Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-21
Plans and Estimates Presented Again By City
 Engineer.
Board Disposed to Put in Entire New System Instead of Patching Up Old One For Temporary Use--Provision Made For Cast Iron Pipe Lines on Fl centro's Main .Thoroughfares.

At a special meeting of the B Centro City Trustees held at the City Hall on Tuesday evening, all mem- bers of the Board were present te discuss the proposition of proceeding at once to install the entire water system for this city.
 The City Engineer presented re- port on the proposed system, from which the following summary is made:
 The Board has at it's disposal for water works construction and pur- chase of the present system, lands and water stock, the sum of $69000. Of this amount, $10,00O is to be paid to the Holton Power Company for the present water system, about fourteen acres of land and 120 shares of water stock in Imperial Water Company No. 1. The Board has under consideration the purchase of twenty acres of land from the El Centro Land Company, to cost $5000, and upon this land, To- cated in the southeast corner of the Balcom tract, it is proposed to erect the pumping plant, tank and tower, settling basins, etc., for the munich pal water system.
 The plans of the City Engineer provide for the construction of five settling basins, each having a capa- city of 100000 gallons, thus provid- ing total water capacity of 1,000,00e gallons. The plan provides valves 50 that any one basin can be filled or emptied independently of the others. The estimated cost of these five ba- sins is $2OO0- ,..
 The pump house proposed will be 30x50 feet, of tile, with tile roof and brick or concrete floor Its esti- mated cost is $20OO. The pumping plant proposed will consist of two units, each of which will be forty horsepower distillate or crude oil en- zine and No. 4 two-step centrifu- gal pump, capable of delivering 500 gallons per minute working against 150-foot head. The piping Is to be so arranged that each unit can work independently of the other and in case of fire the pressure can be rais- ed to 100 pounds per square inch at the hydrants. The pumping plant | will have a storage tank of 13,000 | gallons capacity, and a self starting device with air compressor and air tank. The estimated cost of this plant complete is $5O00.
 The tower and tank proposed will be of steel, with hemispherical bot tom, 100 feet in height from the foun- dations to the balcony line, and to | have a capacity of 100000 gallons Its cost is estimated at $SOO0.
 The main from the tank to the dis tributing system will be ten inches, of cast iron, to weigh 7O.S pounds per foot It is proposed to run this pipe from the tank north on the Date Canal road to Orange avenue, east on Orange avenue to Sixth street. From Orange and Sixth to Orange and Fourth streets, eight-inch cast iron pipe will be laid; and six-inch cast iron pipe will be laid on Fourth from Orange to Commercial streets, on Fifth from Orange to Railroad avenue, and on Main street from Fifth to Sixth streets.
 Four-inch cast iron pipe would be laid under these plans as follows: On Seventh street from Orange to Railroad avenue; on Brighton from Fourth to Seventh; on Olive from Fifth to Seventh; on State from Sev- enth to Eighth; on Main from Fourth to Fifth and from Sixth to Eighth; on Broadway from Fourth to Sixth, and from Seventh to Eighth; on Com mercial from Fourth to Eighth; oA, Railroad from Seventh to Eighth streets.
 It Is expected that screw pipe from the present system can be used by relaying to cover emergency cases un- til the funds are provided to com plete the system with cast iron pipes,
 The ends of all pipes on Eighth
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