Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-05

dinarily used on such work. Each of the three conducting wires is made of seven hard drawn copper wires, there. by making n stranded conductor which has n much greater tensile strength than q single wire. This feature will greatly lessen tho liability of broken wires during heavy storms, but should a break occur there has been installed suitable switching apparatus for cut ting in m auxiliary conductor, So that as long as two wires are left unbrok- en on the transmission line, the service can be maintained. This transmission
 line ias been built Co the Granite creek auxiliary station, where the city
 has n 90 h. p. motor. connected 10 a second auxiliary pumping station, with
 the piping so arranged that this pump
 may be operated as an auxiliary for
 the Del Rio plant, should the Willow
 creek station break down.
 The new reinforced concrete reser.
 voir Is now in use increasing our stor.
 age capacity one nnd n half million
 gallons, and is n first class piece of
 work.
 The water problem at Prescott is
 one of the most difficult ones con.
 fronting any city in the United States,
 water being pumped to the highest ele-
 vation for general municipal uses of
 any place on record. This feature,
 taken into consideration in a country
 where fuel Is high, hns prompted the
 City Council to install the hest and
 most efficient apparatus which it was
 possible to purchase.
 The above extensions were made m.
 dr direct charge of the uperintend-
 ent of water works, Chas. c. Glass, who
 was ably assisted by Mr. Will l.. Cof. fin, his chief engineer, on all mcchan. ical work done at Del Rio, while the
 electrical equipment was entirely CT. cctcd under the direct supervision of
 Mir. Mark Furgison, who has learned the electrical business under Mr. Glass, and become very proficient in this line of work, as was thoroughly demonstrat . cd when the entire electrical equip. ment started up without hitch of
 my kind. This is very unusual, when it is remembered that the electricity is R~ncratcd at the dynamo at 2200 volts
 3phase, and taken to the transform !. ing room, where it is stepped uI through the open Delta transformer P connections to l7 800 volts, 3-phase !. at which pressure it is transmitted 1s miles to the Willow creek auxiliar, ,. station, where it turns back somer !. sauit and lands on it's feet at 44O volts \ 3.pha.e for operating the n h. p. self !. starting Westinghouse motor driving z tho Gould triplex pump at this place |. From this station the high tension h line extends 10 the Granite creek aux q Hilary station, where 1t passes througl ?. . compound double acting somersault . landing on it's feet.
 d There has been expended or unde n contract by the City Council, fhe fol
 lowing amounts for the new extension Ia to the water and sewer systems: |. For the Del Rio power house cxten n sions. completed as 1t now stands IT 36,57a.la.
 n The twenty mile electric transmissio r. line, transformers, Tightening arrest
 CTS and high tension switches, tl0 y sIs.4c.
 ,e The Willow creek auxiliary pump sts {. tion. completed with the changes mad n. in the Granite creek station, t5,ss5.3i ,e Sewer extensions at Prescott, . ,c ready made. $I,507.ss.
 ,e ventilators, aireators, piping, an n. extras on new reservoir, Al,3l%.56. ,g Making h total for the above of t56 ii. iOe.ii.
 There were several large cxpcnd to lures made on the water and scwerag q. system outside of MT. Giasss depar he ment, they being, the new rcscrvoi of costing approximately, &17,0Oo. n, With the Duke ranch, which is 10 be used as a sewer farm, costing A1s mn GOO.
 ,v Also balance due the contractors c CT the original installation of GIG, 900. e, All of the above items along wit rs the commission of t5,O00 on selling ti ch last bond issue, thereby bringing q sn tAe eal .u k. |. 60 and sewerage department to date (
 the recent extensions to $I06,1O on In addition to the remarkable go, ,s. showing made by the city council -ol giving Prescott one of the hest, mo
 modern and adequate water and SCI