The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-18

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mo e0ilI etely equifSped BlaHt q
tthe size IA existence. It s capable
Tor rendering the river water clear.
EcoIorless and free from al danger
GUS disease germs.
/ The hltration plant has been de-
signed so that its capacity may be
lreadIly increased to 6,OOO,0OO gal-
Ions daily by the construction Of
four additional otter units, a1I the
piping and appurtehances being OF
ample capacity to allow this
New Boners and OIachinerey-
a battery ofltwo 2O0rhorse power
iErfe city horizontal water tube boil
iers with a 1OO-toot steel stack and an
osOO-horse power feed water heater
were installed at the pumping sta
ton last winter. and an new eight
inch stem lire run to the pump
room, thus giving duplicate steam
lines between boilers and pumps.
Early in the summer it was found
necessary to replace the old hori-
zontal boilers tubular boilers and a
second battery consisting OF Two
2OO-horse power Keeler horizontal
water tube boilers with 10o-foot
steel stack was contracted for by
the board and is now nearly COM
pleted. In addition. two Of the old
t25-horse power horizontal tubular
boilers have been patched and are
being reset, which will give a total
boiler capacity OF $50 horse power.
This is ample to supply all of the
pumping machinery at the station
with one boiler out for cleaning.
A worthington. two stage, hori-
zontal, turbine pump with capacity
of 3. 100000 gallons per day driven
by a 2s5-horse power Terry steam
turbine, has been installed in the
pump room, practically doubling the
capacity of the station and the old
pumps are being thoroughly over
hauled and placed in first cfess con-
dition
/ Two Worthington, horizontal
volute pumps with capacity OF D
OOO, 900 gallons per day each. driven
by American Blower Company
high speed engines. have been in
stalled in the pump room for sup
plying raw water to the settling
basins.
| These Improvements give the sta
ton a capacity of about 100000
gallons per day in all its parts and
have cost approximately 1913 900
improvements to Pumping Station.
! An intake chamber has been con-
structed in the existing dam and
new 16-inch suction line run to the
pumping station, thus giving, with
the old 16-inch suction line, dupli-
cate raw water intakes OF about g.
100000 gallons daily capacity each
/ The old boiler house has been
doubled in size and the old wooden
roofs of the pump and boiler rooms
replaced with new slate and tile
roofs supported on steel framing,
i making the station practically fire
proof. Numerous small items Of
work, such as a new lighting sys-
tenn, etc, have been carried out so
as to place the station in proper OPP
Grating condition. The cost OF the
improvements at the pumping station
was about $1O,50O.
/ Distributing Reservoir.
/ A reinforced concrete reservoir
having a capacity of 100000 gal
Ions has been constructed on the
city property at the site OF the steel
tanks. The reservoir is a circular
tank SIS feet in diameter and 81
feet high and is equaled by but two
other concrete tanks in the world in
size. The cost of the reservoir will
be about $4,000, anc with the old
tanks. will give total storage OF
over a million and half gallons :.
New Force Main to City with Cone
nect!Ons to Reservoir.
| IA 16-inch force main has been
laid from the pumping station to
Hornor avenue along the Weston
road and cross connected with the
old 1O-inch and 12-inch force mains
at the station, at the foot of the
lane leading to the tanks and at
Hornor avenue, so that any section
may be repaired without disturbing
service through the other lines. This
gives practically duplicate supply
lines from tho pumping station to
the city OF 100000 gallons da3S
capacity each.
! "A new 16-inch line has been con-
structed from the Weston road to
tho reseryoi1- site To replace Ene old