Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-25
After Three Years. the Plant Now
Appears 10 be in Run
ing Order.
MAYOR TURNS THE SWITCH
Large Party Present When the Mn.
chincry o. Set In Motiou-uu,Ict-
D, Also Inspected.

Power was turned on at the pump
ing station Tor the west side sewer
system Saturday afternoon THE
switch was thrown by Mayor Brains
ford and the pumps started up under
electric power worked smoothly. Mem
hers of the city council aud board OF
public works witnessed the lnaupu-
ration of another public improvement.
The scene OF the gathering was the
pumping plant OF the now interceptiug
sewer at Eighth West and Seventh
North streets and the time $40 %. m
The plant is complete in detail The
building is o. brick wherein have been
installed one l50-horsc power motor
one lj0-horse power gas engine and
two centrifugal l2-inch pumps. $50 that
the plant is an auxiliary one The
capacity FOR each pump Is 4500 gal
lone "a minute and either pump may
be operated by eithor the motor or the
gas engine.
Nearly three years ago work started
on tho intcrCcpting sewer. which starts
on Main street ANA Ninth South,
thence runs west on Ninth South t1
Sixth West north on sixth West to
Sixth South. west on Sixth South 90
Eighth West north on Eighth West
70 Seventh North 10 the pumping sta
ton
At the initial point a I5-iuch pipe is
used. and by the time the line reaches
the pumping plant the pipe is 40
inches In diameter. 1hc new sewer is
Approximately four miles in length and
drains an the city below the gravity
sewer which runs from the vicinity of
the city and county building northwest
10 the Oregon Short Line depot and
then north 90 St. Marks hospital. the
Warm Springs ana Bocks, beyond
which rs the sewage farm.
SYSTEM COST S282.ooo.
As the intcrceptinr sewer Is 20 feet
lower than the gravity sewer the
pumping plant is necessary. The enc
tire cost of the intercepting sewer and
the PUMPING plant has been 20 date
1922 Co.,
Al the preliminary trial Saturday
only one OF the pumps was started.
This, the west one, win be operated
only In the day time for the time being.
Later the other will be started up max
ing the pumping incessant ". v.
Robbins is the engineer in charge
until both pumps are placed In COM
mission
Sow that the pump has been started
and the water is being drawn from
the intercepting sewer, work on con
Meeting up the laterals will be iusti-
tutod as soon as the weather permits.
The removal of the water from the
intCrCCpting sewer means the draining
of several miles Of territory which lies
low and is decidedly wet country
When this IS accomplished the bulk
heads win be removed and the big
sewer placed in commission.
Is RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
The pump is now removing the wa
ter which lies I'm the sewer between the
pumping station and the first bulkhead
and the pump is running smoothly
After Inspecting the new plant tho
members of the party visited the out
let OF the intercepting sewer and found
that the surplus water was being sent
into the gravity sewer iu first class
fashion.
Those who witnessed the starting OF
the pump were Mayor Bransford, eX-
Mayor Ezra Thompson, Chairman II.
G.. Mcmillan OF the board Of public
works Charles ID. Rooklidge, r. j.
Armstrong and w j. Halloran, mem
bors OF the board OF public works,
Councilmcn Murdoch. Black, Fern
strom. Recdall. Davis. Ferry, Holley,
ODonnen. Wood, Raybould and Hold
| son; Police chief Samuel NJ Barlow.
formerly a member OF the board of
/ works. CITY Engineer Louis G.. KEEL
sey euperintended the starting OF
| the pumps.