The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-25
ANOTHER SPECIAL


Gil was held Friday night of last
week for the purpose of agreeing on
some plan for irrigating the ceme-
terry. The members of the council
and the cemetery committee from
the Ladies' Forward Club have never
been able to fully agree on a plan
the council members Chat is, some
of them have) contended that
pumping plant at the river was the
proper thing while the ladies have
insisted that the only permanent
plan Is to attach to the city water
system and at this meeting they sub
mitted the following report from
Engineer Richardson's:
after obtaining the data that is
available on the city water plant, l
find that the present reservoir has a
capacity of about 100000 gallons,
and that the pumping plant will fill
the reservoir in about six hours, and
that about $4,000 gallons of water
are used while the reservoir is filling.
The pumps, therefore, deliver about
$50 gallons of water per minute.
During the summer season about
100000 gallons are used daily.
''The elevation of the overflow pipe
of the reservoir Is 102 feet above
the wells; the guage at the pumping
plant shows pressure of about 4S
pounds per square inch when the
reservoir Is being filled.
by placing a second reservoir or
tank adjacent to the present reser-
voir, and with the overflow pipe Is
feet above the overflow pipe of the
present reservoir, a head of 15 feet
would be added to the system. When
this reservoir Is full pressure of 65
pounds per square inch would be
added, making the pressure at the
pump 54.5 pounds per square inch
instead Of As, as at present. When
the reservoir Is being filled with the
tank full, there would be a head of
rs feet over the elevation of the GEM
etery. With four inch pipe, water
should be delivered by gravity, at the
cemetery, at the rate of 1923 gal
Ions per hour, or S4,552 gallons per
day. With the tank about empty, and
with head of 5 feet, the flow would
be 1850 gallons per hour, or 61,920
gallons per day. The cost of gaso-
line for run of six hours is about
Sc, pumping about $4,000 gallons,
making a cost for gasoline of about
"a cents per 1000 gallons of water
pumped. The labor cost may be fig
ured at about IL cents per 1000 gal
Ions, making a total of 3.6 cents total
COST
The above plan appears to be the
most feasible of any yet submitted,
| and the council finally decided to Or
der plans and specifications to con-
form with the above The ladies
| have been tireless and persistent in
| their endeavors to secure a perma-
nent plant, while some members of
the council have been just as in
sistent that pumping plant should
be installed, consequently at Friday
nights meeting several of the heavy
taxpayers were invited to be present
and express their views on the pro-
posed plans, with the result that
there was not single objection
raised against Mr.. Richardson's re-
port. One of the speakers intimated
that If an election should be called
for councilmen, that it was doubtful
If the present aggregation would be
able to succeed themselves. He stat
ed that the members of the council
were but the servants of the people.
1t is fervently hoped that the much
vexed question is now settled and
that the work will be pushed as Wig
orously as practicable and that be-
fore summer is far advanced that the
plant will be in operation.
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