The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-28


tracted are completed all OF cul
streets will be up to grade. The filling
of private property has followed pub
lie improvements and the area OF low
ground is being rapidly reduced.
The cost OF filling by wagons is
expensive and some OF our citizens
Iconeeiyed the idea of reducing this
Icost by hydraulic dredging. but were
unable to secure contract of suffi.
cient size TO justify the undertaking.
until the building Of the Cairo x
lThebes Railroad was commenced
which afforded this opportunity.
The Cairo Contracting and Dredging
Company was organized and began
operations about one year ago, they
have operated continuously since that
time except when prevented by high
water which has caused numerous in
terruptions during the past year They
lcubic yards Of sand and now have un.
| der contract 100000 additional yards
and expect to take contracts for addi.
itional ydrlage as soon as these con-
tracts are Well under way The guam
fifty OF sand pumped into the city rep
Presents about per cent of the mater,
Iial handled, the remaining 90 per cent
lof water passing out through the
'sewers. The plant consists of TWO =.
Inch centrifugal pumps. two POO horse
power engines the first plant being To-
Gated en- boat in the Mississippi river
and the secondary plant ON the shore
about ZOO feet distant. About 5000
feet OF Pinch spiral riyeted pipe is
used for the pipe line. plant consumes
about 20 tons OF coal per day Whel
operating at the maximum. distance
600o feet or about rs miles. This
plant was doing the equivalent vi
pumping a T. inch column of water
eco feet high,
The quantity OF solids delivered per
running hour averaged about 90 cubic
yards and the average per day about
900 cubic yards. Fifteen effective run
nin4 hours out Of tine twenty-four
hours was the best results obtainablo |
with the present plant.
The cost OF filling by the dredging
process shows reduction OF about
10 per cent from the cost ot wagon
illing. but upon this basis has not
Jroyen the financial success that its
promoters anticipated. This. however
ias been largely due to mechanical
ictects. The new pumps that the cCm-
AMY are having built will overcome
hese defects, reduce the cost OF op-
ration run more effective hours each
lay and il the government engineers
sho have aided in designing the new
mnps are correct in their views, they
iii materially increase the quantity
solids delivered per hour
Tie quantity OF material pumped
ata the city represents the displace-
@at of about 4IG00,G00 gallons of
atef and To that extent reduces the
sra cr basin for taking care of
jgase ana surface drainage. When the
.rea now under contract is filed the
lre ssity Ter the filling Of low places
sill be more urgent as they viii be.
e"lo cess pools for tho accumulation
1 surface drainage
The majority OF our citizens are in
aFur OF filling ana have spent vast
uns in the filling of public and pri.
ate property; some objections are
let with principally from the owners
f rental property and few of these ,
each block prevents the filling of /
irge areas TO insure the filling of -
Il low areas the Linegar law former II
in the statute OF this state should II
e re-enacted, this was sanitary 60
lcaswc and gave the city the author. b
= to compel the filling Of private t
ropcrty to the established grade. lib
II our distinguished guest will IA. In
or MS with a return visit three years lj
ence We will be able to show him the
omplcte realization OF the dream Of b
alt a century b