The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20


 and necessary to complete the system have been delivered.
 "The stand-pipe contracted to the Hartley Boiler Works has been com pIeted and delivered to the city.
 .'rhe concrete reservoir and twenty. inch conduit line connecting same witn the storage basins at the pump station have been erected by the contractors, Hodgsor and Hannon. and received bv the city.
 "The new system of steam piping TOT the pump station. contracted to the Central Fire Extinguisher Company, has been completed. anc is now doins active duty"
 The report includes statement or the receipts and disbursements or the Special Water Works Extension Fund,
 Recelptn.
 Net proceeds of bond sale. $202,724,sz From J. C. Haas, for pipe lay-
 ing in his plat. .a ...... ll1.TT From ztrkle & Moore, as per
 contract. -s..,. Z'lSo-zo From Capitol Heights Com Damages for killing mule. 10000
 Total. :. :. sso7,sssS4
 Disbursements.
 Pipe and specials. .... ....$ 72,06O.13 standpipe Gin fuIl).. ..s. 15.61S,00 Gate valves Gin full) .. .. .. 4,521.24 On contract for lead and
 Compressor Gin ful1). :. .. 9.S40.00 On contract for foundations. 72S9.4S Hydrants and boxes Gin fulO. S,2SiS9 Pump, Con contract) .... ... 11,63720 Stand pipe lot. ....,. 1,50O.00 B. B. Smith. consulting engi-
 neer.. .. ...,.s..... bO0OO Interest on bonds ., .... 100000 Hauling pipe and specials. 2.466.9S Reservoir ton contracD .... 12,001.50 Labor laying mains and com
 struetion work at the plant 33,240.s1 Steam piping (on contractl.. 1,S79.eA Valves Gin fu1l) .. .. .. .. 1,0e7.50 Other labor and material furnished for construction at the plant and on the plant .. .. :. ......... s,t5s4s Total. :. .... ........... sses, ,22o.sS The sum of $10.000 has since been paid on the contract for pipe and spe- | cials, and $2.76S.So on that for stor- age reservoir and conduit line. These payments bring the total expenditures up to $21S,9SSS6, thus showing a defic- 1t of $10,990.02.
 There are, also. still due and unpaid, the following list of items of expen- allure and estimates of labor and ma- terial required to finish the system az laid out:
 B. B. smith. consulting engi- neer, b0o00 On pipe and special contract. e.s74.s4 Lead and yarn .. .. ........ 1,142.59 Ailis- Chalmers Company. baI-
 ance contract, .... 10,122.S0 Bills of extras. ... =. ... 2,467.4O Steam piping. balance contract 1,b55.97 Valves for mains.. ,..... 65s.00 Foundation, balance contract, 10000 Estimated cost of laying three miles of pipe and specials 2,73S.40 Lead and yarn to complete (estl 90000 ---- Total ..... ..... ... =. $2G,654.80 This amount" says the report, tad ! ded to the deficiency shown. $10.990.0 .02. indicates a probable deficiency of $37,- 644.s2. to which should be added the sum of $1,500 for miscellaneous and sundry items due and to become due which are too small to be enumerated" The committee closes it's report with the following recommendation: "In the plans formulated for the Improvement, enlargement and exten- sion of the water works, no provision whatever has been made by the engi- neers for any increase in boiler power with which to operate the additional pumping machinery. The capacity of the pumping engines being more than doubled and no increase in boiler pow 1 CT, leaves the department without suf- | ficfent boiler power. no reserve what ever In case of accident or when nec- essary to discontinue use of any boiler | for repairs or inspection. In other | words, the department has double the | pumping capacity without the boiler | power necessary to utilize or operate the plant to it's full pumping capacity 1 if necessary. We consider it absolute | ly necessary for the safety of the de- parement and for the welfare and in- | terest of the entire city, that the boii- | CT power be incerased as son as possi- ble and ask that immediate action be | taken in the matter.
 'fWe also recommend, that the hot | well in the basement be vented, in- stead of sealed, as it is at present l ''We also recommend that the stair l way be changed so as to allow install lation of engine and dynamo already purchased and on hand, and that same be installed.
 I've also recommend that clsternf Nos. 2, 3 and 4, be overloaded, roofs repaired and reinforced concrete bot | toms be put in, similar to that recently | placed in cistern No. 1.
 | We would also recommend that the | superintendent of water works be em- l powered to. employ an expert air lift | pump man to adjust and repair all deep well pumps at the different artesian | wells, and that the tanks and piping above ground be scraped and. painted also that the old stand-pipe on Capitol I Hill be repainted.
 Tn order to make the pipe system of Vesuvius and North Montgomery safe, line of twelve-inch pipe should be laid from North Court street at the | intersection of Gundy street, due east to a point on the Shell Road. at the end of the twelVe-inch line. This would provide water in both divisions | of the city, in case either one of ths main feeders was out of service, and would require 1000 feet of twelve-inch | pipe"
 Attached to the report of the com mittee are letters from Consulting En- | glneer B. B. Smith and City Engineer A. R. Gilchrist, stating that they have inspected the new reservoir and stand pipe, and find them satisfactory in | every way; also that the new Allis- l Chalmers pump and Hardee-TXnes(c conn pressor were installed in the pump room, and were found satisfactory.