The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-02
Chief Engineer Gluys Of Mu-
nicipal Plant States This
Improvement Could Be
Made at the Plant.
POINTS OUT WHERE
COULD PLACE MAINS
These Could Be Established
On Main Street, North e or
F Streets, and in Factory
District.

District.
What he believes would be an eco
nomical and practical way to solve the
need for greater water pressure In
the mains of this city Is suggested by
Howard Gluys. chief engineer at tho
municipal light plant. Gluys advocates
the installation Of . pumping station
at the light plant and the laying Of
new mains only along Main street.
North E or F streets and through The
factory district He would have
branches to reach isolated factories or
buildings needing more protection.
Won't Raise Pressure.
1t is not believed that the installa-
tion Of another main from its pumping
station by the watsFworks company
would raise the pressure more than
80 or so pounds. 0lays would have .
steam and electrical pump installed.
which could force q pressure Of 800
pounds thsou9h the mains. He would
use river water In the pipes and have
q connection between the pipes which
carry the company water and those
which carry the fire water. The COM
panIs w0tsr would be kept under the
normal pressure In the IRE mains. but
there would be no war for the water
to pass from the fire mains hack. He
would have In use check valves. which
would close in the fire water mains
the instant the high pressure current
was turned on.
Would es chsap.
The scheme proposed by Gluys 10
adapted from that now in use In New
York City and Philadelphia. He says
this plant could be put in for less ex-
penditure than \ new main laid from
the waterworks station and-the need
ed changes made to- improve the
pumps OF the company. The originat-
Or Of the idea would have the steam
pump used In all cases except those Of
emergency. when the electric pump
could be called upon. The plant could
be put in At nominal expense and Il
any additional men by the city to op-
crate. A system OF fire signals could
be installed and as soon az extra pres
sure would be called for the pump
could be started. Steam II kept up
all the time at the power plant, and
has boen down because of accident
but once In seven years. But should
anything happen that there would b
no steam. the electric power could b
used to run the pump.
Separate Mains.
The proposed system would require
separate mains. because Of the I'M
| mense pressure that could b carried.
| II the pipes now In use were called up-
on to carry water under this pressure.
they would burst. Not only that bue
plumbing such n 10 in residences
could not Withstand the pressure and
havoc would follow. The plan would
mean q great saving in tho distance
the water would be conveyed. II b two
miles from down town districts to the
pumping station Of the Waseswurks
company and by the time the WatAr %
forced this distance II loses some q
its pressure With the pump It the
light plant tbs loss would be avolds0
almost wholly.
| For ordinary flrss and In tho resi-
dence districts. the pressure Of the VA
ter company proves suf3cient IN ATo
fighting Gluys believes 1t would not b
necessary to extend his system outside
of tho business ana factory districts-
L ~ g. ~ fAA
only when wanted and when the water
would start flowing under this pres
sure, check valves along the main at
all intersections would be closed by the
pressure automatically. When the pres
sure was released the valves would
open again
| To supply steam TO run the pump0
the city's plant il much better prepar-
ed than the waterworkB company'0
plant. The capacity Of the four bod
ers Of the company II Just aboat equa1
to that Of one boiler 1t the city's plant
and there are four boilers. Clear water
for the ire main could b obtainel
| By the use ol = tunnel 0ucA . = IN -
by the wateTwori3 company. The ~
ter filters through soft bricks and 0xv-
el into . trench from which q = dsown
| and forced into tho mainA WA11o not
/ having gone into the snbject su0e3e0f-
" Tar to learn the spDEoxlmate ooo
and other details 0luys has a0eortaan-
ed that the system would b practical
He would make q circuit of his nafDa,
20 In case of Q break ths damaged 80
ton c6uIA BE- cnA or by valves - the
iunfer run bock In q rovuRDo alEoce1m.