The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31
HYDRAULIC co.
 BEGINS WORK ON
 HUGE NEW MAIN
will Increase Pressure of Supply in East Bridge
 port in Near Future.
OVER MILE OF 30
 INCH MAIN ORDERED
Work Begins Next Week on Dam That Will Submerge
 Saw Mill City.

The initial step in one of the Bridge sions was begun today when work was instituted on the construction of a huge main to connect Beaver dam with Trap Falls reservoir.
 Development of an additional water shed was started, which will mean greatly increased water pressure for East Bridgeport well a direct water supply for the town of. Hunt ington.
 As soon as practicable Trap Falls dam will be raised 0 feet, which will mean an increase in the storage capa- city of the dam from 1,2O0, 900, 900 to 2,0OO, 900, 900 gallons.
 At the same time Saw Mill City, part of Huntington will be replaced with another huge dam. Work will be begun next week upon it's con- struction. Houses and brush have been cleared off the tract and as a re- suit of soundings taken during the last two months, an excellent foundation for the dam has been located.
 Bright and early this morning a large gang of workmen left the yards of the Hydraulic Go. in motor trucks for Beaver Dam, where work was i'm n1ediately commenced on the laying of a huge main to connect that res eTvofr with Trap Falls Reservoir. This is the initial step in the develop rnent of additional water shed in the town of Huntington, which means a large increase in the storage capacity of the company's reservoirs, as we'll as a greater pressure for the people of East Bridgeport, which section is di- rectly connected with this series Of reservoirs. The new @eve1opYn ent contemplated as the direct source of Beaver Dam as the direct source Of supply and connecting the city with Trap Falls by means of the 30 inch
 main, a distance of over 2 ,oo0 feet.
 Beaver Dam has an elevation of 1T5 feet and Trap Falls at the pres ent time Is 32 feet higher. This in Itself means large addition to the pressure in East Bridgeport, but the engineers of the eompa1ly have de- c1ded to raise the big Trap Falls dam 10 feet which in itself will not only increase the pressure, but will add considerable storage to the present reservoir, bringing 1t to the capacity of 2,0OO.OO0.oO8 gallons At the pres ent time this reservoir holds about I. 200 900 ,000 gallons.
 The increase in the storage at Trap Falls is the result of the di- version of Means Brook and Far Mill river. During the past; two months a corps of engineers have been at work with nacbines making sound ings for the foundation of a. dam at a point in Huntington, known local ly as Saw Mill City. Foundations have been reached which are satis- factory and next week work will be begun actively upon the construction of this new dam- It will be about 400 feet long and AZ feet high and will be made of reinforced concrete. This dam will create a storage of more than 100, ,000.000 gallons of water which will be conducted to Trap Falls through a 36 inch main, | .Is-. l15o aa rTyl-s pipe passes through the. main street in the village of Huntington and wa ter will be furnished to the residents along the line under an agreemen
 made with the Town of Huntington and through favorable legislation just granted to the company in the pres ent session Of the General Assembly. This new development will find the most beneficial result in the increas- ed pressure in the high points of Stratford and East Bridgeport. It will be noted that when the Trap Falls I dam is completed it will have an ele- vation Of 1425 feet higher than that of the spfl1-way at Beaver Dam. It I is this difference in elevation which 1 will resuIte in the material increases l in pressure with a. liberal allowance made for friction. It is expected that 1 the new work will engage the activ- I ities of thee ompany's engineering and construction, department virtually all summer.
 Special to The F'arner.)
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