The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-26


Early this morning. the work Of
draining the newly made ditch in
which the break in the water main Of
the Marion Water company occurred
last Wednesday. was completed, dis
closing the cause of the damage Of at
least what the officials of the water
company and most every one else who
has viewed the hole in the pipe line.
claim was the cause OF the break.
Undoubtedly the rear spud heavy
iron bound timber almost two feet
square used In balancing the dredga
while in operation. struck the sixteen
inch pipe and broke hole. which Is
eight and one-half inches IN diameter
at 1t widest part causing the water
famine which Marion has been suffer
ing AT least, this seems to be the
most practical explanation of the ac-
cideut
Pipe Broken into Fragments.
The dredge passed over the water
main successfully. was brought to "A
standstill about three feet on the south
side of the pipe and set 10 work. II
is claimed that the rear spud was
thrown backward or Kicked out"
struck the pipe and broke It. The
largest fragment of iron from the
opening in the pipe. which could be
found, was about six inches long ana
three Inches wide. As the pipe is
three quarters of an fneh thick, Il
must have been hit with terrific force.
The pipe was cracked for a distance of
four feet west of the leak and to the
Joint east of -.
Surgtna of the Water.
When interviewed this morning. f.
n. Foohey. of the FoheN Dredging
company. who has charge of the
dredging work, denied that the dredge
had struck the pipe. When asked
what was his theory of the cause Of
the accident. he replied. 1T might
have been the surging of the water
against the pipe or2the pipe might
have been defective. The men In
charge Of the dredge state that the
boat dld not strike the pipe as they
were ab6uttthrde feet from II when
the accidert occurred.Hps 1n1f ''i
When q asked las. to the amount OF
money his company was losing pea
day because Of the break he stated
that he had not estimated the exact
amount but that IT was in the neigh
borhood OF $3.50 and that the delaN
Wdula probably cause the company ~
lose other contracts. 'l- 500 tn
stretching process "a Success.
After several photographs of IN,
break had been taken by Edward Vail
the work of repairing the leak was
started Immediately. The opening Is
located about eighteen inches from q
"belI or Joint IN the pipe. As there
Il no leak al the joint, the stretch
ing" process to which the pipe line
was subjected. had nothing 10 do
with the leak. Each joint was
stretched" about ohe-fourth of az
inch. that is. the lead which cement'
the joint was forced to give that dis
lance In order TO meet the required
distance in lowering the pipe so thai
the dredge might pass over 1t.
A force of men is at work repairing
the leak and barring unexpected hap
penings the work OF repairing th'
pipe will be completed some time to-
right and the water turned ON ful
force
Although the Marion Water com
pany is liable 10 the dredging com
papy for damages. officials claim tn
matter will be settled out Of court a.
| the two companies are working n
,Perfect harmony.
J The siX-inch main which was lai'
4, Wednesday night In record -breakinl
time Is supplying water sufficient &c
meet the actual needs of the people
/ rairnnds and the factorles.