The Dickinson press., 1908-10-31
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at least 20, 600 gallons q day. There
will be one large we'll and five small
ones. The large well is slightly north
east of the tank and is % feet deep and
30 feet in width. 1t is cased with brick
The wall has been lowered into the
hole after the manner of a Golfer dam.
A few feet of brick were first laid and
as the well got deeper the wall was
lowered little by little and more brick
added until the whole % feet was com
pleted. The wall stands about a foot
above ground and the whole is covered
with a roof. In this wall are sixteen s
inch pipes, with very fine copper screen
ing over the openings. The water filters
into the we'll from the sides. In addition
there are two or three living springs in
the bottom 50 that there is a capacity
of fully 30. 600 gallons of pure water a
day in the well alone.
As auxiliaries Mr.. Littlehales has
bored 4 small wells. One of these is not
yet dug and will be located near the
we'll now supplying the city. which will
be abandoned as it is very sandy. The
other four are located about the hill and
vary in depth from IS to 95 feet. At
each we'll is a small brick catch basin
which receives the water as it is lifted
by the air compressure. The wells are
all connected and where the water of
one joins the water of another will be
small brick reservoirs. each 8 by 3 feet,
standing a foot or two above ground.
There are two of these larger catch ba-
sins, each partitioned into two compart-
ments. 1t will be possible to clean out
each reservoir when it becomes filled
with sand. M
Just east of the big well is the pump
house, a neat one-story brick building.
ornamental in appearance and well de-
signed in regard to room. This building
is 40x51 feet and is partitioned off to
form a small Office for the superintendent
at one end. In the rear is the boiler
room and coal room and the rest of the
building contains the pumps. The
building is planned for two boilers but
at present only one will be used and the
other space will be used for coal. In the
pump room will be two sets of pumps,
for both steam and electric power. The
electric power will be used mainly and
will be furnished by the electric light
plant. The steam plant will be kept as
an emergency and the thoughtful citizen
will easily see the advantage and even
necessity of both kinds of power. The
motors will be of 30 horse power and one
will be used for the electric discharge
pump and one for the electric air COM
pressure pump. In addition there will
be both a discharge pump and an air
compressure pump fitted for steam, max
ing four pumps in all. The electric dis
charge pump will have a capacity of
Fl, 875 gallons an hour or SIS, 900 gallons
in "a hours. The steam discharge pump
has a capacity of IS, 600 gallons an hour
or $40, 600 gallons in "a hours The
electric air compressure pump will pro-
duce 800 cubic feet of free air a minute
and the steam apparatus 220 cubic feet.
There will be three sets of pipes in
the bitches. First the air pressure pipe
of heavy galvanized iron which will lift
the water from the five small wells to the
height of the gravity pipe. This latter
is of wood. of special construction, extra
heavy. bound with steel bands and COW
cred with a preparation of asphaltum
and sawdust. This pipe will run into
the reservoir and act as al auxiliary to
the flow of the big well. The third pipe
will be the discharge pipe. running from
the reservoir tt the tank. Owing to the
fact that abortion of the pipe is now
laid from the present pump house to the
tank, it is shorter to 60 due west and
there join the old pipe instead Of cutting
across in a straight line to the tank. In
this way the same ditch has the three
pipes In other words, the air pressure
pump sends the air through the ditch to
the wells. then the water from the wells
eomes, backsoyer the same territory by
gravity. andssthe water is pampsa&fS6tstI
pipes u tAs ditch q d third time q the y
tower. T @
This system is a patented q and
Is used in all parts. Of this country.
The d government. has an elaborate
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