Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-12

decided change for the worse in tbe
 water situation or Sunday, aFS in all
 sections there was difficulty ln getting
 any city water. Many families who
 have previously had water at all times
 were entirely or partially without on sunday, although ln the heart of the
 city no difficulty was experienced and
 IT vas possible to ger it On the top
 floor Of siz-etofg buildings. This. of
 course, Yas due 10 the Ioeatiou, Many
 homes could get water on the first
 floor and ln the cellar, but none could
 De drawn On the second floor. The
 pressure dropped during the dsy. but
 rallied little during the evening. and
 II $ expected that today VIII be
 hsrd one
 The past very cold days have ca8s-
 Cd much of the water to freeze in both
 Fairyiew and Mobezan lake, with the
 result that st FaIrvfeB the supply ie
 practically exhausted which makes it
 necessary to get nearly all the water
 from MoheRan lake through ; s5z-inen
 pipe, There is E limit fo the amount
 this pipe line will deliver sn spite of
 the fact that it ls being forced
 through by pumps and that is the
 cause for the iow pressure Sunday.
 Only about half fhe quantity which
 the people are using under the cur
 taiineTt can De forced through the
 six-fnch pipe line. Moheaan lake still
 has q 4ar~e quantity of water.
 Worf will re started this morning
 digging the trench to Trading Cove
 brook. and t wlll be hustled through
 as fast as possible. The pipe will be
 placed in q trench the entire distance
 crossing private land most Of the way.
 By Wednesday 1t is hoped to have the
 first Of the pipe here and the work Of
 laying f. win De started immediately
 1t is delivered.
 Under the direction of the water
 board. Contractors Thomas D0od and
 Richard Torrance will have men al
 work this morning Ar. D0dd being
 engaged on this end Of the job while
 Mir. Torrance will sfart on tge lower
 end and it ig intended to have g big
 force at work, the number to be in-
 creased on Tuesday, SC that anyone
 wanting q job will have TO trouble
 finding one, said one Of the water conn migsiCnerg.
 Starting from Dunham street, the trench will gO west to q point n front
 Of the Morse property and then at right angles through & lane on the weGt side of the Morse property From the end of that l. takes q diagonal
 course across the fields. coming out al I point south Of the Fair ground where it crosses the highway and goes over the Polsky farm and upon the Lucas property from which point the water will be taken from the brook, the pumping station being located On the Lucas property. II will be laid the usual depth, and the trench will be ready before the pipe arrives and fg | delivered. Only q temporary dam will be constructed if one iE built, bst 1 there may be some excavation to get | depth for suction. The first consign- ! meut of pipe will be quickly followed ! by the other shipments. Two and | possibly three pumps will be used to ! obtain the water and force it into the | mains.
 Examined Ysntie River. J. H. EewIanGs of the state Iakora- ! tory at Middletown came here on Sat Urday and with Health Officers Dr. V. 1 E. Lewis and water officials, an in- | vestigatlon was made Of the Yantic river, whic hit is probable will have | to be used to supply the city with | water for household ugeG and fire pro- | lection. The Falls mill was visited I from which water can be pumped into I the mains with very snort notice. and ! the stream was also inspected from 1 that point north, as the idea Of dig | ging q well near the river below Nor l wich Town from which ro pump had ] been considered. Chemist Eewlands l stated that the water could be p1ri- ! fled so that it would be harmless and by doing that Dr. Lewis will permit | it's use, otherwise 1t will not be al- | lowed in the mains. A plan whereby II | can be treated was decided upon and ! q report from the chemist is expected | in a day or two IL will be necessary | to purify this water as it passes into | the mains and it was stated that the ! river water is better than that used 1 at Hartford and other places for such | purposes.
 The pump at the Falls will pun1p ! 1000 gallons q minute. or L440,050 gal | Ions in 24 hours, or about what is be- l ing required by the city each da y i Tanks will have ro be built wherein tf i mix and retain the hrpochlorfde oi 1 lime, as only eenough can be mixed a g time to last 24 hours. A chemist vii { have to do this daily, but the prepara- i ton can all be done in g. few days T1i! | will make the water harmless. ri7oGgf 1 perhays the smell would keep people l from drinking it.
 insurance Men Here
 l On Saturday two insurance u1en sen ' here for the purpose Of looking over T1s ] situation made thorough inyestiga- ton, having seen all the large insur- ] ance men. E5enezer Learned state
 that he talked with them and late. : with one Of the prominent insurance
 men of Hartford regarding the sitla . ton. while Nicholas Tarrant a-s0 ule them. T. was said that T. was not
 thou zft the city would get the ~plut
 slip" but they were desirous t0 learT
 what was being done and how soon al 1 adequate supply would he secured The l pink slip means the issuing of a specia l rate.
 ! The insurance men were Messrs i Buck and Goldsrnotl1. representing the 1 New England board Of underwriters | the latter being an englneer1 Iae3 1 called upon the water department anC | also upon Chief Stanton of the fire de l partnent to learn what was beins done there to look after the city. T. I not water for domestic uses which ir- l terests them, but enough to take cara 1 oE any fires which may occur Tns i chief explained to them about the els 1 ters and the auto with chemicals II 1 readiness They made many inqUIrIe: ! as 10 the needs of the city in the way ] Of fire engines and v-a ter. T. was T9sECt . that rfle 1resstt-e 8t the central s-7-10- ! then was s7 pCJEfS. where or.15Elssr-'- . 1t is @ pounds The chemicals 1-s @ ! 2 pig advantage in this situation an ! a .ui-I< alarm -eIlf Cdun- for much 2tr ! Goldsmith is just back from the TTesE 7. having been 70 Los Angeles. San F'Ie7 1- ! cisco and Tlca.fa in regard 10 r1ei' water systems
 Trouble With Hot Water Tanks Mary househoIders have had trOu5l. come alarmed about them an7 the fac : that there is a ru1lh1i1g from them i Several plumbers were asked ir reEar - to this. and they stated that the rum ! bling is caused by the Stean m There | l no need Of diSconnecting Seh hot waJe boilers. say the plumbers. simply opeg