Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
mee,lar of the water worss Committee


 CT making q new eiis contract with fbe Patnah Water company to appear before fhen Tuesday evening, and oe heard relative to the matter. Those who were present, however, sta1ea their views on The situation giving considerable valuable information that tie committee found beueileiait and inc nnefui,ers thanked the speakers for the enlightenment. Sir dehen xie. engineer ef the State Board of Heaith, happened 10 Da in the ely and xas invited to the meeting. He an sMefea numerous questions and added greatly to the interest of ihe meeiinE.
 Al. Mofse Nns ti4e first t1 asidtess inc committee. He stated that the mills which he represented tnalaialnfd hydfants, and had 10 pay steF four out of the nine. He thought the cH5 should pay for these hydfsnis. iH the last contract he made with the water company, he had to agree io paS Tor The fiYe hydfants II the city did not. He thought the eits should pay for three hydfants for each mill. He said ibefe were se hydranis in the city, and the city paid s2B.s4 apiece for them per year. lie did not think that price was excessive II The pressure was main falned. He had been informed by en- gfneeis that 2f00 gallons ger minute, exclusive of domestic nse, would fur. nish seven good streams, and fl such a supply sas maintained, did not think lhe price paid excessive, but II the present system k maintained il isn't worth siO hydrant. In order to do this II would need s ten inch pipe on Elm street to Providence, Church street to Providence, and up through the square. There ought to be i2 Inch pipe from the pumping station to the tank in addition to the present pipe, as il is dangerous 10 maintain but one line of pipe. and that two miles long. Tne eight inch pipes on Grove street should be larger. II the water eompa- ny want to furnish a cheap thing we should pay for cheap thing. A man ought 10 be kept at the pumping sta- ton ali the time, and steam ought to be kept up in readiness to use the steam pump, and there should be a gusge somewhere in the city, so the city could keep n record of how the water h maintained in the tank. Mr, Morse had two reports from Inc In spector at the Associated Mutual In. sufance companies, which he left with the committee st their request. He called attention to the fact and claim, put forth by the company that they had Two pnmps at the pumping sta ton, but he said those two pumps can not be run together; II k impossible the pipe is not big enough, II k not biR enough to take The capacity ef ont pump. as there is fifteen pound drag now, so larger pumps don't amount to anything without larger pipes. He thought that fl ihe city wanted To buy the watefwofks they should hase the plant thoroughly investigated by cqm. petent engineers. and not let the waNef company force an antiqusted system 0n the city at n biz price. He thought the city should pay a lump sum for hydfanls, and that they should be fur nished the mills by the city.
 K. A. Wheelock was the next speak. CT, and indorsed what Mir. Morse said In regard to hydrants. He stated that i.x t.as tn front of his mills, which the city were paying for, that could just as well bc removed, as the insurance compan. les compelled him ,o maintain hy. drants In the mlli yards. He thought the city should pay for hydssnts, and not the manufacturers, ss the manu. fsctuefs were large taxpayers. He thought , lump sum should lbc paid for all hydrants maintained in the city and that the mills should be given such protection as they need, the same as had been said by Mir. Morse. He was fortunate in having a low location and lhad no fault to Ind with the pressure, and for domestic use he did not depend upon city water.
 l.. NJ. Wheaton said that he lived near the tank and knew conditions that existed that perhaps others did not. Thefe is a pipe Inside tho tank from which the water flows into the tank. so that the pressure will register whether the tank k fnit or not. The tank k pumped full and often over flows, creating nuisance. After the pump has been stopped towards nighl the rallroad and other users draw ths water down. Ills house Is almost or level with the tank, and al o'cloek tn the morning il often happens thsl he cannot get water in his bath room and quite often In his Kitchen. Out o curiosity he had climbed the tank ana found that it contained about . hogs head oi water. We have a tank. hul cannot count on 1t. Sometimes we gc water and sometimes we cannot. A man should be al the pumping station at all times 10 watch is,
 Mir. Mckenzie said that as he hae listened 10 the discussion il appearcs Co him that the worst situation was al night. Al this time the reservoir |, brought down, and if the pump Is re- lied upon the best that could hc gnl