The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-24

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Extensions
II is true that little money mas been
expended on the system in nineteen
years. While this neglect may be due
In part TO the greed of corporations.
the fault rests chiefly with the peo-
pie of Ogden The former owners
were not only harrassed by litigation
at every turn. bat the threats as to
what the city would do became 80 frc-
quent and violent that no corporation
was justified In spending any large
sum for betterments, Happily. these
troubles are ended and the city has
now r free hand TO improve and ex-
tend the plant Some of these i'm
provements are urgently needed n a
water famine is to be averted During
all these years no extensions or re-
pairs of any magnitude could be un-
dertaken In the canyon pipe line TOR
the reasons that this was the only
source of water and the reservoir
held only one days supply. To lessen
so great a risk, | would recommend
that another branch line be laid from
the main conduit to tap Cold Water
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eleven inches in diameter and some
700 feet long laid up this creek, but
II is too small to furnish an adequate
supply for the city What Is needed
is an additional pipe OF riveted steel
about twenty inches In diameter. so
that the capacity Of tho two lines Will
be nearly equal TO that of the main
conduit BY building two branch lines
and inserting a submerged dam to cut
OF the seepage in Cold Creek canyon
and a gate to prevent the water from
backing up in the main conduit. the
city could be supplied from this source
for period of about sixty days in
the spring when the creek Is high.
This would enable much.needed re.
pairs and extensions TO be made Oh
the upper four miles OF the main
line, These repairs and extensions
ought to consist. In my judgment, of
the removal of the gravel and boul-
Jers previously referred to. which
have been placed at points above the
stave pipe, the protection Of the pipe
at places where earth slides have oc-
Cured, the renewal of air valves and
new branch 10 Wheeler creek. In
this year OF abundant water supply
there is ample water in Wheeler
creek TO supply the city. Since this
water is colder and better than that
OF Ogden river at the Intake, L
should be used To prevent the mix
ing of these waters at certain sea-
sons. a new branch should be laid
up Wheeler creek and extended down
below the power company's dam.
where it can be connected to the main
conduit. This proposed line, with q
new concrete intake on Wheeler
creek. would prove a valuable addition
TO the canyon portion and insure TO
the citizens a better and purer water
supply up to the capacity OF the sum
mer flow Of this creek. The improve
ments which | have outlined for Cole
Water Creek should be undertaken
this fall; those OF the upper portion of
the main line and Wheeler creek not
later than next spring.
Extension in the Oi5tributive System.
In operating the system as it now
is. the manager has no margin of safe
~ in case Of break in the main feed
pipe and were a fire to occur at one
aud the same time | realized this
defect when the works were built. but
no money was then to be had for ad-
ditional feed pipes, and it Is a sur
prise to me that IL has never been
remedicd before. To make the sltua-
ton understood | may state that there
Is but one feed pipe from the reser-
yoir to the city and that If any Sc
rious break occurred In Inis line. the
city would be without water. Happily
this condition can be easily remedied
and the remedy TO my mind is to eX-
tend an Independent feed pipe from
the new reservoir TO connect with tho
twelve-inch main on Washington ave.
nue. This new llhe should not be less
than sixteen inches In diameter and a
pipe eighteen or twenty inches would
prove more economical in the end
Perhaps the best route for this pipe
would be down Twenty-thlrd street
The pressures should be controlled
by pressure regulators in n manner
similar TO those on Twenty-fifth street
This extension would not only provide
an Independent line. but 1t would
take it's supply from the new reser-
yoir. which would really duplicate the
plant as far as the distributing sys-
TEN is concerned.
4 large number of new residences
have been built on Washington ave
nue. and vicinity at the south end OF
the city since the works were built
and the Washington avenue main
seems 10 be oyeTtaXed during sprlnk.
ling hours. To reinforce the pressure
on this main and to afford a freer cir.
culation OF water | would recommend
that the twelye-lnch main on Quincy
avenue be extended first south and
then west and connect with the main
on Washington avenue. The twelve
inch main on Quincy now extends to
Twenty-siXth street, and a sixinch
line is laid TO Twenty-eighth street
These two blocks OF six-inch pipe
should be taken out and replaced with
twelve-inch The line should then be
extended south and east along the
best route obtainable and finally con.
nected with n ten-inch main on Wash.
lngton avenue.
Other extensions between streets
VIII be required from time TO time.
but these need not be considered at
this time. The improvements In the
canyon conduit and the extensions
within the corporate limits Of the city
herein recommended call for no large
expenditures of money The profits
derived from the sale OF water for the
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