The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
WATER OF RIVER FOR RAILROADS VIII Relieve Demand on Artesian Supply. PLAN OF MAYOR CULVER Mayor Of to Consult Railroad
 Officials. River water is Good For Use by Rail- rosds and Manufacturing Con- cerns-EIectrie Pumping Plant win Be In-
 
PLAN OF MAYOR CULVER

To relieve the present water systen of Montgomery of the heavy drain upoI 1t by the railroads and manufactur ing plants of Montgomery. that us' city water for steaming purposes. Il the aim of plan under consideration by the Mayor and members of the Cit, Council to use the river water iron the Alabama. run through separate mains. and pumped by separate pumps for these purposes only.
 Incorporated in this proposed i'm provement also is the duplicate of thu present pumping plant of the Mont gomery water works. installing ar electric pumping plant at the presen pumping station. The old steam pump ing engines will be retained and thu nres under their boilers will at al times be kept banked for emergencies but will not be used. The new electric water for domestic and household uses In case of a breakdown the steam pumping engines will be called Into play to tide over the emergency unti repairs can be made on the electric pumps.
 A, complete new pumping plant equipped with electric pumps. will bt installed at the rear of the Citizens Light, Heat and Power Company'i plant. on the banks of the river. Ar old pit formerly used for pumpine plant for furnishing water for indus. trial purposes will be placed In it.
 The water for industrial purposes will be forced through separate sys. tenn of mains to be laid for that speci. flo purpose, and connections will bt made with every manufacturing plant in Montgomery desiring the water, and with such of the railroads that will enter into contracts to use the water and pay for 1t at reasonable raes on a parity with rates now charged for ar l, fesian water.
 River water Good.
 To correct mfsstatements made by papers regarding the purity of the river water and its availability for indus trial or steaming purposes. the Mayor said Thursday afternoon that the river water has been tested and found to be excellent steaming water, and no sand or other foreign matters of na- ture to interfere with its use for these purposes has been found to be present in suficient quantities to. make 1t un- desirable.
 Mayor Gunter has been in consul tation with higher officials Of several manufacturing companies of Montgom- cry, concerning their opinions regard. ing the use of the river water and if every case has met with encourage ment
 Particularly was 1t found that tn. officials of the Louisville and Nash. viIle Railroad were pleased with the scheme and the Mayor left Montgom- cry Thursday afternoon for Louisville where he will meet the ofiiciais Of the L. and N and close contract with them whereby the city Of Montgomery will sell them river water for the use of their shops and engines in Mont gomery
 The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road Is said to now use s00.oo0 gallons of water from the artesian wells Of the Montgomery water works system and this saving alone will mean ar enormous conservation of the city's supply of artesian water.
 The water used by other manufac- gomery will run the final total wei up into the millions of gallons.
 City Engineer Gilchrist is now away visiting manufacturing plants in ths North and East, where the types oi electric pumps sought by the city arc built. At present he is in Milwaukee and will make thorough study of the type of pump built by a company there Later he will visit Buffalo to inspect the pumping engines built by con. cern there. It Is said that the type of electric pump built by the Buffalc people has been favored by the off. cials of Montgomery, but 1t is not intended to buy from that concern un. til a complete comparison has beer made between its pumps and those