The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

ported by every citizen i'll the Brmlng- ham district, not only to secure this but to have it located on the watershed that is to supply Birmingham with water. If this was done the government would buy all the land in the watershed and move all the people out. and that would for ever settle the question of Birmingham water supply becoming polluted.
 By damming up these two rivers it would create two storage reservoirs, or lakes. from one to two miles wide. and 23 miles long and contain an acreage of from B to 40 square miles, and would furnish the city with water for all time to come.
 We would recommend that the Sipsey fork dam and project be undertaken first. The proposition as stated to Us for thls stream gives an average daily run oil, estimated from government reports, Of over one billion one hundred million Q,- loo, ,000 COO gallons, from a drainage ter ritory of about ten hundred and twenty five d025) square miles.
 The average daily run off of the Mul- berry fork would be about seven hun dred and eighty million C7S0.000,0o0 gallons from a drainage area of about five hun dred and seventy-1ve C570 square miles.
 The Sipsey fork, allowing one-fourth of the above amount of water saved, would yield about two hundred and sev-
  Mulberry fork about one hundred and ninety-hve million G95.O0OOO0) gallons. and the two together about four hundred and seventy million (47000O,0OO) gallons per day.
 Pumping the water is to be done with turbine pumps. run by water power; these pumps are to force the water up high hill, three hundred and fifty (350) feet above the city of Birmingham, into a large reservoir that will hold months supply of water. From this reservoir the water will pass through the gravity filters, and then be conveyed to Bir- mingham by gravity, through a forty-two inch (42-inch) cast iron pipe line, which will convey twenty-five million (25,OOO.- 000) gallons of water per day under full pressure. We recommend, however. that at least fifty million t50000,000 gall Ions per day be provided for, at once The extra amount of water not used for supply and pumping would generate an enormous amount of power for sale. If necessary cheap coal could also be ob- tained at this point.
 After considering the amount of water that the Birmingham district would use If the cost to railroads and manufacturing plans could be made reasonable, we find the amount is enormous
 Gallons. One of our manufacturing plants
 alone, in a few years, will use,
 per day :. :. .. .. .. .. 100000 , can use, per day .. -. :. 100000 The manufacturing plants in, and
 including the town of North Bir-
 mingham. per day :. 5.oOOOoO Pratt City. per day ... ... =. .. 100000 Manufacturing plants, outside of
 in
 lev. per day .. .. . . 100000 East Birmingham. per day . . .. 100000 City of Birmingham. Ensley,
 Woodlawn Avondale. East
 Lake, Elyton, West End and
 Graymont, per day .15,ooVoe Making a total, per day, of .....7S,0OOW0 Of this amount of water the Bir-
 mngham Water Works com
 pany is supplying daily about. .15,o0O0OO North Birmingham .... l,Vo0ooo Pratt City . . .. .. e. .. .... 5OO00O
 Leaving d balance per day of 6l,5OOOo0 gallons to be pumped from creeks, springs and branches.
 Some of the large manufacturing plants around Birmingham are now using the creek water over three or four times. after it has already been used at two or three furnace plants, and are now making calculations on going out to the Warrior river and pumping water for their own use.
 This North Birmingham water works system can deliver water cheaper than steam pumping plant can ever do, and they will have no trouble in securing contracts to supply a large percentage of this water.
 As per your request we also lnVesu- gated obtaining water from the Coosa river, advisablity of the city purchasing the Birmingham Water Works company plant. Professor Kay's water works plan and the Taylor's Ferry proposition, and beg to submit the following:
 Report on coosa River.
 We find that there is plenty of water in Coosa river for all purposes; we also lind that the river runs through a flat low country, and that the banks on either side are low and could not be damned up to height that would give a great amount of power, and that it is a navi- gable stream and that power dam would have to be made under government regulations, and could not be made over 40 feet high. Last of all we find the Coosa river is a polluted stream, caused by the sewerage and drainage from the cities of Rome, Dalton Cedartown, Gainesville and Canton Ga, and many other small towns in Georgia, also Gadsden and Att talla and many other small towns in Ala bama.
 Birmingham Waterworks Plant.
 In the first place Birmingham has out grown this plant while it is true that the supply can be increased by dammlng up