Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-06
Immense Volume of Water
Thrown Seven Feet Out Of
Twelve Inch Pipe at Water
Supply Company Plant.
FIVE DAY TEST SHOWS
NO LIMIT TO SUPPLY
Wonderful Demonstration Of
Fact That Rio Grande Val
ley Underflow Possibilities
Beat the World.

4 Eleven hundred gallons ar water
I per minute, thrown seven feet uut OF
/ the end ut twelve inch pipr. small
itNtr big enough Goo flood the town,
/ nts the spectacle witnessed hy u|
representative rt m, Herald this|
morning at IN" rW auxiliary plant
/ OF the Albuquerque water supply
I company near the corner 81 Noun
ItUIu road and Fourth street
II The TACT that this Immense volume
II oI water has been pumped ON a test
n fnr tive days aud nights without
\ stopping. without showing any di-
n iuiuutiuu iu the supply is lll the
demonstration needed that neither
n th' Mifnhres nor the purtUlrs valley
\ nor amy other irrigation pump ng
II district boo th. state can beat the ittu.
II Grtudr valley. buD glimpse uf that
stream cot vJtor HURTING out uf the
NJ pipu makes further argument super
N Nuuus about the pumping pUssihhi.
Ties cot tins section.
II You can't beat that anywhere iu|
II The auuthwest' declared J \. cole
man uf The Coleman Blank company
|, the firm witch Installed the big four
II stage American turbine centrifugal
Dump u the plant ana who .uperin-
tended hr demonstration this morn
ing The water supply IS pr" "tically
II luDNhuustihlc and she WI pump at
thut rate Indefinitely"
II Tho new pump viii b" connected
II direct with the city water mains to-
n duy cor tomorrow Tho plan is To use
II % uH uu auxiliary plant hut Ia case
II 10 proves more economical than the
lHt,tu plant at the main watvrWOrks
II station. the latter wlk be kept as the
II reserve OUTFIT and the new pump wall
b., depended on tor the daily work.
\ ih" new plant entire has cost about
II $4,000 Geo install, Connected directly
with tho pump is 100 horse power
Western Elcctri, company motor
III vertical. which handles Is total head
Hot gal feet, the city Reservoir being
j goo feet hlEhos than this pump, with
II thirty come feet allowed Tor friction.
only halt the motors capacity ur
II uuy hurs, power is necessary 20 sup
III plJ the luWluuds, pumping direct into
III GA, mains aud the roo horse power
Ia uWpl, Co pump into the highlands
and th' reservoir The completion ut
ltrts second plant nov gives the city
TWO Independent water supply plants.
lrlthyr ono Of which b. ample Co take
cure cot IA" demand.
Tho plant now has only tenn
luuUry housing. which will be- super
spdDd hy e. model concrete building.
absolutely fire proof even TO the roof
and the surroundings Will Doe made us
luttmctNo as possible. the cumpary's
plan being tu mako % aE near model
plant az can bee found Ia the south
wrat The pump is equipped with
III vacuum guugpt showing "a sixteen foot
draw down. ana with pressure gauge,
d., most ingenious feature being a
governor which automatically keeps
II tho pressure between sixty and sew
l,uiy pounds sand trap is inftalled
in the feed pipe which catches every
hit cot sand in the water Including
the draw down the pun" has total
uit ut forty nine teet. the well being
srNcnty-siX feet deep, with thirty-sN
feet uf Lane and Bowler screen and
thirty-siX feet of twcnty-sevyu inch
solid casing The hig motor Installed
uu les massive concrete foundation,
runs with scarcely "a vibration and no
hint ui the power which pulls the un-
dcrHruuud river out of It's bed ana
hurls ID out on the surface ct the
ground As the city sewers are uu-
able Go carry of the water ut the
rate b is pumped, tho company has
built small reservoir some fiity feet
across. la which "a bunch OF barefoot
children and dogs were having the
time uf their lives this morning
Thc concrete pump house, which
VIII by sixteen by tWeBty-four feet,
viii Dee equipped with "a steel crane,
making it possible co move ont the
pump and overhaul u In twcnty-tour
lhours time.
The estimate Of the Coleman
Blank company as Go the volume of
Watcr based on the capacity ot the
pump aud the draw down. is Curro-
hurat,d bv MT a r., Robinson. sup
rriutyUdpnt of reclamation FOR the
pucblu Indians and by city Engineer
James Gluddiug. both ut whom have
Inspected the plant while at work.
jany people have long been
lskcptcll OF the possibility of pump
ing thousand gallons "a minute out
uf one well boo this valley. This we'll
Twin les LOO gallons. b. final and
conclusive proof that given the right
Kind of a wen, pump aad motor, "a
thousand gallons may be pumped for
Inn lnlnIInltn nrIInh.