The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-28
rical nump at $4,000. The cost

II l(dl pump dl 'Po~O.VV. liz NOo1
of operating this pump, to raise
he amount OF water consumed IN
Plymouth, is given at $11.O0 per
This will vary not over
two or three dollars either way.
The Gould Pump Co. can furnish
rs with a suitable pump OF 90
pound pressure, which can be OPP
Grated with seven horse power.
from the Henry Worth
ington Co., will pump $4,000
gallons of water per day with rs
horse power. According to the
figures of expert Blonc, the en-
tire cost of the local plant with
such system installed, will not
De over $4,000 per month. Ac-
cording to the figures of the coun-
Gil, the cost would have been
S121.25, making more liberal al
lowanceS, than was made by the
The old pumps now be-
ing used, were all right in their
way, which was % years ago,
but that day is past. would not
think of using such am outfit in
my factory, as is used at the city
water works plant. There has
been advancement in the water
works system as in anything
else. An illustration would be TO
try to run a locomotive built %
years ago, on a railroad today,
it would not be allowed on the
rails. The same is true of water
pumping. AT Chicago, where trip
lex pumps are used, water Is
pumped at the rate OF 100 gallons
to one, of what it costs to oper-
ate the Plymouth plant. The
same system is used at South
Bend. In regard to dismanteling
the present plant, ! would ask
anyone to take a look at the pres
ent plant and see if it does not
need something of the kind. Mr..
Clizbe then related the waste OF
fuel required in the station at
present. That there is enough
fuel consumed at the plant to run
a 100 II. p. pump, where 10 H. p.
should do. The old boilers are
condemned and cannot be used
longer. Insurance has been sus-
pended upon them. Cllzbe ex-
planned that in water tank. such
as the city proposed 10 install
the temperature of the water
cannot change Is of one degree
by exposure to the sun or weather
because of the constant changing
of the water in the tank. This is
not true in standpipes, which
have three times the area, and q
tank of the same capacity. The
council will not install a stand
pipe. for that reason. The tenn
perature of the water from the
facets, depends not upon the
pumping station, as upon the
depth of the water mains, and the
temperature of the earth about
the mains. Clizbe then explained
now the proposed tank would be
installed, its dimentions, etc and
The difference between the stand.
pipe and tank, all of which have
been fully explained in the Tri,
bune hithertofore. The water tank
would always guarantee a reserve
Of water for fire purposes and a
condition, similar to the big mil
FIRE, never would occur, when
there was practically no pressure
in the water mains. 1t is conced
ed that the tank system will be
guarantee of fire protection
which was not the case up to the
present time, with the present
system. Clizbe explained how
stagnant water from a tank sup
ply, would be impossible.
Answers Questions.
After his explanation, Clizbe
answered questions put by mem
bers of the audience. He stated
that the rate for power, made by
Snoeberger would be 1.35 cent:
per kilowatt. Snoeberger will
charge = rate of 10 cents per hour
for running the steam pumps dur
ing a fire, from the time alarm
was sounded, until sounded off
Clizbe said that as an emergency
plant, two II. p. boilers would
be installed, should the electric
light power plant fail. Attorney
Lauer proposed the question
suppose the electric light plant
should fail in time OF fire., to
which Clizbe responded that the
emergency system would be in
stalled, in which steam could be
raised in 40 minutes. Lauer then
asked But if the breakdown
should occur at the time of a
fire." Clizbe scored by answering
that with the old system il the
water works boilers should fail
the situation would be infnitel,
worse, with no emergency plant
Upon question Clizbe stated tha'
the estimated cost OF the tank
would be $4,000 and the electric
plant 500. He said tina. accord
ing to an opinion of the city at
torney, the improvement can be
made legally. regardless Of the
fact that the city has exceeded its
legal Indebtedness.