Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-10
Council Bluffs
WATER BOARD CONES HOME
Makes Contract with Burns q McDon-
aid As Consulting Engineer
Will ELECTRIFT 0KE STATION
Pisss FER Nu@ber 81 I-prewsnests
VIII Ne Maa- ~ osce-New SET
tltsE Bn-Is Expeetes a.
Make BtE suvtnE.

water Commissioners j. chris Jensen
Ernest x Hart and 6 T McAree wshp w,snt
o. Kansas CITY on Mundsy. accompanied
F ~ Superintendent Etnyre and Mayer Ma
! homer. On business CONNECTED with the rnsn-
are-nsnt ana osvs3or1nsnt o. the Council
Bluffs water plant. returned yesterday
nurninE vel pleased win the results q
their 3curDsr-
They ssclreo q great dsas q valuable IN
foyrnHtiun ~ inEpartlnr fhs hir water
pumping plants AZ kansas cts. No and
Kansas csty. Kan and made a three a'ears
runrrRca with Burur q Mcdonald as con
Eulting engineers Tor n -urnp sun uf s2saa
the services 70 be rendered Whenever re
uuired Al The only A6aitionn1 cus1 q az
pcnsss q the trfp. To secure such services
was enc q the pu-pns Euing 10 Kan
sas City
Eeal@5 hids fer the - .iees were asked
Tor from Wg-Dcocp Kisrsted and the Burns
firm Mr.. K1erEteds ma WIS ss.S8a con
tract was concluded win Burns & McDun-
AID by which they are 10 DO Ehazerer wurk
that may be required in cunnsction with
the Development q The plant hsre Mr.
Burns vii arrive here TINS week and VIII
assist In completing arrangements for the
classification ~ the Thtrzy-sereuih street
plant the cunstrucIiun Of the new sub
Eioia-T reservoir there the rsrnodeHng uf
The Broadway station that VIII permit the
Installation q new E0m 200 gallon vertical
pump and = new boiler plant
I@por3anf chnaE-..
Plans fur al a these improvements VIII
be completed n once and the work he=vn
and pushed The changes 10 be made IN
the Broadway staten are impurrsut. ard
involve the oonEtructiun Of q new boiler
room that VIII permit trackags from First
HFunDe4 IA present al q the coal used
AZ unloaded On the avenue and 10 then
hauled entirely around the reservoir Eys-
TEN and unlon6ed In the coal hanE al
constant Cost uf s1se a month The PRO
posed new boiler room via permit the
construction of n switch that WIN bring
the cars 70 rhe cnal ohuteE- saving the
heavy sxpsnse of double hAndling and
hAEling Of the coal There Is also some
ooubt about the present building being
hlgh enough 10 accommodates the new rer-
ricsl pump. The renodeltag q the build
tng calls far a new snokssrAek q rao-e
than twice fhs size q the present one.
which has been found 10 cause a less Of
frily = Der oeut Of Lhs er3cicncy of the
coal swing 70 inEurnciencT q draft
View s~etIlaE Basin
TIhe new hazGn n Thirry-aeweuah srreot
win s.lS0 be q great Cost saver II win re-
dDoe the power required 10 deliver the
water 70 the Broadway reservoirs une-
half or more for the water VII be cAr-ssc
by gravity. flowing continuously. While the
pumps are nov required 70 deliver the
amount Desdsd dAaly In eight hourz in
Fes1igat1uns NJ Kansas clty showed fhRz
- per cent Of the mud win be depasifea
hzsFfr N 49,
into 1bs river without cost II Is believed
thk1 the saving N one rear viii pay
for this new basin II VII be built wholly
uf ooncrs1e-
supar1n teDosut Ernyre yesterday rave
Ouf the pumping record for the last week
On Sunday. July q IL EAs 2E0B.x5e gallons
IN twenty hours. On Monday z6Ek. BBn pump
ing fwsnry-four hours. On Tuesday 22a2 eco
Wednesday aEz.Wo. THURSDAY. 1Ss7 BN. FRI
dsg 1zz7. ga The record fer SATURDAY WIS
not completed until midnight The shorreEt
time the pumps were opsrE1ed was seven
tsen hours
Tests OF C@aI
TESTS ths1 have been made uf the various
kinds 81 coal tried out we're made pubic
YESTERDAY One car Of washed Czbsrokee
slack care the best results IN comparison
with tbs Iowa csAlE that have been ased
II contained sdlsp pounds and pumped H.
s7s.EE gallons q water. 81 a cast Of Ealp
a ton IN comparison with Iowa coal Al
a. II showed n shzaag Of IS cents a ton
water RnAes IasseA-
The new rules and regulations Adoptsa
BY The water coEamisEinners have been H.
sued IN pamphlet fu-m and are being els
trabu1sd- There were Bisss c1pass printed
and il is The desire q the commissioners
that every person using water shall have
a copy IL 10 Glso thsir VISA that water
users SHOULD carefully read the rules ana
make an earnest effort 20 comply with
rhen-
The commissioners wish 70 impress upon
property owners who are water users that
economy and discretion in the use q water
N1n directly benefit every taxpayer In me
cty.