Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-17
WATER

tndt IiuCu WHICH mas Deen -sdlu, were
better unsaid. Also it seems true that
much which has been done were bet
ter undone, or never done at all. Ex-
perience in all these things to date, as
far as our water question goes has not
solved the problem. 1t seems that
many Of our well meaning citizens,
while they have nothing of value to
advance on the subject, rush into print
and otherwise. either directly or
round about, criticise what has beer.
done by those who have, as l believe,
tried as a rule, to do the very best for
our city's upbuilding. 1T is human
err" And good reliable business cit
izcns who have made successes in var
ious callings, should not be condemn
ed or uncharitably criticised because
wonders have not been accomplished
by our city councils. on propositions
which were partially or wholly out
side of the line of their experience.
Let those who criticise come up with
some practical or tenabIe plans,
which. if carried out, might relieve
the situation. | doubt any remote
chance of procuring more efhcien,
council than the present. Time will
tell. The writer has followed the
workings and accomplishments to
date, all the recent articles In our To-
cal print have been read with inter
est. And in his opinion, the recent
article by Judge Minor is by far the
most practical of any which has been
advanced. though it has its drawbacks
in the light of actual necessities. ac-
cording to my Judgment which | will
try to make clear, and show how the
same approximate results may be ar
rived at with comparative insignifi-
cant expenditure. To sink and tim
Der suck n shaft. which must ncccs-
sarily he timbcred. for protection of
workmcn and resisting caving. etc,
which are always incident to sucl,
wors. would cost $4,000 to say moth
ing OF provisions for pumping out the
shaft in case il needed doing as the
judge suggests. This would require
the installation of an auxiliary pump
Of hydraulic grade in order TO with
stand pressure of about 400 tbs. when
pumping at Zoo IT,, quite expensive
proposition in any event. as ordinary
material would not withstand the
pressure which would be about four
times that allowable on new stand
ard steam boiler. In case of emer-
gcncy the auxiliary pump should be
of capacity to empty the shaft on
short notice in order not TO delay the
plant. When we figure 800 f. #.
X ! IT. we find it is considerable water
aud would employ a quite large pump,
for quite a long time to pump il out
Even the alkali proof cement is OBJ
tainablc. of which the writer has seen
no mention in concrete publications.
he having asked them over two years
since IL il was made or IL they would
not advocate it. The shaft would
have to be timbercd in any event
which is very expensive and would
need to come out again except the
shaft were made large enough to wall
IN insidc of them which world he all
the more expensive. And from my
contact with mines. mining and shafts
' don't think any practical miner but
would claim that-any attempt to wall
n shaft 500 feet deep without first
being timbered world result disas-
irously in all probability. A shaft is
not needed in my opinion.
Pressure and area are two of the
three elements Of the formula of pow
er. and they are the only features act
ing in placing water to the level of its
fountain head. II the area of entrance
'urfacr Is sufficient the gravity press
TIRE will do the rest. and keep the wat
"r ~ or close to that level III not
a sufhciency of water, the pump will
soon lower it to the depth or about
that nf the vacuum (if that class of
punpN which is about z6 II. at this
altitude. or abort ~ rounds pressure.
IL the water will not supply the pump
so that it takes too much air it will
stop so no vacuum pump is reliable