University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-16
WATER-[IGHT NEEDS
Of COLUMBIA PLANT
Recommendations of Dean
HI. B. Shaw in His Report
as Expert.
POLES ON BROADWAY TO co
Purposes for Which the Mon
ey Derived from Bonds
Will be Expended.
POLES ON BROADWAY TO co

water-light plant is clearly set forth
in the report of Dean H. B. Shaw,
adopted by the city council. To carry
out the recommendations of this re-
port $125,000 is required. 1t Is pro-
posed to vote this amount in bonds
at special election to be held Tuesday,
September q. The recommendations
of the report show the purposes for
which the money, it voted. will be
used. It will provide more econom-
ical system of deep well pumping, a
new electric generating and water
pumping plant at a suitable To-
cation on railroad, new and more
economical street lighting, the removal
of many line poles, and the extension
Of water mains to furnish water SER
vice to nearly double the territory
reached by other mains.
I'VE recommend" says Dean Shaw's
report, "the installation Of a motor
driven air compressor at More's Lake
in connection with a more economical
system Of deep well pumping than that
used at present. We, also, advise the
installation of a motor-driven centrif-
ugal service pump at that plant, so
that all pumping Of water at that loca-
ton may be done with electric power
from a new and more economical gen.
Grating plant.
New Location Needed.
1--WE recommend the construction of
a new electric generating and water
pumping plant at a suitable location on
"a railroad. At this point it will be ne.
cessary to provide two deep wells
which may be pumped by the present
air-compressor, to be moved from
More's Lake and used in connection
with more suitable system Of deep
we'll pumping such as the Weber sys-,
TEN. The new plant should have Ca
pacity of $50 kilowatts for the imme-
date future with arrangements for ex-
tension should the demand require it
after a period of years; this plant to
consist of a new 500 kilowatt high
pressure, steam turbine electric gener-
ating unit to operate condensing with
cooling tower, and of the present $50
kilowatt engine driven direct connect
ed unit, to be moved. This plan con-
templates also moving the 225 horse
power Sterling boiler and the Epping
and Carpenter compound duplex pump
to be connected and used for fire SER
vice, the pumping into city mains for
regular service to be done with motor
driven centrifugal pumps.
1--WE advise the installation of the
magnetic or luminous arc lamp, each
taking 300 watts at the lamp as COM
pared with $50 watts used by the. pres
ent lamps and giving more than dou-
BILE the illumination of the present
lamps. This will make a saving OF
fully 80 per cent in the power required
for arc lighting; or, in other words,
will permit the amount of arc lighting
to be increased one-third for the same
consumption of power and practically
the same cost of operation.
I'VE advise the use of 40 candle
power tungsten incandescent. street
lamps instead of the present 40 candle
power carbon lamps. These lamps will
fit the present station apparatus, so
that no cost will be required except the
change in the lamps themselves, and
the Encouragement of the circuits, the
cost of which will be nominal. The
saving of power with tungsten, lamps
will be fully so per cent; or, in other
words, the number of lamps could be
doubled for the same consumption of
power and practically the same cost Of
operation.
Removal of Line Poles.
I'VE advise the removal of all line
poles on at least five blocks of Broad
way in the business district of Colum-
bia, and the placing of all commercial
circuits in the alleys on each side of
the main street, with secondary mains
in these alleys fed from large trans
formers; that arc street lamps be plac-
ed on ornamental iron poles and the
circuits brought to them from the al
ley by looping up on the side streets
to the arc lamps and back again to
the alley circuit.
I'VE advise the extension of the wa
ter mains of the city, furnishing water
service to nearly double the territory
reached by the present mains. Also
the installation of So additional fire
hydrants for better fire protection to
the city. If suitable location for new
plant is obtained, as recommended
above, the estimated cost of extending
water mains can be reduced about
81 500. by emitting the new inch sup