Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-18
CEMENT PIPE HAS
CLAY PIPE BEAT
BEING PROVED
Tests Being Made in Various
Parts of Country Indicate
That Concrete Is Ideal Ma
terial.

THE Kansas city Post Of recent
date has am interesting article on the
comparative llrc ana usofu less of
cement pipe and clay pipe and con-
crete material ia general versus elias
material Tho article follows!
VIXEN the clay pipe trust submitted
to the council committee a sweeping
statement OF falling concrete sewers
Ia this ard other countries the Gee
mont pro moters asked for month
time to investigate these purported
failures
Inst nieht the council investigating
committee heard letters. agndayits
and reports showing utter falsity ana
gross exusgoation OF Eany conditions
cited.
Immense failure of the cement pipe
in draiuagc districts OF Iowa were
named by the clay people, Last
night aftidavtH were read from tho
supervisors of the drainage districts
saving they never had heard of the
failures charged In tncir localities.
Much force was placed by the clay
pipe peoqlc on o criticism of cement
pipe by Joshua Pierce OF Tacoma,
Wash. Tho name Joshua was counted
on Go make "a hit with the committee.
Letters scni ont by the cement people
revealed Joshua az president of the
Little Fails clay Pipe company
Joshua ana two brothers named
Barlow. according 81 the clay pipe
people, had made tests OF cement
pipe
MrOug Firm Made Pipe.
II was shown that these pipes were
made aud tested by the clay people
ana when demand for public test
was made the cement pipes produced
by Joshua Ieaked al seven pounds
ana burst 700 f1urtecn pounds. bona
fido cement upc was then tested and
under 100 pounds water pressure for
a half hour slowcd no pcrcolatlon or
| ill effects
As result of this test cement pipe
was admitted into the Tacoma spcci-
| fications and twenty-slx miles OF ce-
/ mcnt pipe h.Ee been laid The Little
/ Falls CLAY firc company went into
| the hands u. a receiver and tho clay
trust bought The cement pipe plant.
Henry - Dean OF GloUWuod, Ia,
engineer FOO large of drainage work.
/ said that h had used concrete pipe
ana there bad been no failures on his
jobs The .ntIre board of superyis-
ors OF Hancock county. Iowa. Joined
in denying tnut there had been fall
urcs there. n. 'inimod. ana said n tho
conditions c'3Imed existed they were
unknown to tne men in charge oe the
| drainage system.
kossuth gnuuty supervisors az Al
] COMA. la. made q similar statement
and said the. were uslHs eeuent tile
ana u was not being washed away
by surface voters, as reported by the
clay people
ttah aud Texas Testify.
salt Lake .|Jy Was cited as a place
whore coucrfe pipe had gone to
pieces but @. grams from there said
the council ou Monday asked bids for
concrete pipe sewors. an Paso. Tex.
was the sc,u. of another gigantic
failure in o.. clay report purported
70 Dee authenticated hy an assistant
| engineer al san Antonio. The El
Paso cnEup.r denied tho extent of
the trouble anI said ~ the sewer was
I Co he built over again a would Dee of
cement Iipe
The hcar.u was adjourned at midi
night ana ND continue saturday
d evening who the reading eft dentists
viii Dee contu "a,