The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-12
One DEEP WELL
IS RECOMMENDED
Joint Meeting of Council Committee
and Commercial Club Results
In Definite Plan.
CITY WATER SUPPLY Low
Tank Has Capacity Of 100000 Gal
Ions But Pumps Can Feed Only
200 Per Minute Now.
SEVERAL BELIEVE IN LAKE
Advocate Running Hose or Mains
From Dock to Down Town
Business Section.


After two hours of discussion last
night, the meeting of the CONNER
cial club with the council commit
tees resulted in the following resolu-
ton being adopted:
Resolved; that it is the opinion of
this meeting that the city should at
once construct at least one twelve
inch we'll and that the present eight
inch. we'll should be cleaned so that
it can be used"
There were nearly as many opin-
, ions expressed at the meeting as
there. were men present. Charles
Warfield was. called upon to furnish
figures as to: the present water sup
ply of the city and also the capacity
of the pumps which the city already
has at command. R. F. Miller fur
nished figures on the capacity of the
city fire engine and George Stein on
the cost of laying mains and install
ing shydrants.
Mr. Warfeld said that at present
the city has one open we'll and that
it will pump 200 gallons per min
ute. =; The tank WILL hold 100000
gallons when full. Five 2 Il inch
hose streams, will throw 1000 gal
Ions per minute: SO that the tank
has a capacity Of five streams for
100 minutes at a pressure of seventy
two pounds. If the pressure is in
creased, the tank will empty faster.
While the tank is being emptied, it
is also being filled at the rate of 200
gallons per minute so that the net
loss is 500 gallons per minute. At
this rate, five hose streams would
exhaust the present water supply in
a little more than two hours. After
the two hour period, the city would
have but 200 gallons per minute or
enough to supply one hose.
Mr.. Warfeld further stated that
the city had pumps with capacity
of 1000 gallons per minute could be
water be furnished the pumps. With
the pumps working 1000 gallons
per minute and the tank full, the
city would have enough water to put
out the largest possible fire and with
ten big streams of water going. The
booster pump at the plant does not
pump direct but can raise the pres
sure to 1875 pounds. The city fire
engine has a normal pressure of
eighty pounds but this can be doubl-
ed by crowding the engine.
F. S. Lycan advocated the plan of
having a pumping station near the
Third street dock on which the fire
engine could be placed and from
which hose could be run to any Sec
ton of the business district. The
objection was raised that the city
did not have enough hose to run
two lines three blocks distant and
that the two schools, court house and
churches would not be protected
When the cost of the hose was in
vestigated, H. c.. Baer suggested that
the city lay surface fire mains in the
alleys between Second and Third
and between Third and Fourth
streets from pumping platform al
the dock to America avenue. He
stated that the slope would be suffi-
cient to drain the pipes so that they
would not freeze in cold weather.
It was the opinion of George
Stein, Tom Smart, Mr. Warfeld anG
others that the city will soon reach
the point where a reservoir will be
necessary. They suggested that the
city att once build an underground
concrete reservoir with capacity
ten times that of the tank. The water
could be pumped from the reservoir
to the tank and from the wells tx
the reservoir BY this plan, the cit,
would always have a water supply
of 100000 gallons and the reser
voir would not go stale as the water
would be flowing through it con
stantly.
No reply has yet been received
from the state board of health as tt
the quality of the water which come.
from wells forty feet below the sur
face. If it is found that these shall
low wells give sanitary water, tn,
city will probably dig several O
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