The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-10-03
ENGINEER FILES
PARTIAL REPORT
CONSULTING ENGINEER 0. K.'SPLAN
Volume of Water in Tucker Springs De-
clared to Be Sufficient for 5000
People, Additional Supply Near

At the meeting Of the council Mon
day evening Edwin A. Taylor, consult
ing engineer Of the municipal water
plant. submitted a partial report Of
the plans for the distributing system
prepared by ?. NJ. Morse, city engin-
eer, recommending the plans as made,
with notifications to suit new condi-
tions.
Ordinance No. All, providing for the
paving Of Oak street from Fifth to
Tenth, was passed.
A petition was submitted, sigred by
J. NJ. Culbertson and others, for the
widening of Sherman avenue between
lots 3 and 4. block ], South Waucoma,
end grading said street and laying ce-
ment sidewalks and curbs between
Ninth and Twelfth streets. The mat
ter was referred to the street com
mittee.
In his partial report, Mr.. Taylor
said among other things:
"The general plan consists of head
works at Tucker spriug. conduit,
consisting of l4-inch pipe from the
headworks to point about one mile
south of the city limits, and twn S-inch
pipes from that point to the city Zone
pipe for the low service and one for
the high servlce) covered concrete
reservoir Of 500, 600 gallons capacity,
located on Wilson street a distributing
system, dividing the city into three
pressure zones, and pump to REIN
force the high service system in case
, of fire only.
Il have measured the flow from
4 Tucker spring but have not had the
water analysed. as | understand that
. the city has had several satisfactory
, reports regarding the purity of the
' water. There is no danger of any
present pollution and the danger of
!, future pollution is very remote, and
I can be guarded against, If threatened,
9 9 "a smaller spring on private land,
about 1000 feet south of Tucker spring
y may be piped to the headworks, if nee
y essary, some time IN the future. TC
II force the whole of the present flow Of
II both springs through the conduit al
- planned, would require the raising 0
the elevation of the headworks or tn
lowering of the hydraulic grade line il
the conduit. Each added foot In III
- head means considerable added capaC
- ity in the conduit.
a '"From my present knowledge Of cor
- ditions. would recommend retalnln
~ the present water surface elevation {
:. ~ 575 as shown in the plans, but ] wou
~ also recommend moving the scre(
~ chamber to the east side of the po
~ away from the Hill and housing it ov
~ for protection of gates, screens and
lea tings.
'ea Il also strongly recommend subs
,or tuting cast iron pipe FOR wooden pi
~, through the deep cuttings, about 70
~ feet in all.
nu nn "The upper zone has direct pressur
- from the headworks, reinforced by
~ fire pump: the intermediate zone h
eF direct pressure from the resrvoir, al
~ ~ the lower zone had the pressure fro
=" az the reservoir reduced and controlled |
'e' pressure regulators and relief valves.
., 81 recommend that as many as pO
10 silbe of the old 4-inch hydrants IN Il
~ business portion of the city be replace
y, by new 6-inch hydrants and connecte
to with a larger main when possible.
~ 'I approve the general plan for Il
:" new system and consider it adequate
supply your city with one million ga
~ ~ Ions Of pure water daily, and to CIV
~ the city ample ire protection. With
y per capita consumption Of l25 gallor
no per day, this will supply populatio
PS of 5000
~ "As now planned, both the suppl
~ and the storage can be increased VINE
-, ,l' necessary. and the distribution ca
~ he extended as the city grows, withor
IL 10 destroying any of the structures GOV
y, cred by the present plans.