Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-17

rs 10 operate these two engines IN
Too September 1912 and asked for a.
ceptance on them
This acceptance was refused b.
the manager of the Light co and
suii vas filed by the Light CO
against the Westinghouse Co. Tor
damages
These engines we're not operated
alain until May 1913. This was me
url Time they had been operated
by the local company Az previous
operation having beer carried on
by ne experts Of the Westinghouse
90
During The peak load al this time.
bafpnrn Sept 1912 and May 1913
tho pumps had 20 be- shut down AZ
there sas insufficient power 10 pull
hlfl tho pumps and lighting equip
maaI 40 peak load During The
whole time tho Westinghouse CO.
.ra operating these engines the
..-s.0n was very unsatisfactory. as
ff. regulation was very poor and
f..y trre unable 10 rely on one OF
both OF them FOR any time
since the Light co has been op-
Grating these engines the service and
reliability has been no better than
when the Westinghouse Co. was op-
Grating them
THU there BE- left only one re-
liable unit a. The present time 20
furnish electricity FOR lights and
power and Tor tho motors FOR the
deep we'll pumps As u b. only $50
Is W n g. wocfully inadequate.
The general condition Of the plant
d. such that service could not be- oh
tanned if machinery vas In running
shape The floor and everything
eiso b. aa dirty ~ n ls possible 10 be.
and there are tools. broken castings
and other miscellaneous trash scat
tered every Hhoro. which would hin
dDr the men from doing their work
quickly and certainly would take all
Interest out of the operating force. "
there was any 10 begin Wi,h
The condition of the huildinr
around the lirht plant IS such that
10 would not ho unexpected n the
building wore '1 collapse and put the
entire plant ont of commission for
considerable Time. The slipping Of
one Of tho sc braces which prop
up The building. or any unusual
strain on the roof would be- the oc-
casion Of collapse The building
has been in This condition for sever
al years A. ness breaks show IN
tho building from year 20 year an
other Axe prop added 20 hold up
that part
The pumping part of the water
plant consists of three wells al the
station on Second and Fillmore and
eleven wells east of the y. q y r
q q making total of ~ wells
Up to 7. l3 there we're only -
wells. rs 40 90 was put in service
GA 7-1-t3 ON the 1-22 and 23-t3
tho wells were pumping the follow
ing total amounts 7-22-l3. i0s per
Wiuutc. 1919. 40 per minute
This makes total Of 5S7.52O gal
Ions per day 81 the time this test
was made only 10 wells were run
ming
On The 1.ll-lH at the time OF iu
spcrfI0u there we're n wells pump
INK on 1-l2.ia there we're 4 wells
running on 1-fl.l3 there were
wells running on the 1-la-l3 thorc
we're 600 working and ON the 1-ge-
l3 and 1-23-l3 there were 90 work
INK or the 600 wells working there
wore ou thc East side whose ma.
chiuory was Boo bad condition ON O..
22.l3 and l.2a.l5 SO well h8.
not been run this summer exco1t
when 40 Z was not running Dur
bag the whole of last year 80 9 aul
: were run and gave good service
80. 3 well has not worked this sum
mcr though the we'll crew has work
od on it OF and ou for four month
mo facts seem 90 boz that the wei
crew could not do mechanical work
'o gct pump iu operation So \ hle
not been run for past four month.
This well gave fair service last sea
son 40 90 now we'll WAS put n
operation 1-l-l3. this pump ran thr.c
days and was ont OF commission CO.,
% week. II was back in commits
ion on 7.l1-t3 and was ont again
ou 1.2o-t3. From our inspection
tba Heh VAS not running on 1-ll 1i
'-l- and ON 90 was pumping very
little water. practically uonei
on the six days on which couru
we're made there we're three days on
which cirht pumps we're running and
three days on which ten pumps were
running.
10 the count had shown three da, IS
On which ~ pumps we're running aga
three daE4 ON which "a uuuna ,t...s