The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-15

relative to the preliminary planning
the search for water supply. the
sinking of the wells on the city So
acre tract. erection Of the million gal
Ion reservoir on Cemetery Hill. and
the details of cost and expenditures
for the same. The report in part is
as follows:
Engineer Craig's Report.
Gentlemen:
AS the work of the General FIX
tension of the Water System" is now
practically completed report in some
detail by me at this time of the char
acter and conduct of the work, will |
believe, be found useful by you.
1.-THE need OF considerable extensions
of the system of water mains and
more especially with view to sup
plying the needs of the upper part of
the city was recognized as early as i'm
1907 After the situation was thor
ouehly canvassed by the board of pub
lie works, the fire and water commit
tee of the council the chief engineer
of the pumping station and the city
surveyor together, it was agreed to
recommend to the council, improve
ments in the water system as follows,
viz: A general extension of the piping
system; the building of two reservoirs,
one of one million gallons capacity
at some point i'm city 30 acre tract at
same elevation for water level as old
cistern; and one of two million gal
Ions capacity to be guilt on the hill
at old cemetery; the development of
a water supply i'm so acre water tract;
and the installing of secondary
plant to Pump water from
the lower to the upper reservoir; the
lower reservoir 10 be supplied from
the wells to be developed i'm the so
acre tract provided a sufficient sup
ply of water should be found there
otherwise to be supplied by pipe line
from the main pumping station at the
Lake Shore. | was authorized by the
board and council to draw plans and
estimates for general extension OF
the water system along the lines rec
commended. In accordance with these
instructions l made up very COM
plete. general plan and estimate re-
porting the same to your body on
June 10, 1908.
Plans Are Revised.
"The estimated cost of the improve
ment in accordance with this plan
was so high that the board deemed il
unwise to attempt so much and di-
rected me to revise the plans by elm
mating such features as thought
might best be spared. ON July 20. 1905,
| reported a revised plan which in
cluded the two reservoirs. an indie
pendent main from the main pumping
station to lower reservoir and a double
unit pump at second station and with
distributing piping system substan-
TALLY as afterwards constructed-at
an estimated cost of $4,000. This
plan was approved and recommended
to the council. The council, however
in proposing bond issue for the i'm
provement asked the people for only
$50 900. instead OF $4,000.
"This imperatlvely required a fur
ther revision of plans in the way of
cutting down and cutting out such
features as might best be submitted
the required reduction in estimated
costs, / recommended and the board
and council approved the building of
only one reservoir-the one on Gene
terry Hill-and reducing its size to one
million gallons capacity; and the
emitting the independent IA and 10
inch force main from main pumping
station to second pumping station;
the development work in so acre water
tract having by this time progressed
so far and found water i'm such guam
titles as to warrant the belief that a
sufficient supply for the upper or high
service system might be obtained
from this source.
Wash Down Pipe Plan.
"In the development of the water
supply the method adopted was that
Is known as the wash down pipe
welr' method. This method had been
successfully tried at the .neighboring
towns of Lake Linden and Hubbell
besides many other places in various
parts of the country. This method Of
fered I'm the earlier stage OF the WORK
tho readiest means for determining
the depth Of overburden to bedrock
as well as its character and water
bearing qualities. Afterward the
method was adhered to largely be-
cause II was the most practicable
method for reaching the water at the
depth found to bedrock at the frst
group of wells. viz, approximately
seventy feet.