Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-15

mining properties located on the fiat |
could be protected
Would advise running an 8 inch |
main along Main street from railway |
station TO intersection of Florence |
avenue and Erie Main street with
an inch branch running out each
OF these streets and connecting with |
cross main on south side of court 1
house
An inch main should be run
alon ST. Patrick street from Everett |
to Mizpah, then west ON Mizpah 70 |
Central, then north on Central to |
connect with line on Main street. An |
inch main should be run on Min
eral street from point opposite Ev-
erett avenue north as far as neces- |
sary TO protect rear of mercantile !
section on east side of Main street. |
Cross mains should connect these
three parallel mains on all intersect-
ing streets
/ gate valve should be installed
on each branch of all intersecting
mains at the intersections so that
comparatively small sections may be
cut out for repairs without putting
the entire system out of service.
Hydrants should be 6 inch and
have 6 inch connections with mains.
should have two 2h inch hose con.
neetions, each Independently con-
trolled. Hydrants must be necessar-
lily frost proof and set In broken rock
or gravel for drainage 1t Is advis-
able to have gate valve on each
hydrant connection so that individual
hydrants may be shut of for repairs
without affecting the remainder of
the system.
Hydrants should be spaced $50
feet apart along Main, st. Patrick
and Mineral streets and staggered,
l. e.. alternate hydrants on opposite
sides of streets. Hydrants on supply
mains along Brougher and Bryan ave
nues may be 800 feet apart. There
should be three or four hydrants
available for school house and same
for court house.
Aside from water works, Tonopah
has no adequate building ordinances,
: We are enclosing herewith suggested
ordinance for samll municipalities,
f. adopted by the National Board OF
, Fire Underwriters. We are also en-
. closing a pamphlet which may be OF
5 value in fire department organization
l which matter is OF great importance.
{ The present method of giving fire
Q alarm il inefficient and is likely 10
D result In confusion II 1t is consid
n cred that standard fire alarm sys'
i tenn cannot be installed at the pres
s ent time, an improvement over the
y present general alarm system would
be to have a character wheel repeat
i err located in telephone exchange
q this in turn automatically operating
Q whistle installed and used only &c
:. give fire alarm The town may be
Il divided into telephone districts will
n a character wheel for repeating sig
nal and operating whistle, CORE
:. spending to the district numbers
This would give the approximate 10
cation Of fires and would proven
waste OF time occasioned by volun
II teer firemen going to center of tow
'r and back, perhaps, to the same local
Z ity from which they came 1t woul'
er be advisable to install several tele
OF phone street boxes for use of nigh
% Waterman.
IL The question of night Waterman
n of great deal of Importance. Thes
oil watchmen should patrol streets an
not be assigned to duty at a partic,
on lar location.
in The question of preference as
er an Independent fire protection sy
an tenn VS. a combined fire and domesti
or supply admits of only one answe
&C. The Independent system is by "a
,ol the most practicable, most efficien
of and the most reliable. The his
nut pressure service is not satisfactor
from domestic use standpoint an
Ire II the same mains are used and u
OBJ high pressure service turned on on
he during fire, there is danger OF pol
he ton. Moreover, the supply and al
ad. trlbution mains must be larger, ne
lie essarily. for combined system to col
lch pensate for the additional fricti'
Id loss accustomed by the combine
ew draught. and also the storage cap'