The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-20
Hancock Department


VI wafer formerly wasted. are no,v
saved and the damage done IA tho
u'''hes' plpes' and private property
Thereby prevented.
i"o men were employed to care for
NO. pump which is electrically,
uiNeh' II soon became evident ia tbe
manager who was put in charge or tho
water supply that this pump could he
'uh AUTOMATICALLY, and thus bring
apout considerable saving by dis
P'hslhS with two runners. An auto
matte electric devise for starting and
S'opplhS The pump and AN automatic
"lief were selected ana installed ana
the results fully justified our expecto-
lloh ana the wages of the two men
were saved, the cost of the telephone
was saved, the electric light bills If
TINS station reduced % per cent and
the quantity of fuel for heating the
building greatly reduced as we nov.
ann to Keep the temperature only high
enough to prevent freezing. 4 saving
OF at least 500 is made at this station
by cutting out the telephone and by
reducing the lighting and fuel bills.
The pump works with much great
er regularity because il always starts
and stops at exactly the right time
There is now no waste of water by
overflow of the basement reservoir.
The time is near when it will be-
come absolutely necessary to remove
the whole pumping plant to a new To-
cation. and 1t is almost certain that
this new site will he Lake Superior
Within very few months after the
contemplated and very much needed
sewer system for West Hancock is
installed, with its discharge emptyinc
into Portage Lake west of the present
lake shore pumping plant, the city's
water supply will he contaminated to
such an extent as To render it unfit for
household use
AS the present machinery could not
he used at Il new and more remote
station, because of its being too small
Tor the greatly increased service which
would he required it is, therefore, very
desirable that, i'm all OUTLAWS for this
plant and for new water mains, this
certainty of removal should be borne
in mind. This is the reason why we
purchased an iron stack which can he
moved when necessary instead of
erecting concrete one; for installing
as a spare pump a good second hand
one thoroughly uverhaulcd instead ut
a new and expensive one similar To
the Allis pump now in use for trying
to prevent unnecessary waste of water
that we might have ample fire protec-
ton for all parts of the city without
Cntailng the great expense of laying
large main from this lake shore sta
ton nurthward till it would reach some |
of the laterals which supply the east
ern part of the city. The mains arc !
sufficiently large for present needs If
we can cut out this ineXcusable water
waste. The mains in the vicinity OF
the pump cannot. however, stand the
additional pressure which would occur
if an attempt were made to force an
increased amount of water through |
them. \ study of the pressure gauge |
will conclusively prove this. MI these |
matters call for much careful and in
telligent planning and those who have
Galley two-REPORTS
considered them, ought at
least. to have hearing.
Nov as to the saving affected by |
this work at the two pumping stations.
Six men were employed to operate
these pumps whose wages amounted To
$500 annually: the work is now being
done by three men whose wages
amount 20 s2.700 annually difference
of S2.220 Please remember that tins
saving in cost of operations can he
continued as long as the present poll
,y is carried out and that the results
of these changes will reach FAR beyond
the present administration, the saving
IN fuel. due to the appliances above
will amount to more than
s | 900 a year.
"a comparison of the coal purchased
i'm the past with the present consumP-
ton shows a greater saving than ~
here reported, The reduction mus
made i'm the cost Of operating these
pumps is not less than $4,000 per an
mum.
when sound business principles are
,pulied To- the system of dispensing
water To consumers; when each per-
son paws for the water supplied To
him and neither for more nor less
when every water user VIII ASSIST w