The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-04-12
Q. Did you ever have any trouble
Like this beforc7

pump was certainly drawing all the
water it could from the reservoir and
| was so anxious for it, I wanted to
give them the water after they called
for it, and l was standing by the ma
chine watching the needle on tho
wall when the pressure went down.
In regard to packing the pump. 1 had
just taken out the packing Of one of
the plstons to see what condition it
was in and the packing 1 used would
give good satisfaction for six months,
and it would run ten months, and
on examining it I found it all right,
and [ don't see why it should give
out.
q. What do you do to it to make it
work when you take off these piecesq
A. Reprimc the pump.
Q. What is repriming ito
a. 1t is refilling it. If the water
leaks out, you have some trouble in
stopping it. 1t was reprimed then and
tried and in couple Of minutes the
water began. gave it trial after I
had lost the water and gave it sulli-
clent time. 1t might not have reseat-
cd itself rs it ought to until it was
raise up several times by the pump.
Mr. 9. M. Vests Testimony.
Mr.. c. NJ. West, being duly sworn,
says:
@. What is your occupation, Mr..
West9
A. Machinist at the cotton mill.
Q. Did you go to the power house
on the day of the fire?
A. Yes, sir.
, Q. Why did you 90 down there?
a. heard that the pressure had
gotten weak. 50 | went down.
9. What condition did you find
things in when you got thcrc7
n. When | went in | asked what
the trouble was, and when they said
| they could not gel water, | helped
them take the plate OFF and cxamin-
ell it and found nothing The matter,
so we put the plate back on. We did
not find anything the matter with it
at all.
Q. The pump started to work after
you put that plate back on and re-
primcd it9
A. Yes, sir.
! @. How was the stroke Of the pump
at that time9
A. On the ri9ht-hand side ii was
all right. but on the other side there
was Somcthin" wrong. Mr.. Boyd fin
ally came and adjusted the stream
valve and ii seemed TO work all right.
II was running nicely when I left.
Q. Mr.. West haven't You had ex-
periencc with that style pump9
a. Yes. sir, we have Il pump Of that
size at the mill.
Q. Did it ever give you any trou-
bic Of this kind?
a. Yes. sir, we have had some trou-
bic with it.
@. After you adjust it, ii is all
right?
\. Yes, sir.
@. In your opinion. do you think
that pump sufficient to do the work ?
\. No, sir. do not.
| 9. l. there amy pump on the mar
kct with less valves than this one?
\. No. sir, il is Il. rood pump made
by Il coed company. We have one
which has been running since 1884,
and We never have any trouble with
lit.
@. You spoke Of noticin" the water
| pressure eoin" down, what time did
you get there?
A. 4 few minutes before ~ o'rlock.
Q. Did they seem TO have any pres
sure at that time?
A. Yes. but fairly weak.
Q. How long did it take YOU to get
there?
\. About five minutes.
Q. How long did il take TO get the
pump in operation?
\. May be We were working on it
about ten minutes.
9. WhcN they started there was
nnihn" the matter with ii except the
stream valve had to be adjusted7
\. That is all could see, have
never had anything like that to hap
pen with kind Of pump. We have two,
one with priming valve to guard
against that.
9. Is there a priming valve on this