to use. but this they would re-
ommend paying to do away with comp
h tition, added to this $250,000 they wou
: put in the pipe lines mentioned, dig I
a the pipe from Pleasant Valley and reli
4. 1t to Halliday brook, put in a reserve
IF on Halliday brook and use the steel phi
n line as long as II lasted, bringing wat
Il from StlclSney brook and Sunset La
Is into Pleasant Valley to do away wi
l., the water damage to the mill owners b
m low They could then get up syste
"a for about $375, 900, which would be
q fairly good one for the village of Bra
,r tleboro. The reservoir and main III
>, would be first class, the other pipes
- | the Village could he replaced from tir