Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-22

piled up against the corewa11 in alter
mating layers of loan and gravel when
Is rolled down. Both inside and out
side this embankment will be riprapped
and this work, has been sstarted below
the dam, where the embankment is ais
being built from material on that side,
there being natural embankment III
the center which will save much cart
age. The same amount, or about d.
900 cubic yards, will be placed against
the outside of the corewall.
At the Gatehouse.
While the party was inspecting the
floor of the basin and the gatehouse. a
group picture was taken by Engineer
Palmer with the, party backing up IT,
the corewa1l. The gatehouse founda-
ton has been done for some tire,
covering the intake pipe. The mech
installed. The bottom of the supply
pipe in this house is IL feet lower
than the overflow of Fairview, while
full pond there will be Is 1-2 feet high
er than Fairview. The screens for the
pond will be inside the house and so
constructed that there will be two sets,
one of which can be lifted and cleaned
while the ether is in position. There
will be no long movable pipe running
out into the pond with a strainer from
the gatehouse as at Fairview. The
water goes directly into the gatehouse,
the 24-inch delivery pipe bound for the
city. There will be three gates so that
the water from the top, center or bot
tom of the pond can be drawn as de-
sired, when the pond is full.
Stream of Water.
There continues to be quite a stream
of water running through the basin.
This goes off through the waste pipe
draining the meadow so that it makes
the work easier there As much as pos
sible of the water is being held back
in the Palmer pond, so called, but
there is quite stream running down
the ditch and into the waste pipe and
| it was estimated by Superintende nt
| Cookery that fully 100000 gallons are
furnished by the brook every "a hours
now.
Just before the party left to return
home, seven of the number. Messrs
Ayling, Cruthers, Mclaughlin, Cork
| cry, Barry. Hartman and Delaney
made the trip across the basin in the
| bucket of the galloway.
Work on Pipe Line.
Good progress is being made to the
pipe line work. Contractor Torrance
( has his work well along, but has not
yet finished excavating the ledge ir
| the cut through the hill He did not
| lay much pipe last month, but has put
| in considerable this month.
Contractor Dodd has his men exca-
| waiting across the lots from a poln'
! just beyond Maplewood cemetery. He
| has the trench opened up for num-
| Der of hundred feet out into the lots
| On Monday test was made of the
| pipe which he has put down from 6
| point just east of Maplewood to the
| gate in the pipe line near where i
| leaves the. highway. 1t was found al
right, and quite a section of the
| trench ca1. now be covered in.
| The work which the water depart
ment men are doing has reached
| point between Asylum, and Ann streets
| the connection with Asylum stree
| having been made, and a 16-inch pip'
| is now being put down.
| Concrete Meter House.
The Ventura meter for this pipe linz
! is to be housed in a building just a
| a point where the pipe line leaves tn
! Salem turnpike, west of Maplewood
] one at Fairview. and the tubes TO
/ this have been set. A. B. Coultas o
! the Builders Iron Foundry was her
recently and gave the department
some valuable advice regarding this
! The meter will not be set until tn
building is DONE
| New Road Not Started.
| No work has been done on the build
| ing of the new road which will TAX
| the place of the one across the basin
| which is to be abandoned. The nev
road will go under the dam at tn
Palmer pond and will be built late
| by the city.
The second dam. which is to b
built for the overflow, has not ye
been started.