Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-01-03
REPORT TO THE BOARD
Receive a Bill a Year Old and
Give Notice That They Must
Be in Promptly.
cURRIE GETS UNUSED MAIN
Local Contractor will Fem 3ve the
I66 eagths of the Old Pipe
from the River.

At the meeting of the Water Board
in the council chamber, at city hall,
last night, Duncan Currie, who re-
Gently sent in a bid for the purchase
Of the old sixteen-inch water main,
at Marsh Point, was awarded it. He
agreed to buy the pipe at the rate of
so length, and the lead at the rate
OF " cents pound. There are
about 166 lengths. This main has
not been In use for six years
Some time ago Chief Engineer
Joseph H. Cottrell, at the Runyon
plant, invented and made a heater
This heater cost about $50, and it Is
now in use at the plant, and last
night the following letters from the
chief engineer were read. They show
a great saving in both coal and
money, made possible by the use OF
the heater.
ITO Jos. G. Burns,
- Supt. Water Works:
THE installation of new feed
water heater has given the following
results:
Saving in coal per day. 1000 lbs.
Saving in coal per month 10000 lbs.
Saving in money per,6ay $ .07
Saving in money per nlontH -: l0
This heater has cost us about $50
to install and saves S32.10 per
month, SO you can readily see that it
Will pay for itself in two months by
saving of coal alone besides deliver
ing the water to the boilers at a very
high temperature. All the steam OF
vacuum pumps, feed pump and cleo
trio lights goes to this heater. After
1T has done its work, in this heater
the remainder is passed through a
set OF pipe coils, which heats our
engine room.
Yours respectfully,
Jos. H. COTTRELL,
"Chief Engineer"
Benefits from Pump Repairs.
The following was also received:
ITO ]. G. Burns,
Supt. Water Works:
THE repairs to Worthington pump
by installation of packed plungers
have given us the following results:
Saving In coal per day. 1000 lbs.
Saving in coalper month 100000 lbs.
Saving in money per day. ..s 7.49
Saving in money per month. 224 SO
These figures are based on what
the pump has done previous to the
repairs being made. If you will
glance over the monthly report you
can see at a glance the difference in
coal consumption by the repairs
made, and a feed water heater has
been put in service.
Previous to these changes and
repairs being made to Worthington
pump, the loss IN water had reached
as high as 40 per cent. so the pump
was only really delivering 60 per
cent. of the piunger displacement.
For every ton of coal burned the
pump only delivered about 100000
gallons.
"At present for every ton of coal
burned the pump is delivering
644 900 gallons.
Previous to repairs being made
our coal cost us s25.36 per day. At
present our coal costs us $3.50 per
day, making direct saving of sS.56
per day.
"All this has been done by repairs
and changes being made to the
amount of 5000. causing a direct saw
ing of S256.S0 per month.
Trusting you will bring these
figures before the Board of Water
Commissioners. l remain
Yours truly,
Jos. H. COTTRELL,
"Chief Engineer"
Want Bills in Promptly.
Some bills were received by the
commissioners, and one of these was
nearly a year old. Commissioner
Haney said that bills to the water
board should be rendered monthly
and not allowed to run so far behind.
He also suggested that notice be
published in the local paEers that all
outstanding bills against the depart
ment be in before the next meeting,
January Is. The bills were ordered
paid and the motion was passed.
Present we're President Thomas J.
Clark, and Commissioners George ].