The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-21

4 AluefIndu Cole is IN error In his
statement that the expense OF con-
structing a main to the site which has
been selected by the city council would
amount to $4,000. The cost of such a
main will be approximately SIS, 1000,
and In view OF the necessity for a
trunk sewer on the south side within
the near future such a main must nee
essarily have been constructed as soon
as such trunk sewer is built in order
to place the intake pipe above the
mouth of such sewer. Therefore. the
additional amount expended for the
construction Of the water main to the
site chosen by the city council is not
money wasted but is an expenditure
which must have been incurred by the
city sooner or later. It is the general
impression that 1t win be deemed ad-
visable eventually to extend the main
above the cemetery.
Objections Answered.
"The objection to the use OF water
received through an intake pipe below
the cemetery on the part OF many good
people is altogether fanciful, because
| the best experts declare that there is
no possible contamination Of the river
water through the cemetery at this
time. Greater contamination occurs
| through the carelessness of dead
horses, cattle and other animals which
are every spring found lying upon the
banks Of the river, and through the
piles of manure and refuse which
border the river banks for hundreds of
miles, than could ever possibly result
from the proximity of the cemetery to
the river. Nevertheless, it Is desirable
to secure for the city water which is
not only pure and safe but which ev-
cry citizen will feel absolutely free to
drink Therefore, it is probable that
the city will eventually decide to still
further extend the intake pipe out Of
Difference to the purely sentimental
objections that some of our citizens
might have from cemetery contamina-
ton. These considerations seem to
wholly justify the additional water
main expense at this time.
I'm the construction of the filter plant
machinery viii be installed which uses
all the steam and thus economies fuel
expense, There is therefore, no rea-
son for central location for the pur-
pose Of using exhaust steam for heat
ing purposes because there will be no
exhaust steam to use. With the new
machinery installed in the pumping
station the cost Of fuel will be di-
unfinished more than so per cent. and
the expense of hauling it will in that
way be materially reduced. The To-
cation Of the filtration plant is not
guess work proposition nor one to
be determined upon general impress
sions. 1t Is on the other hand an en-
gineering proposition pure and simple,
and the engineers who have been con-
suited by the city unanimously indorse
the site which has been adopted The
kind of power to be used in the plant
is another engineering proposition
which will be worked out under the
advice of engineering experts. The
manner of securing a fuel supply is a
detail which will be solved as eco
| nomically as possible. It can be solved
| by using an extension OF the street
railway system, by spur track from
/ one of the railroads, or by using the
trackage of the 500 railroad, which has
been surveyed across Red river at a
point close to the location chosen for
the filtration plant by the city. There
is another popular misconception to
the effect that the expense of pumping
from the site selected by the council
to the north side of the city will be
very much greater than the cost of
pumping from more central location.
That is an entire erroneous view.
Pumping stations in almost all large
cities are located upon the outskirts of
the city and the water is pumped in
many cases ten to fifteen miles. Elk
pert engineers say that the additional
cost Of pumping from the Darling site
to the north side of the city, over and
above the cost of pumping from GEN.
| trail location, will infinitesimal.'