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

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| Extended in 1909.
I'm the spring of 1909, the council
directed that the water development
be extended and that prospecting be
conducted further up the hill with a
view TO securing a full gravity supply
Under this direction prospecting was
conducted as far away as Swcdetown
Creek near the detention hospital, but
water was not found I'm sufficient
quantities to warrant an attempt at
permanent development Test wells
had been sunk at the old Cemetery
Hill and in the low ground near by
during the 1905 work with similar re-
suits. After prospecting at Swede-
town Greek work was resumed I'm the
city's so acre water tract and a second
group of wells put down, the work
carrying over into the season of 1910.
Before the close OF the year 1909, the
small steam pump used for sinking
the wash down pipe wells was con-
nected with the first group of wells
and was supplying water to people on
Liberty Prospect, Ingot and Elevation
streets and the T.. l.. Wright school
and afterwards was i'm continuous
service until the installation of the
new electric pump.
Reservoir Started in 1910.
ION June 2S. 1909, l submitted detail
plans and prolles for the pipe line ex-
tensions and soon after contracts
were let and the work of laying the
mains begun that season but not com
pleted until In the autumn of 1910;
the aggregate length of the force and
distributing mains being six miles;
this is without the ten-inch main ex-
tension on Hancock street from Mon
teZuma street to Reservation street
which was not included I'm the gen
eral extension" plans but was obliged
to he put down preparatory to paving
Hancock street in 1909.
In mid summer 1909, prepared
plans for a one million gallon reser-
voir of the reinforced concrete type;
two plans i'm fact for the first one
drawn which was OF the ordinary
rectangular style of construction gave
so high an estimate of cost that ],
drew up n second design for a reser-
voir of the same capacity, but of the
less common circular style of con.
struction. The estimates of cost show
cd n difference of $3,20000 in favor of
the circular form; and which sum
may fairly be considered net saw
ing to the city. I recommended the
circular form to the board and it was
adopted; the council directing that a
roof and division wall be provided
With the press of other work IL was
not possible to take up the construc-
ton of the reservoir until June 1910
and the structure completed in No
vember. Owing to delays in construc-
ton of second or electric pumping sta
ton II was not unt!. April 12-14 OF
this year that the reservoir was filled
and thus tested. 1t stood the test per-
fecly. there being nc sign of cracks
anywhere while the total loss of water
from evaporation and leakage com
bined i'm twenty-four hours was only
3-16 of an inch in depth from the en-
tire water surface.
Pumping Equipment.
Meanwhile during the winter of
1909-10 a pump, to be electrically driv-
en-, was purchased for the secondary
pumping station. Before itarrived from
the factory a site for the pumping sta
ton was selected at the second group
of pipe wells but afterwards IL wals
decided to return to the site original
Iy contemplated and to so connect
with the main pumping station as to
obtain water from there in case the
wells should not yield an adequate
supply for the secondary or electric
pumping station.
Work was begun on the pump
house later In October of 1910 and
during the winter notwith-
standing the snow and cold weather;
the pump being installed and put into
by early April of this
year. The pump house Is of brick
and reinforced concrete construction,
thus being absolutely
freproof, and is large enough in size
(26x30 fect) to- accommodate second
pump If the future needs of the up
per district should require 1t. The
pump Is Goulds Single-Acting Tri-
pick Plunger Pump of $50 gallons per
minute capacity and. together with
the 4O-horse power Westinghouse
electric motor, constitutes a pumping
unit of first-class construction.
Congratulates Board.
"Since the Electric pump and the
reservoir were put into commission
the city has been divided into the
water service districts, viz. an up
per and a lower. as planned, the up
per district including the watermains
on White, Elm, and Ridge streets and
all to the north or above those streets,
and is served from the new reservoir.
while the lower district includes the
remainder OF the city and is served
from the old reservoir and main
pumping station. This arrangement
gives efficient fire pressure in all the.
mains throughout the city
"The board is to be commended and
the city congratulated for the excel
lent quality of materials and work
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