Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-19

Furnishing the Office.
Repairs TO the bottom of the old I'll
tiers Nos. I. 2 and if necessary.
Installation of new fire pump and
connections.
Plant in No. 1 Basin.
The Pittsburg company proposes 70
locate the plant in the old No. / filter
basin. clearing out the sand and
gravel in that basin for this purpo Sc
and using the original floor of the
basin for the foundation o. the plant
The sedimentation basins are not to
be refined, but are to be bal7ed VITA
concrete walls so as to produce proper
heXibility for coagulating purposes.
These concrete battles are the fixed
type. The infiuent and efluent pipes
are to be left as they now exist. but
30-inch connection, together with q
concrete fume. viii convey all water
to the filters. The filters themselves.
are TO be adequately equipped with
ample manifplds, cutters and water
wash system. There is hydraulic oper
alton from a central table. recording
loss of head gauges and other com
plete equipment The filter flow line
is such that there is nearly six vertical
feet of the standardization basin capa
city available for fiuctuation should
they be refined in the future, or about
three feet available at the present
limit
Office. Laboratory. Etc.
The building offered by the company
is ample in floor space. There is pro
vision for Office. laboratory, coagulat-
ing store, pump room and mixing
room. The machinery in these rooms
is complete and up-to-date. except that
no special arrangement for the use of
hypo-chIoride have been proposed. The
building does not entirely cover the
filters. but double glass inspection
manholes are provided outside
AS a special feature of the Pittsburg
Filter company's proposition they sug-
gest that they will remove the sand, |
gravel and under drains from the old
filters so that two of them including
the space under the plant as designed
can be used for additional clear water |
storage to a depth of seven or eight |
feet, giving about 100000 gallons ad- |
ditional storage; the third basin can |
be used for the storage OF wash water |
from the filters. so that this water may
be settled and pumped btck to the |
basin.
The proposition of this company to 1
use the third basin for wash water !
settling is a most valuable one. the |
engineers hold, otherwise this wash |
water would pass down through the |
sewers and the cost Of pumping it up |
TO the hill would be lost BY utilizing
the third basin for this purpose and
repumping the settled water back 10
The coagulating basin a net annual
saving of about 5000 or $500 will ne
made.
Mr.. AIvOrd May Come This Week.
The report of the engineers was re-
2eived and fled. Mr. Alvord is i'll at
his home. in Chicago. but wired City
Clerk Rudgren that he thought he
would be able to come 70 the city dur
ng the latter part of the present week.
An adjournment was taken by the
council subject to the call of the
mayor. who will learn definitely when
VI. AiNOiu Se'h bS mere " COilCt Ni'ii
he council. The mayor suggested that
he aldermen would want to hear the
bids explained in detail and he thought
t might be a good idea to invite the
bidding companies to have their rep
on the ground.
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