Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-06
Wind UP A
YEARS CONTRACT

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quire a week or so longer to apply the
finishing strokes to the male infirmary,
bat all the other buildings are com
pleted.
The Foster & Gidden Engineering
/ company. which did all the plumbing,
steam fitting, ventilation and electric
| al work in connection with the new
buildings, is now preparing ID get of
the ground. Monday workmen were
employed in tearing down the build
/ ing temporarily erected by the COM
pauy to house its machinery, sc.
/ The Foster -Glidden company has
been at Dauville for over one year. 1t
/ is a very large concern, which does all
/ it's own carpenter, blacksmith and 9TH
er work. 1t is further distinguished
by carrying with it pipe cutting
machine, which cuts pipe of any dim
ension up to eight inches. To house
the latter machine, blacksmith forges,
&C., large building was erected in
the rear of the hospital.
j. @. Dickey as chief engineer, has
been in charge of Foster ~ Glidden S
work in Danville. Frank Montreuil
an expert, representing Warren Web
ster & Co., patentees of the system in
stalled, as inspector. has also been on
the ground much of the time during
the year past Both of these young
men have made many friends during
their stay in Danville, being highly
esteemed for their social and other
good qualities.
Leaving Dauville, the Foster Gid
den company will enter upon big
hospital job at Binghamton n. Y. y
car load of equipment for Buffalo, n.
Y. where the home office is located
Tie Warren Webster system as in
stalled VIII ba finally inspected by
Mr.. MontreuiIl aud o. b. Sweitzer
the latter representing the State, dur.
ing the present week Al the next
meeting of the board of trustees it vii.
~ doubt be Off tally accepted.
Work on the sewage disposal plant
is not progressing very rapidly owing
t1 the unfavorable weather OF the last
couple of weeks. a great deal of con-
crete work is already done. A portion
OF this includes large sprinkling fit
er bed one hundred feet square. Tweu-
ty-tive men are employed, all but three
being residents of Danville. With four
exceptions all are Americans.
Walter d. Gernet, the superintend-
ing engineer, and A. ID. Patten fore
man, are found daily on the job. Along
with E. d. Harshbarger, the contract
or, they will be residents of Dauville
for some months to come.
Our townspeople, who have sewage
disposal more or less remotely in view
for themselves, will be gratifed to
learn that the system being installed
at the hospital is demonstrated sue
cess. Such thing as failure is impos.
sible, il the system be designed on a
scale to conform with the size and re-
quirements of the institution or town
If it be properly constructed and
kept In good running order. Our read
ers will also be glad to learn that the
system being installed at the hospital
embraces every possible outlet from
the buildings and will eventually take
! in the small stream flowing down
along the west side of the grounds,
which it is alleged, is the source of
pollution in the abandoned canal
All about the new structures lie piles
OF earth excavated in building along
with heaps of stone, brick and other
material left over, which give things
au untidy appearance and detrsct some
what from the general effect. The patti
ents are daily employed in cleaning
up outside the buildings and seem to
take great interest in the work. That
they have lengthy job ahead of them,
which will not be finished until some
months later, is quite evident.
The work of filling up the canal the
contract for which is held bv George
Rockwell of Sunbury, has also reached
its last stage. The long section be-
tween the culvert at the hospital en-.
trance and the gas house is practically
| finished. Where completely leveled
over one hardly recognizes the spot.
For a lifetime the eye has been ac-
customed to the old canal but not a
trace of it now remains. Nowhere else
along its course has the old waterway
been filled up in this manner.
The soil scooped out of the bottom
of the canal has all been replaced by
the steam dredge with the exception
of what lies on small section neal
the western end of the hospital ground.
AS dumped by the bucket on the fill
ing of cinder it lies in knolls snd
ridges. To level these down piows
and scrapers are employed Monday
one plow with two horses and three
scTapers, each drawn by one horse,
were in service on the canal.