Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-28

Fargo, the metropolis Of the state,
situated as il is in the heart OF the
richest farming country III America,
is one of the foremost commercial
and industrial centers west Of Cllca-
20. Today it stands second in the
distribution Of heavy farm machin-
cry, and is among the few largest
distributing points of the world re
gardless Of size. The nearest com
Deting distributing center is 2oO
miles away, and for 300 miles, or in
all the territory between the Twin
Cities and the Pacihs coast district,
Fargo has a monopoly Of al 1.-The job
bling and wholesale business. The
excellent transportation facilities,
combined as they are with the geo
graphical location, give to Fargo en-
impetus enjoyed by scarcely any
other city in America,
Situated directly west Of the Twin
Cities on two Of the best Pacific
coast roads, Fargo has an advantage
over eastern competitors Of from
"a to Sc hours in the time required
to transport to local buyers in the
surrounding territory. Fargo also
enjoys the storage in transit rate
which makes possible The buying IN
carload lots and then reshipping in
small cOnsignmcnts to points in
local territory, a condition obviously
advantageous to the consumer as
we'll as the buyer
Water Works and FiItering Plant.
The new city water plant and fl
tering station is one of the fl
the Northwest This plant was
built in 1919 at cost of S2l5 1000.
Previous to 1890 the river water
had been used for all purposes. Hnt
the river district by this time had
become settled causing pollution to
make the river un 1T for use, and a
resort was then made to wells. For
twenty-five years the water was de-
livered from this source by wagon.
About ten years ago the high cost OF
this method became apparent and an
agitation begun which eliminated in
the new pumping and tiltering sta
ton.
The plant is located about a mile
south of the center of the city and
is now and complete in every re-
SDCSl toIletiiIHSo SbitthltiE t'll ~
tering plant, also new pumping and
boiler equipment
This structure was designed by
Frank IA F. Anders and the con
tracing work was done by James
Kennedy Of Fargo.
The water supply is taken in from
the river about eigh, hundred feet
east Of the work. 1t first passes into
the mixing chamber, a rectangular
basin SO feet by 80 feet by 20 feet
deep, which is bnilt of reinforced
concrete In it's course through this
chamber the water flows about $500
feet with velocity sufficient to pre-
vent any deposit.
Two sediment chambers are also
provided in the plant. each 30 by 10
by IA feet deep. The basins are
fitted for use in parallel, in series or
singly. The water lhen passes
through a concrete conduit into
forehay. throgh the wish trough in
lets. to the filters. and on throgh The
excellerator to the clear well
The low series station is equipped
with one three-million and one four,
million gallon Lawrence vortex, cen
trifugal pump. driven by one forty
and one sixty horse power steam
turbine on a steam pressure Of l3U
pounds. eyhausting into an Abergcr
surface condenser which maintains 4
vacuum of 2G to u inches.
49,. Also a Purifying Plant.
Due to the fact that this plant util-
ICES the Red river as a water supply
source. and that three principal cit
les empty their sewage into the
river without treatment. there must
be some means Of publication. This
is accomplished by a special chemi-
cal liberation process.